diff --git a/common/implementation/base/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/loaders/config/BufferedImageLoader.java b/common/implementation/base/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/loaders/config/BufferedImageLoader.java
index 98f24842c..ba770861c 100644
--- a/common/implementation/base/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/loaders/config/BufferedImageLoader.java
+++ b/common/implementation/base/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/loaders/config/BufferedImageLoader.java
@@ -27,24 +27,41 @@ import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedType;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.config.ConfigPack;
 import com.dfsek.terra.api.config.Loader;
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.properties.Properties;
 
 
 public class BufferedImageLoader implements TypeLoader<BufferedImage> {
     private final Loader files;
     
-    public BufferedImageLoader(Loader files) {
+    private final ConfigPack pack;
+    
+    public BufferedImageLoader(Loader files, ConfigPack pack) {
         this.files = files;
+        this.pack = pack;
+        if (!pack.getContext().has(ImageCache.class))
+            pack.getContext().put(new ImageCache(new ConcurrentHashMap<>()));
     }
     
     @Override
     public BufferedImage load(@NotNull AnnotatedType t, @NotNull Object c, @NotNull ConfigLoader loader, DepthTracker depthTracker)
     throws LoadException {
-        try {
-            return ImageIO.read(files.get((String) c));
-        } catch(IOException e) {
-            throw new LoadException("Unable to load image", e, depthTracker);
-        }
+        System.out.println(pack.getContext().get(ImageCache.class).map);
+        return pack.getContext().get(ImageCache.class).map.computeIfAbsent((String) c, s -> {
+            try {
+                return ImageIO.read(files.get(s));
+            } catch(IOException e) {
+                throw new LoadException("Unable to load image", e, depthTracker);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    
+    /*
+     * Cache prevents configs from loading the same image multiple times into memory
+     */
+    private record ImageCache(ConcurrentHashMap<String, BufferedImage> map) implements Properties {
     }
 }
diff --git a/common/implementation/base/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/pack/ConfigPackImpl.java b/common/implementation/base/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/pack/ConfigPackImpl.java
index 84f2fb382..611539c41 100644
--- a/common/implementation/base/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/pack/ConfigPackImpl.java
+++ b/common/implementation/base/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/pack/ConfigPackImpl.java
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ public class ConfigPackImpl implements ConfigPack {
     @Override
     public void register(TypeRegistry registry) {
         registry.registerLoader(ConfigType.class, configTypeRegistry)
-                .registerLoader(BufferedImage.class, new BufferedImageLoader(loader));
+                .registerLoader(BufferedImage.class, new BufferedImageLoader(loader, this));
         registryMap.forEach(registry::registerLoader);
         shortcuts.forEach(registry::registerLoader); // overwrite with delegated shortcuts if present
     }