diff --git a/api/serve.go b/api/serve.go
index 7cef1c9..2cddcfd 100644
--- a/api/serve.go
+++ b/api/serve.go
@@ -66,11 +66,19 @@ func IdContinuation(context *RequestContext, req *http.Request, resp http.Respon
 	}
 }
 
+func CacheControlMiddleware(next http.Handler, maxAge int) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		header := fmt.Sprintf("public, max-age=%d", maxAge)
+		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", header)
+		next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	})
+}
+
 func MakeServer(argv *args.Arguments, dbConn *sql.DB) *http.Server {
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 
 	fileServer := http.FileServer(http.Dir(argv.StaticPath))
-	mux.Handle("GET /static/", http.StripPrefix("/static/", fileServer))
+	mux.Handle("/static/", http.StripPrefix("/static/", CacheControlMiddleware(fileServer, 3600)))
 
 	makeRequestContext := func() *RequestContext {
 		return &RequestContext{