diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index 28c465c..42feaf4 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         "connect-mongo": "^5.0.0",
         "cors": "^2.8.5",
         "express": "^4.18.2",
+        "fuse.js": "^7.3.0",
         "mongoose": "^7.4.1",
         "multer": "^2.0.2",
         "node-schedule": "^2.1.1",
@@ -1950,6 +1951,19 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/fuse.js": {
+      "version": "7.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fuse.js/-/fuse.js-7.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-plz8RVjfcDedTGfVngWH1jmJvBvAwi1v2jecfDerbEnMcmOYUEEwKFTHbNoCiYyzaK2Ws8lABkTCcRSqCY1q4w==",
+      "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "type": "github",
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/krisk"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/get-intrinsic": {
       "version": "1.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/get-intrinsic/-/get-intrinsic-1.3.0.tgz",
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index cc02306..46e80ed 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "connect-mongo": "^5.0.0",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
+    "fuse.js": "^7.3.0",
     "mongoose": "^7.4.1",
     "multer": "^2.0.2",
     "node-schedule": "^2.1.1",
diff --git a/backend/src/helpers/CachedIndex.ts b/backend/src/helpers/CachedIndex.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e52054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/helpers/CachedIndex.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import User, { IUser } from "@/schemas/User";
+import Fuse, { FuseIndex } from "fuse.js";
+import { Types } from "mongoose";
+
+class CachedIndex {
+    private index: FuseIndex = null
+    private list: (IUser & { _id: Types.ObjectId; })[] = null
+    private fuse: Fuse<IUser & { _id: Types.ObjectId; }> = null
+
+    refresh() {
+        this.index = null
+        this.list = null
+        this.fuse = null
+    }
+
+    private async getIndex() {
+        return this.index || (this.index = Fuse.createIndex(['uname', 'fname', 'surname', 'room'], await this.getList()))
+    }
+
+    private async getList() {
+        return this.list || (this.list = await User.find({}, { uname: 1, fname: 1, surname: 1, room: 1 }))
+    }
+
+    private async getFuse(): Promise<typeof this.fuse> {
+        return this.fuse || (this.fuse = new Fuse(await this.getList(), {
+            keys: ['uname', 'fname', 'surname', 'room']
+        }, await this.getIndex()))
+    }
+
+    async search(q: string) {
+        return (await this.getFuse()).search(q, { limit: 5 }).map(r => r.item)
+    }
+}
+
+export default new CachedIndex()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/api/admin/index.ts b/backend/src/routes/api/admin/index.ts
index 236f806..40603f8 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/api/admin/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/api/admin/index.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import { notifRouter } from "./notif";
 import { keysRouter } from "./keys";
 import { cleanRouter } from "./clean";
 import { settingsRouter } from "./settings";
-import User from "@/schemas/User";
 import Group from "@/schemas/Group";
 import usettings from "@/helpers/usettings";
+import CachedIndex from "@/helpers/CachedIndex";
 
 export const adminRouter = Router()
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ adminRouter.use('/clean', cleanRouter)
 adminRouter.use('/settings', settingsRouter)
 
 adminRouter.get('/usearch', async (req, res) => {
-    var results = await User.find({$text: {$search: req.query['q'].toString()}}, {uname: 1, surname: 1, fname: 1, room: 1})
+    var results = await CachedIndex.search(req.query['q'].toString())
     res.send(results)
 })
 
diff --git a/backend/src/schemas/User.ts b/backend/src/schemas/User.ts
index 752100b..6bac7ba 100644
--- a/backend/src/schemas/User.ts
+++ b/backend/src/schemas/User.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import CachedIndex from "@/helpers/CachedIndex";
 import { Perms, project } from "@/utility";
 import mongoose, { Types, Schema } from "mongoose"
 
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ const userSchema = new Schema<IUser>({
 
 userSchema.index({uname: "text", room: "text", fname: "text", surname: "text"}, {weights: {fname: 3, surname: 4, room: 2, uname: 1}, default_language: "none"})
 
+userSchema.post("save", () => {CachedIndex.refresh()})
+
 export default mongoose.model("logins", userSchema)
 
 export function userVisibleFields(user: IUser & {_id: mongoose.Types.ObjectId}): Pick<IUser, "fname" | "surname" | "uname" | "room"> & {_id: mongoose.Types.ObjectId} {