diff --git a/files/classes/leaderboard.py b/files/classes/leaderboard.py
index 242abe826..592997555 100644
--- a/files/classes/leaderboard.py
+++ b/files/classes/leaderboard.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from typing import Any, Callable, Optional, Tuple, Union
-from collections import Counter
 
 from sqlalchemy import Column, func
 from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ from .user import User
 from .userblock import UserBlock
 from .votes import Vote, CommentVote
 
+from files.__main__ import cache
 
 class Leaderboard:
 	"""
@@ -106,21 +106,9 @@ class Leaderboard:
 
 	@classmethod
 	def get_upvotes_lb(cls, lb_criteria, v:User, db:scoped_session, users:Any, limit):
-		t1 = time.time()
-
-		votes1 = db.query(Vote.user_id, func.count(Vote.user_id)).filter(Vote.vote_type==1).group_by(Vote.user_id).order_by(func.count(Vote.user_id).desc()).all()
-		votes2 = db.query(CommentVote.user_id, func.count(CommentVote.user_id)).filter(CommentVote.vote_type==1).group_by(CommentVote.user_id).order_by(func.count(CommentVote.user_id).desc()).all()
-		votes3 = Counter(dict(votes1)) + Counter(dict(votes2))
-		users14 = db.query(User).filter(User.id.in_(votes3.keys())).all()
-		users13 = []
-		for user in users14:
-			users13.append((user.id, votes3[user.id]-user.post_count-user.comment_count))
-		if not users13: users13 = [(None,None)]
-		users13 = sorted(users13, key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
-		users13_1, users13_2 = zip(*users13[:25])
-
-		t2 = time.time()
-		print(f"first block duration: {t2-t1}")
+		users13 = cache.get("users13") or []
+		users13_1 = cache.get("users13_1") or []
+		users13_2 = cache.get("users13_2") or []
 
 		users13_accs = db.query(User).filter(User.id.in_(users13_1)).all()
 		users13_accs = sorted(users13_accs, key=lambda x: users13_1.index(x.id))
@@ -130,7 +118,4 @@ class Leaderboard:
 			pos13 = (pos13+1, users13[pos13][1])
 		except: pos13 = (len(users13)+1, 0)
 
-		t3 = time.time()
-		print(f"second block duration: {t3-t2}")
-
 		return (users13_accs, pos13[0], pos13[1])
diff --git a/files/helpers/cron.py b/files/helpers/cron.py
index 441fe945c..7948b3e0e 100644
--- a/files/helpers/cron.py
+++ b/files/helpers/cron.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 from sys import stdout
 from shutil import make_archive
 from hashlib import md5
+from collections import Counter
 
 import click
 import requests
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ def cron(every_5m, every_1h, every_1d, every_1mo):
 	if every_1h:
 		awards.award_timers_bots_task()
 		_generate_emojis_zip()
+		_leaderboard_task()
 
 	if every_1d:
 		stats.generate_charts_task(SITE)
@@ -126,3 +128,20 @@ def _generate_emojis_zip():
 
 	size = str(int(os.stat('files/assets/emojis.zip').st_size/1024/1024)) + ' MB'
 	cache.set('emojis_size', size)
+
+
+def _leaderboard_task():	
+	votes1 = g.db.query(Vote.user_id, func.count(Vote.user_id)).filter(Vote.vote_type==1).group_by(Vote.user_id).order_by(func.count(Vote.user_id).desc()).all()
+	votes2 = g.db.query(CommentVote.user_id, func.count(CommentVote.user_id)).filter(CommentVote.vote_type==1).group_by(CommentVote.user_id).order_by(func.count(CommentVote.user_id).desc()).all()
+	votes3 = Counter(dict(votes1)) + Counter(dict(votes2))
+	users14 = g.db.query(User).filter(User.id.in_(votes3.keys())).all()
+	users13 = []
+	for user in users14:
+		users13.append((user.id, votes3[user.id]-user.post_count-user.comment_count))
+	if not users13: users13 = [(None,None)]
+	users13 = sorted(users13, key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
+	users13_1, users13_2 = zip(*users13[:25])
+
+	cache.set("user13", list(users13))
+	cache.set("users13_1", list(users13_1))
+	cache.set("users13_2", list(users13_2))