diff --git a/config_example.json b/config_example.json
index e20747b..d228852 100644
--- a/config_example.json
+++ b/config_example.json
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
         "sponsorships": {
             "time": 9,
             "enabled": true
+        },
+        "cache_avatars": {
+            "interval": 6,
+            "enabled": true
         }
     },
     "locations": {
diff --git a/modules/scheduled.py b/modules/scheduled.py
index 5b98aca..14c416b 100644
--- a/modules/scheduled.py
+++ b/modules/scheduled.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+from os import path, sep
 from apscheduler.schedulers.asyncio import AsyncIOScheduler
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from app import app
+from pyrogram.enums.chat_members_filter import ChatMembersFilter
 from modules.utils import configGet, locale, logWrite
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
 from modules.database import col_applications
@@ -19,6 +21,21 @@ scheduler = AsyncIOScheduler()
 #             except AttributeError:
 #                 continue
 
+if configGet("enabled", "scheduler", "cache_avatars"):
+    @scheduler.scheduled_job(trigger="date", run_date=datetime.now()+timedelta(seconds=10))
+    @scheduler.scheduled_job(trigger="interval", hours=configGet("interval", "scheduler", "cache_avatars"))
+    async def cache_avatars():
+        list_of_users = []
+        async for member in app.get_chat_members(configGet("destination_group"), filter=ChatMembersFilter.SEARCH, query=""):
+            list_of_users.append(member.user)
+        for user in list_of_users:
+            if user.photo != None:
+                if not path.exists(f'{configGet("cache", "locations")}{sep}avatars{sep}{user.photo.big_file_id}'):
+                    print(f'Pre-cached avatar {user.photo.big_file_id} of {user.id}', flush=True)
+                    await app.download_media(user.photo.big_file_id, file_name=f'{configGet("cache", "locations")}{sep}avatars{sep}{user.photo.big_file_id}')
+        logWrite("Avatars caching performed")
+
+
 if configGet("enabled", "scheduler", "birthdays"):
     @scheduler.scheduled_job(trigger="cron", hour=configGet("time", "scheduler", "birthdays"))
     async def check_birthdays():