diff --git a/libs/icon.c b/libs/icon.c
index b81af3f..ad6a500 100644
--- a/libs/icon.c
+++ b/libs/icon.c
@@ -5,34 +5,116 @@ int draw_icon(struct item *item, int x, int y, int w, int h) {
     int ich = 0;
     int icw = 0;
 
-    if (hideimage) return x;
+    // cache
+    int slen = 0, i;
+    unsigned int digest_len = EVP_MD_size(EVP_md5());
+    unsigned char *digest = (unsigned char *)OPENSSL_malloc(digest_len);
+    char *xdg_cache, *home = NULL, *dsize, *buf = NULL;
+    struct passwd *pw = NULL;
+
+    if (hideimage) {
+        return x;
+    }
 
     if (item->image) {
-        image = imlib_load_image(item->image);
+        if (generatecache) {
+            if(!(xdg_cache = getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME"))) {
+                if(!(home = getenv("HOME")) && (pw = getpwuid(getuid())))
+                    home = pw->pw_dir;
+                if(!home) {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "spmenu: could not find home directory");
+                    return x;
+                }
+            }
 
-        if (!image) {
-            return x;
+            dsize = "icon";
+
+            slen = snprintf(NULL, 0, "file://%s", item->image)+1;
+
+            if(!(buf = malloc(slen))) {
+                return x;
+            }
+
+            sprintf(buf, "file://%s", item->image);
+
+            EVP_MD_CTX *mdcontext = EVP_MD_CTX_new();
+            EVP_DigestInit_ex(mdcontext, EVP_md5(), NULL);
+            EVP_DigestUpdate(mdcontext, buf, slen);
+
+            EVP_DigestFinal_ex(mdcontext, digest, &digest_len);
+            EVP_MD_CTX_free(mdcontext);
+
+            free(buf);
+
+            char md5[digest_len*2+1];
+
+            for (i = 0; i < digest_len; ++i)
+                sprintf(&md5[i*2], "%02x", (unsigned int)digest[i]);
+
+            if (!cachedir || !strcmp(cachedir, "default")) {
+                if (xdg_cache || !strcmp(cachedir, "xdg"))
+                    slen = snprintf(NULL, 0, "%s/thumbnails/%s/%s.png", xdg_cache, dsize, md5)+1;
+                else
+                    slen = snprintf(NULL, 0, "%s/.cache/thumbnails/%s/%s.png", home, dsize, md5)+1;
+            } else {
+                slen = snprintf(NULL, 0, "%s/%s/%s.png", cachedir, dsize, md5)+1;
+            }
+
+            if(!(buf = malloc(slen))) {
+                return x;
+            }
+
+            if (!cachedir || !strcmp(cachedir, "default")) {
+                if (xdg_cache)
+                    sprintf(buf, "%s/thumbnails/%s/%s.png", xdg_cache, dsize, md5);
+                else
+                    sprintf(buf, "%s/.cache/thumbnails/%s/%s.png", home, dsize, md5);
+            } else {
+                    sprintf(buf, "%s/%s/%s.png", cachedir, dsize, md5);
+            }
+
+            image = imlib_load_image(buf);
+
+            if (image) {
+                imlib_context_set_image(image);
+
+                icw = imlib_image_get_width();
+                ich = imlib_image_get_height();
+            }
         }
 
-        imlib_context_set_image(image);
+        if (!image || !generatecache) {
+            image = imlib_load_image(item->image);
 
-        icw = imlib_image_get_width();
-        ich = imlib_image_get_height();
+            if (!image) {
+                return x;
+            }
 
-        image = imlib_create_cropped_scaled_image(0, 0, icw, ich, w, h); // w = h = bh - lrpad / 2
+            imlib_context_set_image(image);
 
-        icw = imlib_image_get_width();
-        ich = imlib_image_get_height();
+            icw = imlib_image_get_width();
+            ich = imlib_image_get_height();
 
-        imlib_free_image();
-        imlib_context_set_image(image);
+            if (!image) {
+                return x;
+            }
 
-        if (!image) {
-            return x;
+            image = imlib_create_cropped_scaled_image(0, 0, icw, ich, w, h); // w = h = bh - lrpad / 2
+            imlib_free_image();
+            imlib_context_set_image(image);
+
+            icw = imlib_image_get_width();
+            ich = imlib_image_get_height();
         }
 
         imlib_image_set_format("png");
 
+        if (buf && generatecache && image) {
+            createifnexist_rec(buf);
+            imlib_save_image(buf);
+            free(buf);
+        }
+
         // Draw the image
         draw_set_img(draw, imlib_image_get_data(), w, h);
         draw_img(draw, x, y);
diff --git a/libs/img.c b/libs/img.c
index 4109d60..32ba510 100644
--- a/libs/img.c
+++ b/libs/img.c
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ void loadimagecache(const char *file, int *width, int *height) {
         slen = snprintf(NULL, 0, "file://%s", file)+1;
 
         if(!(buf = malloc(slen))) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "spmenu: out of memory");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -252,7 +251,6 @@ void loadimagecache(const char *file, int *width, int *height) {
         }
 
         if(!(buf = malloc(slen))) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "spmenu: out of memory");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -285,8 +283,6 @@ void loadimagecache(const char *file, int *width, int *height) {
     loadimage(file, width, height);
     scaleimage(width, height);
 
-    if (!generatecache) return;
-
     if (image) imlib_image_set_format("png");
 
     if (buf && generatecache && image) {