diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index a11ad08d..ee5f731e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
   def show
     return render "projects/empty" unless @project.repo_exists?
     limit = (params[:limit] || 20).to_i
-    @activities = @project.updates(limit)
+    @activities = @project.cached_updates(limit)
   end
 
   #
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 09c91fbd..7998979d 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -143,6 +143,23 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     last_activity.try(:created_at)
   end
 
+  # Get project updates from cache
+  # or calculate. 
+  def cached_updates(limit, expire = 2.minutes)
+    activities_key = "project_#{id}_activities"
+    cached_activities = Rails.cache.read(activities_key)
+    if cached_activities
+      activities = cached_activities
+    else
+      activities = updates(limit)
+      Rails.cache.write(activities_key, activities, :expires_in => 60.seconds)
+    end
+
+    activities
+  end
+
+  # Get 20 events for project like
+  # commits, issues or notes
   def updates(n = 3)
     [
       fresh_commits(n),
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index d8094817..fc8d4c11 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Gitlab::Application.configure do
   # config.logger = SyslogLogger.new
 
   # Use a different cache store in production
-  # config.cache_store = :mem_cache_store
+  config.cache_store = :memory_store
 
   # Enable serving of images, stylesheets, and JavaScripts from an asset server
   # config.action_controller.asset_host = "http://assets.example.com"