diff --git a/src/utils/getVideoDetails.ts b/src/utils/getVideoDetails.ts
index aa5636a..251336f 100644
--- a/src/utils/getVideoDetails.ts
+++ b/src/utils/getVideoDetails.ts
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ async function newLeafWrapper(videoId: string, ignoreCache: boolean) {
 
 export function getVideoDetails(videoId: string, ignoreCache = false): Promise<videoDetails> {
     if (!config.newLeafURLs) {
-        return getPlayerData(videoId)
+        return getPlayerData(videoId, ignoreCache)
             .then(data => convertFromInnerTube(data));
     }
     return Promise.any([
         newLeafWrapper(videoId, ignoreCache)
             .then(videoData => convertFromNewLeaf(videoData)),
-        getPlayerData(videoId)
+        getPlayerData(videoId, ignoreCache)
             .then(data => convertFromInnerTube(data))
     ]).catch(() => {
         return null;
diff --git a/src/utils/innerTubeAPI.ts b/src/utils/innerTubeAPI.ts
index c8f8696..c330e92 100644
--- a/src/utils/innerTubeAPI.ts
+++ b/src/utils/innerTubeAPI.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import axios from "axios";
+import { Logger } from "./logger";
 import { innerTubeVideoDetails } from "../types/innerTubeApi.model";
+import DiskCache from "./diskCache";
 
-export async function getPlayerData(videoID: string): Promise<innerTubeVideoDetails> {
+async function getFromITube (videoID: string): Promise<innerTubeVideoDetails> {
     // start subrequest
     const url = "https://www.youtube.com/youtubei/v1/player";
     const data = {
@@ -21,4 +23,36 @@ export async function getPlayerData(videoID: string): Promise<innerTubeVideoDeta
     } else {
         return Promise.reject(result.status);
     }
+}
+
+export async function getPlayerData (videoID: string, ignoreCache = false): Promise<innerTubeVideoDetails> {
+    if (!videoID || videoID.length !== 11 || videoID.includes(".")) {
+        return Promise.reject("Invalid video ID");
+    }
+
+    const cacheKey = `yt.itube.video.${videoID}`;
+    if (!ignoreCache) { // try fetching from cache
+        try {
+            const data = await DiskCache.get(cacheKey);
+            if (data) {
+                Logger.debug(`InnerTube API: cache used for video information: ${videoID}`);
+                return data as innerTubeVideoDetails;
+            }
+        } catch (err) {
+            return Promise.reject(err);
+        }
+    }
+    try {
+        const data = await getFromITube(videoID)
+            .catch(err => {
+                Logger.warn(`InnerTube API Error for ${videoID}: ${err}`);
+                return Promise.reject(err);
+            });
+        DiskCache.set(cacheKey, data)
+            .then(() => Logger.debug(`InnerTube API: video information cache set for: ${videoID}`))
+            .catch((err: any) => Logger.warn(err));
+        return data;
+    } catch (err) {
+        return Promise.reject(err);
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/test/cases/innerTubeApi.ts b/test/cases/innerTubeApi.ts
index e20c4a6..0c98642 100644
--- a/test/cases/innerTubeApi.ts
+++ b/test/cases/innerTubeApi.ts
@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@ const currentViews = 49816;
 
 describe("innertube API test", function() {
     it("should be able to get innerTube details", async () => {
-        const result = await innerTube.getPlayerData(videoID);
+        const result = await innerTube.getPlayerData(videoID, true);
         assert.ok(partialDeepEquals(result, expectedInnerTube));
     });
     it("Should have more views than current", async () => {
-        const result = await innerTube.getPlayerData(videoID);
+        const result = await innerTube.getPlayerData(videoID, true);
         assert.ok(Number(result.viewCount) >= currentViews);
     });
     it("Should have equivalent response from NewLeaf", async function () {
         if (!config.newLeafURLs || config.newLeafURLs.length <= 0 || config.newLeafURLs[0] == "placeholder") this.skip();
-        const itResponse = await innerTube.getPlayerData(videoID);
+        const itResponse = await innerTube.getPlayerData(videoID, true);
         const newLeafResponse = await YouTubeAPI.listVideos(videoID, true);
         // validate videoID
         assert.strictEqual(itResponse.videoId, videoID);