diff --git a/src/cache/Cache.zig b/src/cache/Cache.zig
index ecd38a9..16d8f8d 100644
--- a/src/cache/Cache.zig
+++ b/src/cache/Cache.zig
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ const Lru = @import("Lru.zig");
 
 const Cache = @This();
 
+const log = std.log.scoped(.cache);
+
 allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 lru: Lru,
 cache_dir: []const u8,
-file_threshold: usize,
 
 pub const Config = struct {
     max_entries: usize = 10_000,
-    file_threshold: usize = 1024,
     cache_dir: []const u8,
 };
 
@@ -19,21 +19,50 @@ pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, config: Config) !Cache {
         if (err != error.PathAlreadyExists) return err;
     };
 
-    return Cache{
+    var cache = Cache{
         .allocator = allocator,
         .lru = try Lru.init(allocator, config.max_entries),
         .cache_dir = try allocator.dupe(u8, config.cache_dir),
-        .file_threshold = config.file_threshold,
     };
+
+    cache.lru.setEvictionCallback(&cache, evictCallback);
+
+    // Clean up expired files and populate L1 cache from L2
+    cache.loadFromDir() catch |err| {
+        std.log.warn("Failed to load cache from {s}: {}", .{ config.cache_dir, err });
+    };
+
+    return cache;
+}
+
+fn evictCallback(ctx: *anyopaque, key: []const u8) void {
+    const self: *Cache = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ctx));
+    self.deleteFile(key);
 }
 
 pub fn get(self: *Cache, key: []const u8) ?[]const u8 {
+    // Check L1 (memory) first
+    if (self.lru.get(key)) |value| return value;
+
+    // Check L2 (disk)
+    const cached = self.loadFromFile(key) catch return null;
+    defer self.allocator.free(cached.key);
+    defer self.allocator.free(cached.value);
+
+    // L2 exists - promote to L1
+    self.lru.put(key, cached.value, cached.expires) catch return null;
+
     return self.lru.get(key);
 }
 
 pub fn put(self: *Cache, key: []const u8, value: []const u8, ttl_seconds: u64) !void {
     const now = std.time.milliTimestamp();
     const expires = now + @as(i64, @intCast(ttl_seconds * 1000));
+
+    // Write to L2 (disk) first
+    try self.saveToFile(key, value, expires);
+
+    // Add to L1 (memory)
     try self.lru.put(key, value, expires);
 }
 
@@ -41,3 +70,204 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *Cache) void {
     self.lru.deinit();
     self.allocator.free(self.cache_dir);
 }
+
+fn getCacheFilename(self: *Cache, key: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
+    var hasher = std.hash.Wyhash.init(0);
+    hasher.update(key);
+    const hash = hasher.final();
+    return std.fmt.allocPrint(self.allocator, "{x}.json", .{hash});
+}
+
+const CacheEntry = struct {
+    key: []const u8,
+    value: []const u8,
+    expires: i64,
+};
+
+/// Loads cached value from file (path calculated by the key). An error will be thrown
+/// if the file access fails OR if the data has expired.
+/// If the data has expired, the file will be deleted
+fn loadFromFile(self: *Cache, key: []const u8) !CacheEntry {
+    const filename = try self.getCacheFilename(key);
+    defer self.allocator.free(filename);
+
+    const file_path = try std.fs.path.join(self.allocator, &.{ self.cache_dir, filename });
+    defer self.allocator.free(file_path);
+
+    return self.loadFromFilePath(file_path);
+}
+
+/// Loads cached value from file (using a path). An error will be thrown
+/// if the file access fails OR if the data has expired.
+/// If the data has expired, the file will be deleted
+fn loadFromFilePath(self: *Cache, file_path: []const u8) !CacheEntry {
+    const file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(file_path, .{});
+    defer file.close();
+
+    var buffer: [10 * 1024 * 1024]u8 = undefined;
+    var file_reader = file.reader(&buffer);
+    const reader = &file_reader.interface;
+
+    const cached = try deserialize(self.allocator, reader);
+    errdefer self.allocator.free(cached.value);
+
+    // Check if expired
+    const now = std.time.milliTimestamp();
+    if (cached.expires <= now) {
+        // We're expired, delete expired file
+        self.deleteFile(cached.key);
+        return error.Expired;
+    }
+
+    return cached;
+}
+
+fn serialize(writer: *std.Io.Writer, key: []const u8, value: []const u8, expires: i64) !void {
+    const entry = CacheEntry{ .key = key, .value = value, .expires = expires };
+    try writer.print("{f}", .{std.json.fmt(entry, .{})});
+}
+
+fn deserialize(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, reader: *std.Io.Reader) !CacheEntry {
+    var json_reader = std.json.Reader.init(allocator, reader);
+    defer json_reader.deinit();
+
+    const parsed = try std.json.parseFromTokenSource(
+        CacheEntry,
+        allocator,
+        &json_reader,
+        .{},
+    );
+    defer parsed.deinit();
+
+    return .{
+        .key = try allocator.dupe(u8, parsed.value.key),
+        .value = try allocator.dupe(u8, parsed.value.value),
+        .expires = parsed.value.expires,
+    };
+}
+
+fn saveToFile(self: *Cache, key: []const u8, value: []const u8, expires: i64) !void {
+    const filename = try self.getCacheFilename(key);
+    defer self.allocator.free(filename);
+
+    const file_path = try std.fs.path.join(self.allocator, &.{ self.cache_dir, filename });
+    defer self.allocator.free(file_path);
+
+    const file = try std.fs.cwd().createFile(file_path, .{});
+    defer file.close();
+
+    var buffer: [4096]u8 = undefined;
+    var file_writer = file.writer(&buffer);
+    const writer = &file_writer.interface;
+    try serialize(writer, key, value, expires);
+    try writer.flush();
+}
+
+fn loadFromDir(self: *Cache) !void {
+    var dir = try std.fs.cwd().openDir(self.cache_dir, .{ .iterate = true });
+    defer dir.close();
+
+    var it = dir.iterate();
+    while (try it.next()) |entry| {
+        if (entry.kind != .file) continue;
+
+        const file_path = try std.fs.path.join(self.allocator, &.{ self.cache_dir, entry.name });
+        defer self.allocator.free(file_path);
+
+        const cached = self.loadFromFilePath(file_path) catch continue;
+        defer self.allocator.free(cached.key);
+        defer self.allocator.free(cached.value);
+
+        // Populate L1 cache from L2
+        self.lru.put(cached.key, cached.value, cached.expires) catch continue;
+    }
+}
+
+fn deleteFile(self: *Cache, key: []const u8) void {
+    const filename = self.getCacheFilename(key) catch @panic("OOM");
+    defer self.allocator.free(filename);
+
+    const file_path = std.fs.path.join(self.allocator, &.{ self.cache_dir, filename }) catch @panic("OOM");
+    defer self.allocator.free(file_path);
+
+    std.fs.cwd().deleteFile(file_path) catch |e| {
+        log.warn("Error deleting expired cache file {s}: {}", .{ file_path, e });
+    };
+}
+
+test "serialize and deserialize" {
+    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
+
+    const key = "test_key";
+    const value = "test_value";
+    const expires: i64 = 1234567890;
+
+    var buffer: [1024]u8 = undefined;
+    var fixed_writer = std.Io.Writer.fixed(&buffer);
+
+    try serialize(&fixed_writer, key, value, expires);
+    try fixed_writer.flush();
+
+    const serialized = buffer[0..fixed_writer.end];
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("{\"key\":\"test_key\",\"value\":\"test_value\",\"expires\":1234567890}", serialized);
+
+    var fixed_reader = std.Io.Reader.fixed(serialized);
+
+    const cached = try deserialize(allocator, &fixed_reader);
+    defer allocator.free(cached.key);
+    defer allocator.free(cached.value);
+
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings(key, cached.key);
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings(value, cached.value);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(expires, cached.expires);
+}
+
+test "deserialize handles integer expires" {
+    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
+
+    const json = "{\"key\":\"k\",\"value\":\"v\",\"expires\":9999999999999}";
+
+    var fixed_reader = std.Io.Reader.fixed(json);
+
+    const cached = try deserialize(allocator, &fixed_reader);
+    defer allocator.free(cached.key);
+    defer allocator.free(cached.value);
+
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("k", cached.key);
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("v", cached.value);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(9999999999999, cached.expires);
+}
+
+test "L1/L2 cache flow" {
+    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
+
+    var tmp_dir = std.testing.tmpDir(.{});
+    defer tmp_dir.cleanup();
+
+    var path_buf: [std.fs.max_path_bytes]u8 = undefined;
+    const cache_dir = try tmp_dir.dir.realpath(".", &path_buf);
+
+    var cache = try Cache.init(allocator, .{ .max_entries = 10, .cache_dir = cache_dir });
+    defer cache.deinit();
+
+    // Put item in cache
+    try cache.put("key1", "value1", 900);
+
+    // Should be in L1
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("value1", cache.get("key1").?);
+
+    // Manually remove from L1 to simulate eviction
+    if (cache.lru.map.fetchRemove("key1")) |kv| {
+        allocator.free(kv.value.value);
+        allocator.free(kv.key);
+    }
+
+    // key1 should not be in L1
+    try std.testing.expect(cache.lru.get("key1") == null);
+
+    // Get should promote from L2 to L1
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("value1", cache.get("key1").?);
+
+    // Now it should be in L1
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("value1", cache.lru.get("key1").?);
+}
diff --git a/src/cache/Lru.zig b/src/cache/Lru.zig
index 71552a2..c4a8d19 100644
--- a/src/cache/Lru.zig
+++ b/src/cache/Lru.zig
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ const Lru = @This();
 allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 map: std.StringHashMap(Entry),
 max_entries: usize,
+evict_fn: ?*const fn (ctx: *anyopaque, key: []const u8) void = null,
+evict_ctx: ?*anyopaque = null,
 
 const Entry = struct {
     value: []const u8,
@@ -20,6 +22,11 @@ pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, max_entries: usize) !Lru {
     };
 }
 
+pub fn setEvictionCallback(self: *Lru, ctx: *anyopaque, callback: *const fn (ctx: *anyopaque, key: []const u8) void) void {
+    self.evict_ctx = ctx;
+    self.evict_fn = callback;
+}
+
 pub fn get(self: *Lru, key: []const u8) ?[]const u8 {
     var entry = self.map.getPtr(key) orelse return null;
 
@@ -72,6 +79,9 @@ fn evictOldest(self: *Lru) void {
 
 fn remove(self: *Lru, key: []const u8) void {
     if (self.map.fetchRemove(key)) |kv| {
+        if (self.evict_fn) |callback| {
+            callback(self.evict_ctx.?, kv.key);
+        }
         self.allocator.free(kv.value.value);
         self.allocator.free(kv.key);
     }
@@ -86,6 +96,29 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *Lru) void {
     self.map.deinit();
 }
 
+pub const Iterator = struct {
+    inner: std.StringHashMap(Entry).Iterator,
+
+    pub const Item = struct {
+        key: []const u8,
+        value: []const u8,
+        expires: i64,
+    };
+
+    pub fn next(self: *Iterator) ?Item {
+        const entry = self.inner.next() orelse return null;
+        return Item{
+            .key = entry.key_ptr.*,
+            .value = entry.value_ptr.value,
+            .expires = entry.value_ptr.expires,
+        };
+    }
+};
+
+pub fn iterator(self: *Lru) Iterator {
+    return .{ .inner = self.map.iterator() };
+}
+
 test "LRU basic operations" {
     var lru = try Lru.init(std.testing.allocator, 3);
     defer lru.deinit();
diff --git a/src/http/handler.zig b/src/http/handler.zig
index e87e847..a15dbb8 100644
--- a/src/http/handler.zig
+++ b/src/http/handler.zig
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ fn handleWeatherInternal(
         }
     } else try ansi.render(allocator, weather, .{ .use_imperial = use_imperial });
 
+    // Will use a TTL to a random value between 1000-2000 seconds (16-33 minutes).
+    // We want to avoid a thundering herd problem where all cached entries expire
+    // at exactly the same time, causing a spike of requests to the weather provider.
+
+    // • Base TTL: 1000 seconds (~16 minutes)
+    // • Random jitter: 0-1000 seconds
+    // • Total: 1000-2000 seconds (16-33 minutes)
     const ttl = 1000 + std.crypto.random.intRangeAtMost(u64, 0, 1000);
     try opts.cache.put(cache_key, output, ttl);