diff --git a/main.ts b/main.ts
index 7f21eb1..3be3b21 100644
--- a/main.ts
+++ b/main.ts
@@ -72,17 +72,6 @@ export default class VikunjaPlugin extends Plugin {
 		this.registerDomEvent(document, 'keyup', this.handleUpDownEvent.bind(this));
 		this.registerDomEvent(document, 'click', this.handleClickEvent.bind(this));
 		this.registerEvent(this.app.workspace.on('editor-change', this.handleEditorChange.bind(this)));
-
-		// When registering intervals, this function will automatically clear the interval when the plugin is disabled.
-		this.registerInterval(window
-			.setInterval(async () => {
-					// this runs anyway, also when cron not enabled, to be dynamically enabled by settings without disable/enable plugin
-					if (this.settings.enableCron) {
-						await this.processor.exec()
-					}
-				},
-				this.settings.cronInterval * 1000)
-		);
 	}
 
 	private setupAPIs() {
diff --git a/src/settings/VaultTaskCache.ts b/src/settings/VaultTaskCache.ts
index dfd3622..54b17d8 100644
--- a/src/settings/VaultTaskCache.ts
+++ b/src/settings/VaultTaskCache.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ export default class VaultTaskCache {
 		this.plugin = plugin;
 	}
 
+	async saveCacheToDisk() {
+		await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+	}
+
 	update(local: PluginTask) {
 		if (local.task.id === undefined) {
 			throw new Error("VaultTaskCache: Task id is not defined");
diff --git a/src/settings/mainSetting.ts b/src/settings/mainSetting.ts
index 3a65b13..9ba38cc 100644
--- a/src/settings/mainSetting.ts
+++ b/src/settings/mainSetting.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {App, Notice, PluginSettingTab, Setting} from "obsidian";
 import VikunjaPlugin from "../../main";
 import {backendToFindTasks, chooseOutputFile, supportedTasksPluginsFormat} from "../enums";
-import {ModelsProject, ModelsProjectView, ModelsTask} from "../../vikunja_sdk";
+import {ModelsProject, ModelsProjectView} from "../../vikunja_sdk";
 import {appHasDailyNotesPluginLoaded} from "obsidian-daily-notes-interface";
 import {PluginTask} from "../vaultSearcher/vaultSearcher";
 
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ export interface VikunjaPluginSettings {
 	availableViews: ModelsProjectView[],
 	selectedView: number,
 	selectBucketForDoneTasks: number,
-	cache: Map<number, PluginTask>, // do not touch! Only via processing/processor.ts
+	cache: Map<number, PluginTask>, // do not touch! Only via settings/VaultTaskCache.ts
+	saveCacheToDiskFrequency: number,
 }
 
 export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: VikunjaPluginSettings = {
@@ -59,15 +60,21 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: VikunjaPluginSettings = {
 	selectedView: 0,
 	selectBucketForDoneTasks: 0,
 	cache: new Map<number, PluginTask>(),
+	saveCacheToDiskFrequency: 10,
 }
 
 export class MainSetting extends PluginSettingTab {
 	plugin: VikunjaPlugin;
 	projects: ModelsProject[] = [];
+	private cacheListener: number;
+	private cronListener: number;
 
 	constructor(app: App, plugin: VikunjaPlugin) {
 		super(app, plugin);
 		this.plugin = plugin;
+
+		this.startCacheListener();
+		this.startCronListener();
 	}
 
 	display(): void {
@@ -187,10 +194,22 @@ export class MainSetting extends PluginSettingTab {
 							this.plugin.settings.cronInterval = parseInt(value);
 							await this.plugin.saveSettings();
 						}
-					))
-			;
+					));
 		}
 
+		new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName("Save cache to disk frequency")
+			.setDesc("Set the interval in minutes to save the cache to disk. Lower values will result in more frequent saves, but may cause performance issues. Limits are 1 to 60. This will be enforced by the plugin.")
+			.addText(text => text
+				.setValue(this.plugin.settings.saveCacheToDiskFrequency.toString())
+				.onChange(async (value: string) => {
+						this.plugin.settings.saveCacheToDiskFrequency = Math.max(Math.min(parseInt(value), 60), 1);
+						await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+						this.startCacheListener();
+					}
+				)
+			)
+
 		new Setting(containerEl).setHeading().setName('Vikunja Settings').setDesc('Settings to connect to Vikunja.');
 
 		const hostDesc = document.createDocumentFragment();
@@ -551,6 +570,25 @@ export class MainSetting extends PluginSettingTab {
 		this.display();
 	}
 
+	private startCacheListener() {
+		window.clearInterval(this.cacheListener);
+		this.cacheListener = window.setInterval(this.plugin.cache.saveCacheToDisk.bind(this), this.plugin.settings.saveCacheToDiskFrequency * 60 * 1000);
+		this.plugin.registerInterval(this.cacheListener);
+	}
+
+	private startCronListener() {
+		window.clearInterval(this.cronListener);
+		this.cronListener = window
+			.setInterval(async () => {
+					// this runs anyway, also when cron not enabled, to be dynamically enabled by settings without disable/enable plugin
+					if (this.plugin.settings.enableCron) {
+						await this.plugin.processor.exec()
+					}
+				},
+				this.plugin.settings.cronInterval * 1000)
+		this.plugin.registerInterval(this.cronListener);
+	}
+
 	private resetApis() {
 		// TODO: Implement an event to reload API configurations
 		this.plugin.tasksApi.init();