diff --git a/docs/docs/documentation/getting-started/installation/backend-config.md b/docs/docs/documentation/getting-started/installation/backend-config.md
index 2fd34f973..638be4cd4 100644
--- a/docs/docs/documentation/getting-started/installation/backend-config.md
+++ b/docs/docs/documentation/getting-started/installation/backend-config.md
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ For usage, see [Usage - OpenID Connect](../authentication/oidc-v2.md)
 | OIDC_GROUPS_CLAIM                                                                   | groups  | Optional if not using `OIDC_USER_GROUP` or `OIDC_ADMIN_GROUP`. This is the claim Mealie will request from your IdP and will use to compare to `OIDC_USER_GROUP` or `OIDC_ADMIN_GROUP` to allow the user to log in to Mealie or is set as an admin. **Your IdP must be configured to grant this claim** |
 | OIDC_SCOPES_OVERRIDE                                                                |  None   | Advanced configuration used to override the scopes requested from the IdP. **Most users won't need to change this**. At a minimum, 'openid profile email' are required.                                                                                                                                |
 | OIDC_TLS_CACERTFILE                                                                 |  None   | File path to Certificate Authority used to verify server certificate (e.g. `/path/to/ca.crt`)                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
+| OIDC_USE_AUTH_CACHE                                                                 |  False  | If `True`, OIDC authentication will use server cache instead of session to store its temporary data.                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
 
 ### OpenAI
 
diff --git a/mealie/core/settings/settings.py b/mealie/core/settings/settings.py
index 7af9d481a..05822c7b6 100644
--- a/mealie/core/settings/settings.py
+++ b/mealie/core/settings/settings.py
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ class AppSettings(AppLoggingSettings):
     OIDC_GROUPS_CLAIM: str | None = "groups"
     OIDC_SCOPES_OVERRIDE: str | None = None
     OIDC_TLS_CACERTFILE: str | None = None
+    OIDC_USE_AUTH_CACHE: bool = False
 
     @property
     def OIDC_REQUIRES_GROUP_CLAIM(self) -> bool:
diff --git a/mealie/routes/auth/auth.py b/mealie/routes/auth/auth.py
index 2e5b66174..6e523c4a0 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/auth/auth.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/auth/auth.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ from mealie.routes._base.routers import UserAPIRouter
 from mealie.schema.user import PrivateUser
 from mealie.schema.user.auth import CredentialsRequestForm
 
+from .auth_cache import AuthCache
+
 public_router = APIRouter(tags=["Users: Authentication"])
 user_router = UserAPIRouter(tags=["Users: Authentication"])
 logger = root_logger.get_logger("auth")
@@ -27,7 +29,10 @@ remember_me_duration = timedelta(days=14)
 
 settings = get_app_settings()
 if settings.OIDC_READY:
-    oauth = OAuth()
+    cache = None
+    if settings.OIDC_USE_AUTH_CACHE:
+        cache = AuthCache()
+    oauth = OAuth(cache=cache)
     scope = None
     if settings.OIDC_SCOPES_OVERRIDE:
         scope = settings.OIDC_SCOPES_OVERRIDE
diff --git a/mealie/routes/auth/auth_cache.py b/mealie/routes/auth/auth_cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc4040dcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mealie/routes/auth/auth_cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import time
+
+try:
+    import cPickle as pickle
+except ImportError:
+    import pickle
+
+
+class AuthCache:
+    def __init__(self, threshold=500, default_timeout=300):
+        self.default_timeout = default_timeout
+        self._cache = {}
+        self.clear = self._cache.clear
+        self._threshold = threshold
+
+    def _prune(self):
+        if len(self._cache) > self._threshold:
+            now = time.time()
+            toremove = []
+            for idx, (key, (expires, _)) in enumerate(self._cache.items()):
+                if (expires != 0 and expires <= now) or idx % 3 == 0:
+                    toremove.append(key)
+            for key in toremove:
+                self._cache.pop(key, None)
+
+    def _normalize_timeout(self, timeout):
+        if timeout is None:
+            timeout = self.default_timeout
+        if timeout > 0:
+            timeout = time.time() + timeout
+        return timeout
+
+    async def get(self, key):
+        try:
+            expires, value = self._cache[key]
+            if expires == 0 or expires > time.time():
+                return pickle.loads(value)
+        except (KeyError, pickle.PickleError):
+            return None
+
+    async def set(self, key, value, timeout=None):
+        expires = self._normalize_timeout(timeout)
+        self._prune()
+        self._cache[key] = (expires, pickle.dumps(value, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL))
+        return True
+
+    async def delete(self, key):
+        return self._cache.pop(key, None) is not None
+
+    async def has(self, key):
+        try:
+            expires, value = self._cache[key]
+            return expires == 0 or expires > time.time()
+        except KeyError:
+            return False
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