diff --git a/src/DOM.cpp b/src/DOM.cpp
index a252c676c..35365a8e2 100644
--- a/src/DOM.cpp
+++ b/src/DOM.cpp
@@ -71,18 +71,26 @@ DOM::~DOM ()
 //   system.os
 const std::string DOM::get (const std::string& name)
 {
+  // Cache test.
+  std::map <std::string, std::string>::iterator hit = _cache.find (name);
+  if (hit != _cache.end ())
+    return hit->second;
+
   int len = name.length ();
   Nibbler n (name);
 
   // Primitives
   if (is_primitive (name))
+  {
+    _cache[name] = name;
     return name;
+  }
 
   // rc. --> context.config
   else if (len > 3 &&
       name.substr (0, 3) == "rc.")
   {
-    return context.config.get (name.substr (3));
+    return _cache[name] = context.config.get (name.substr (3));
   }
 
   // context.*
@@ -90,25 +98,25 @@ const std::string DOM::get (const std::string& name)
            name.substr (0, 8) == "context.")
   {
     if (name == "context.program")
-      return context.args[0].first;
+      return _cache[name] = context.args[0].first;
 
     else if (name == "context.args")
     {
       std::string combined;
       join (combined, " ", context.args.list ());
-      return combined;
+      return _cache[name] = combined;
     }
     else if (name == "context.width")
     {
       std::stringstream s;
       s << context.terminal_width;
-      return s.str ();
+      return _cache[name] = s.str ();
     }
     else if (name == "context.height")
     {
       std::stringstream s;
       s << context.terminal_height;
-      return s.str ();
+      return _cache[name] = s.str ();
     }
 
     else
@@ -124,39 +132,39 @@ const std::string DOM::get (const std::string& name)
   {
     // Taskwarrior version number.
     if (name == "system.version")
-      return VERSION;
+      return _cache[name] = VERSION;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBLUA
     // Lua version number.
     else if (name == "system.lua.version")
-      return LUA_RELEASE;
+      return _cache[name] = LUA_RELEASE;
 #endif
 
     // OS type.
     else if (name == "system.os")
 #if defined (DARWIN)
-      return "Darwin";
+      return _cache[name] = "Darwin";
 #elif defined (SOLARIS)
-      return "Solaris";
+      return _cache[name] = "Solaris";
 #elif defined (CYGWIN)
-      return "Cygwin";
+      return _cache[name] = "Cygwin";
 #elif defined (OPENBSD)
-      return "OpenBSD";
+      return _cache[name] = "OpenBSD";
 #elif defined (HAIKU)
-      return "Haiku";
+      return _cache[name] = "Haiku";
 #elif defined (FREEBSD)
-      return "FreeBSD";
+      return _cache[name] = "FreeBSD";
 #elif defined (LINUX)
-      return "Linux";
+      return _cache[name] = "Linux";
 #else
-      return STRING_DOM_UNKNOWN
+      return _cache[name] = STRING_DOM_UNKNOWN
 #endif
 
     else
       throw format (STRING_DOM_UNREC, name);
   }
 
-  return name;
+  return _cache[name] = name;
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -197,13 +205,18 @@ const std::string DOM::get (const std::string& name)
 //
 const std::string DOM::get (const std::string& name, Task& task)
 {
+  // Cache test.
+  std::map <std::string, std::string>::iterator hit = _cache.find (name);
+  if (hit != _cache.end ())
+    return hit->second;
+
   Nibbler n (name);
   int id;
   std::string uuid;
 
   // Primitives
   if (is_primitive (name))
-    return name;
+    return _cache[name] = name;
 
   // <id>.<name>
   else if (n.getInt (id))
@@ -291,7 +304,8 @@ void DOM::set (const std::string& name, const std::string& value)
   if (len > 3 &&
       name.substr (0, 3) == "rc.")
   {
-    return context.config.set (name.substr (3), value);
+    _cache[name] = value;
+    context.config.set (name.substr (3), value);
   }
 
   // Unrecognized --> error.
diff --git a/src/DOM.h b/src/DOM.h
index 790441d3a..5e2a19f7f 100644
--- a/src/DOM.h
+++ b/src/DOM.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ public:
 
 private:
   bool is_primitive (const std::string&);
+
+private:
+  std::map <std::string, std::string> _cache;
 };
 
 #endif