diff --git a/find_duplicate_files/find_duplicate_files.py b/find_duplicate_files/find_duplicate_files.py
index 49db942..f604add 100644
--- a/find_duplicate_files/find_duplicate_files.py
+++ b/find_duplicate_files/find_duplicate_files.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import click
 import click_config_file
 from logging.handlers import SysLogHandler
 import zlib
+import sqlite3
 
 class find_duplicate_files:
 
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ class find_duplicate_files:
         self.first_directory = first_directory
         self.second_directory = second_directory
 
+        self._init_db_cache()
+
         first_files = self.recursive_scandir(self.first_directory)
         self._log.debug(f"Found {len(first_files)} files in first directory '{first_directory}'")
         second_files = self.recursive_scandir(self.second_directory)
@@ -42,6 +45,26 @@ class find_duplicate_files:
                 self._log.info(f"#File '{first_files[hash]}' is dupe with '{second_files[hash]}'.")
                 self._log.info(f"rm '{first_files[hash]}'")
 
+    def _init_db_cache(self, cache_file='/var/cache/find_duplicate_files.cache.sql'):
+        self.cache_file = cache_file
+        self.cache_db = sqlite3.connect(self.cache_file)
+        self.cur = self.cache_db.cursor()
+        self.cur.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXIST files(hash, file)")
+        self.cache_db.commit()
+
+    def _check_file_cache(self, file):
+        result = self.cur.execute(f"SELECT hash FROM files WHERE file = '{file}'")
+        row = result.fetchone()
+        if len(row) > 0:
+            return row[0]
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def _cache_file(self, file, hash):
+        result = self.cur.execute(f"INSERT INTO files hash, file VALUES ('{file}', '{hash}')")
+        self.cur.commit()
+        return result
+
     def recursive_scandir(self, path, ignore_hidden_files=True):
         ''' Recursively scan a directory for files'''
         files = dict()
@@ -49,10 +72,15 @@ class find_duplicate_files:
             for file in os.scandir(path):
                 if not file.name.startswith('.'):
                     if file.is_file():
-                        with open(file.path, 'rb') as file_pointer:
-                            file_content = file_pointer.read()
-                            hash = zlib.adler32(file_content)
-                            files[hash] = file.path
+                        check_cache = self._check_file_cache(file.path)
+                        if check_cache:
+                            files[check_cache] = file.path
+                        else:
+                            with open(file.path, 'rb') as file_pointer:
+                                file_content = file_pointer.read()
+                                hash = zlib.adler32(file_content)
+                                files[hash] = file.path
+                                self._cache_file(file.path, hash)
                     elif file.is_dir(follow_symlinks=False):
                         more_files = self.recursive_scandir(
                             file.path,