diff --git a/lib/thumbhash.ts b/lib/thumbhash.ts
index f0c1f09..03c17cb 100644
--- a/lib/thumbhash.ts
+++ b/lib/thumbhash.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,32 @@
 
 import { thumbHashToRGBA, thumbHashToDataURL } from 'thumbhash';
 
+// Bounded caches for expensive ThumbHash decoding operations
+const CACHE_LIMIT = 1000;
+const blurDataUrlCache = new Map<string, string>();
+const dominantHexCache = new Map<string, string>();
+
+function setCache<K, V>(map: Map<K, V>, key: K, value: V) {
+  if (map.size >= CACHE_LIMIT) {
+    const firstKey = map.keys().next().value;
+    // Evict the first key using length check to avoid falsy string issue
+    if (firstKey !== undefined) map.delete(firstKey);
+  }
+  map.set(key, value);
+}
+
 /**
  * Convert an Immich base64-encoded ThumbHash into a tiny data URL
  * suitable for next/image's blurDataURL prop.
  */
 export function thumbHashToBlurDataUrl(base64: string): string {
+  const cached = blurDataUrlCache.get(base64);
+  if (cached) return cached;
+
   const bytes = Uint8Array.from(atob(base64), (c) => c.charCodeAt(0));
-  return thumbHashToDataURL(bytes);
+  const url = thumbHashToDataURL(bytes);
+  setCache(blurDataUrlCache, base64, url);
+  return url;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -20,6 +39,9 @@ export function thumbHashToBlurDataUrl(base64: string): string {
  * Computes the weighted average of all non-transparent pixels.
  */
 export function thumbHashToDominantHex(base64: string): string {
+  const cached = dominantHexCache.get(base64);
+  if (cached) return cached;
+
   const bytes = Uint8Array.from(atob(base64), (c) => c.charCodeAt(0));
   const { w, h, rgba } = thumbHashToRGBA(bytes);
 
@@ -38,11 +60,16 @@ export function thumbHashToDominantHex(base64: string): string {
     }
   }
 
-  if (total === 0) return '#888888';
+  if (total === 0) {
+    setCache(dominantHexCache, base64, '#888888');
+    return '#888888';
+  }
 
   const avg = (v: number) =>
     Math.round(v / total)
       .toString(16)
       .padStart(2, '0');
-  return `#${avg(r)}${avg(g)}${avg(b)}`;
+  const hex = `#${avg(r)}${avg(g)}${avg(b)}`;
+  setCache(dominantHexCache, base64, hex);
+  return hex;
 }