diff --git a/production/nginx-cache-warmer b/production/nginx-cache-warmer
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..48812af58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/nginx-cache-warmer
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env zsh
+hostname=$(hostname)
+while true
+do for url in	/url/v1/statistics/2h \
+		/url/v1/statistics/24h \
+		/url/v1/statistics/1w \
+		/url/v1/statistics/1m \
+		/url/v1/statistics/3m \
+		/url/v1/statistics/6m \
+		/url/v1/statistics/1y \
+		/url/v1/statistics/2y \
+		/url/v1/statistics/3y \
+		/
+	do
+		curl -s "https://${hostname}${url}" >/dev/null
+	done
+
+	sleep 10
+done
diff --git a/production/nginx/http-proxy-cache.conf b/production/nginx/http-proxy-cache.conf
index 84efabffc..f870939b3 100644
--- a/production/nginx/http-proxy-cache.conf
+++ b/production/nginx/http-proxy-cache.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # proxy cache
+proxy_cache_path /var/cache/nginx/api keys_zone=api:20m levels=1:2 inactive=600s max_size=100m;
 proxy_cache_path /var/cache/nginx/services keys_zone=services:20m levels=1:2 inactive=600s max_size=100m;
 proxy_cache_path /var/cache/nginx/markets keys_zone=markets:20m levels=1:2 inactive=600s max_size=100m;
 types_hash_max_size 2048;
diff --git a/production/nginx/location-api.conf b/production/nginx/location-api.conf
index bf869f70d..67b77a714 100644
--- a/production/nginx/location-api.conf
+++ b/production/nginx/location-api.conf
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 location /api/v1/statistics {
-	try_files /dev/null @mempool-api-v1-cache;
+	try_files /dev/null @mempool-api-v1-warmcache;
 }
 location /api/v1 {
-	try_files /dev/null @mempool-api-v1-nocache;
+	try_files /dev/null @mempool-api-v1-coldcache;
 }
 location /api/ {
 	rewrite ^/api/(.*) /$1 break;
 	try_files /dev/null @electrs-api-nocache;
 }
 
-location @mempool-api-v1-cache {
+location @mempool-api-v1-warmcache {
 	proxy_pass $mempoolBackend;
 	proxy_http_version 1.1;
 
@@ -21,10 +21,29 @@ location @mempool-api-v1-cache {
 	proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
 
 	proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
+	proxy_cache_background_update on;
+	proxy_cache_use_stale updating;
+	proxy_cache api;
+	proxy_cache_valid 200 10s;
 	proxy_redirect off;
-	proxy_buffering off;
+	expires 10s;
+}
 
-	proxy_cache_valid any 10s;
+location @mempool-api-v1-coldcache {
+	proxy_pass $mempoolBackend;
+	proxy_http_version 1.1;
+
+	proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+	proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+	proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+	proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+	proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+	proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+
+	proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
+	proxy_cache api;
+	proxy_cache_valid 200 10s;
+	proxy_redirect off;
 	expires 10s;
 }