diff --git a/web/lib/algolia.ts b/web/lib/algolia.ts
index f2cb07f56..14c039122 100644
--- a/web/lib/algolia.ts
+++ b/web/lib/algolia.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 import algoliasearch, { AlgoliaSearchOptions } from 'algoliasearch/lite'
 import { algolia } from './config'
+import { createInMemoryCache } from '@algolia/cache-in-memory'
+import { createFallbackableCache } from '@algolia/cache-common'
+import { createBrowserLocalStorageCache } from '@algolia/cache-browser-local-storage'
 
-export const searchClient = (options: AlgoliaSearchOptions | undefined) =>
-  algoliasearch(algolia.applicationId, algolia.searchApiKey, options)
+export const searchClient = (options?: AlgoliaSearchOptions) =>
+  algoliasearch(algolia.applicationId, algolia.searchApiKey, {
+    ...options,
+    responsesCache: createFallbackableCache({
+      caches: [
+        createBrowserLocalStorageCache({
+          key: `algolia-responses-${algolia.applicationId}`,
+          timeToLive: 600, // 10 minutes cache
+        }),
+        createInMemoryCache(),
+      ],
+    }),
+  })
diff --git a/web/package.json b/web/package.json
index 0b62a895a..54c51f370 100644
--- a/web/package.json
+++ b/web/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
     "type-check": "tsc --project tsconfig.json --pretty --noEmit"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@algolia/cache-browser-local-storage": "^4.22.1",
+    "@algolia/cache-common": "^4.22.1",
+    "@algolia/cache-in-memory": "^4.22.1",
     "@chakra-ui/react": "^2.4.2",
     "@chakra-ui/skip-nav": "^2.0.12",
     "@emotion/react": "^11",
diff --git a/web/pageComponents/pageTemplates/newsroom/UncontrolledSearchBox.tsx b/web/pageComponents/pageTemplates/newsroom/UncontrolledSearchBox.tsx
index 886d7c3b9..7ab72ea30 100644
--- a/web/pageComponents/pageTemplates/newsroom/UncontrolledSearchBox.tsx
+++ b/web/pageComponents/pageTemplates/newsroom/UncontrolledSearchBox.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const Input = styled.input`
 
 export type SearchBoxProps = UseSearchBoxProps
 
-const DEBOUNCE_TIME = 300
+const DEBOUNCE_TIME = 800
 let timerId: any = undefined
 
 const queryHook: UseSearchBoxProps['queryHook'] = (query, search) => {
diff --git a/web/pageComponents/search/Search.tsx b/web/pageComponents/search/Search.tsx
index 5e7974d51..2493b7bdd 100644
--- a/web/pageComponents/search/Search.tsx
+++ b/web/pageComponents/search/Search.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const StyledPagination = styled(Pagination)`
   margin-top: var(--space-xLarge);
   justify-content: center;
 `
-const searchClient = client(undefined)
+const searchClient = client()
 const queriedSearchClient: SearchClient = {
   ...searchClient,
   search(requests: any) {
diff --git a/web/pageComponents/search/SearchBox.tsx b/web/pageComponents/search/SearchBox.tsx
index eaf98f6cf..1b1426ce3 100644
--- a/web/pageComponents/search/SearchBox.tsx
+++ b/web/pageComponents/search/SearchBox.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { useSearchBox, UseSearchBoxProps } from 'react-instantsearch'
 import ControlledSearchBox from './ControlledSearchBox'
 import { SearchContext } from './SearchContext'
 
-const DEBOUNCE_TIME = 300
+const DEBOUNCE_TIME = 800
 
 export type SearchBoxProps = ComponentProps<'div'> & UseSearchBoxProps
 
diff --git a/web/pnpm-lock.yaml b/web/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 25a3b534a..b9d5681e4 100644
--- a/web/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/web/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ settings:
   excludeLinksFromLockfile: false
 
 dependencies:
+  '@algolia/cache-browser-local-storage':
+    specifier: ^4.22.1
+    version: 4.22.1
+  '@algolia/cache-common':
+    specifier: ^4.22.1
+    version: 4.22.1
+  '@algolia/cache-in-memory':
+    specifier: ^4.22.1
+    version: 4.22.1
   '@chakra-ui/react':
     specifier: ^2.4.2
     version: 2.4.2(@emotion/react@11.0.0)(@emotion/styled@11.0.0)(@types/react@18.0.9)(framer-motion@6.0.0)(react-dom@18.2.0)(react@18.2.0)
@@ -295,14 +304,30 @@ packages:
     dependencies:
       '@algolia/cache-common': 4.16.0
 
+  /@algolia/cache-browser-local-storage@4.22.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-Sw6IAmOCvvP6QNgY9j+Hv09mvkvEIDKjYW8ow0UDDAxSXy664RBNQk3i/0nt7gvceOJ6jGmOTimaZoY1THmU7g==}
+    dependencies:
+      '@algolia/cache-common': 4.22.1
+    dev: false
+
   /@algolia/cache-common@4.16.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-4iHjkSYQYw46pITrNQgXXhvUmcekI8INz1m+SzmqLX8jexSSy4Ky4zfGhZzhhhLHXUP3+x/PK/c0qPjxEvRwKQ==}
 
+  /@algolia/cache-common@4.22.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-TJMBKqZNKYB9TptRRjSUtevJeQVXRmg6rk9qgFKWvOy8jhCPdyNZV1nB3SKGufzvTVbomAukFR8guu/8NRKBTA==}
+    dev: false
+
   /@algolia/cache-in-memory@4.16.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-p7RYykvA6Ip6QENxrh99nOD77otVh1sJRivcgcVpnjoZb5sIN3t33eUY1DpB9QSBizcrW+qk19rNkdnZ43a+PQ==}
     dependencies:
       '@algolia/cache-common': 4.16.0
 
+  /@algolia/cache-in-memory@4.22.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-ve+6Ac2LhwpufuWavM/aHjLoNz/Z/sYSgNIXsinGofWOysPilQZPUetqLj8vbvi+DHZZaYSEP9H5SRVXnpsNNw==}
+    dependencies:
+      '@algolia/cache-common': 4.22.1
+    dev: false
+
   /@algolia/client-account@4.16.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-eydcfpdIyuWoKgUSz5iZ/L0wE/Wl7958kACkvTHLDNXvK/b8Z1zypoJavh6/km1ZNQmFpeYS2jrmq0kUSFn02w==}
     dependencies: