diff --git a/app/base/BaseModel.php b/app/base/BaseModel.php
index 1b218be3..8e14f0b0 100644
--- a/app/base/BaseModel.php
+++ b/app/base/BaseModel.php
@@ -35,5 +35,52 @@ class BaseModel {
 	{
 		return "{$this->base_url}{$path}";
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the path of the cached version of the image. Create the cached image
+	 * if the file does not already exist
+	 *
+	 * @param string $api_path - The original image url
+	 * @param string $series_slug - The part of the url with the series name, becomes the image name
+	 * @param string $type - Anime or Manga, controls cache path
+	 * @return string - the frontend path for the cached image
+	 */
+	public function get_cached_image($api_path, $series_slug, $type="anime")
+	{
+		$path_parts = explode('?', basename($api_path));
+		$path = current($path_parts);
+		$ext_parts = explode('.', $path);
+		$ext = end($ext_parts);
+
+		$cached_image = "{$series_slug}.{$ext}";
+		$cached_path = __DIR__ . "/../../public/cache/{$type}/{$cached_image}";
+
+		// Cache the file if it doesn't already exist
+		if ( ! file_exists($cached_path))
+		{
+			if (ini_get('allow_url_fopen'))
+			{
+				copy($api_path, $cached_path);
+			}
+			elseif (function_exists('curl_init'))
+			{
+				$ch = curl_init($api_path);
+				$fp = fopen($cached_path, 'wb');
+				curl_setopt_array($ch, [
+					CURLOPT_FILE => $fp,
+					CURLOPT_HEADER => 0
+				]);
+				curl_exec($ch);
+				curl_close($ch);
+				fclose($ch);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				throw new Exception("Couldn't cache images because they couldn't be downloaded.");
+			}
+		}
+
+		return "/public/cache/{$type}/{$cached_image}";
+	}
 }
 // End of BaseModel.php
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/models/AnimeModel.php b/app/models/AnimeModel.php
index fe9f367a..93109482 100644
--- a/app/models/AnimeModel.php
+++ b/app/models/AnimeModel.php
@@ -116,7 +116,14 @@ class AnimeModel extends BaseModel {
 			throw new Exception($response->getEffectiveUrl());
 		}
 
-		return $response->json();
+		$output = $response->json();
+
+		foreach($output as &$row)
+		{
+			$row['anime']['cover_image'] = $this->get_cached_image($row['anime']['cover_image'], $row['anime']['slug'], 'anime');
+		}
+
+		return $output;
 	}
 
 	private function sort_by_name(&$array)
diff --git a/app/models/MangaModel.php b/app/models/MangaModel.php
index 6d748bd8..1ebdfb2f 100644
--- a/app/models/MangaModel.php
+++ b/app/models/MangaModel.php
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ class MangaModel extends BaseModel {
 	public function get_all_lists()
 	{
 		$data = $this->_get_list();
-		
+
 		foreach ($data as $key => &$val)
 		{
 			$this->sort_by_name($val);
 		}
-		
+
 		return $data;
 	}
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class MangaModel extends BaseModel {
 	public function get_list($type)
 	{
 		$data = $this->_get_list($type);
-		
+
 		$this->sort_by_name($data);
 
 		return $data;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class MangaModel extends BaseModel {
 
 		// Reorganize data to be more usable
 		$raw_data = $response->json();
-		
+
 		$data = [
 			'Reading' => [],
 			'Plan to Read' => [],
@@ -77,16 +77,19 @@ class MangaModel extends BaseModel {
 			'Completed' => [],
 		];
 		$manga_data = [];
-		
+
 		foreach($raw_data['manga'] as $manga)
 		{
 			$manga_data[$manga['id']] = $manga;
 		}
-		
-		foreach($raw_data['manga_library_entries'] as $entry)
+
+		foreach($raw_data['manga_library_entries'] as &$entry)
 		{
 			$entry['manga'] = $manga_data[$entry['manga_id']];
-			
+
+			// Cache poster images
+			$entry['manga']['poster_image'] = $this->get_cached_image($entry['manga']['poster_image'], $entry['manga_id'], 'manga');
+
 			switch($entry['status'])
 			{
 				case "Plan to Read":
@@ -104,14 +107,14 @@ class MangaModel extends BaseModel {
 				case "Currently Reading":
 					$data['Reading'][] = $entry;
 				break;
-				
+
 				case "Completed":
 				default:
 					$data['Completed'][] = $entry;
 				break;
 			}
 		}
-		
+
 		return (array_key_exists($type, $data)) ? $data[$type] : $data;
 	}