diff --git a/Wabbajack.Common/Consts.cs b/Wabbajack.Common/Consts.cs
index 7e5a4e8a..fdf6eac1 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Common/Consts.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Common/Consts.cs
@@ -61,5 +61,7 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Common
                 return headerString;
             }
         }
+
+        public static TimeSpan NexusCacheExpiry = new TimeSpan(1, 0, 0, 0);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/Wabbajack.Test/DownloaderTests.cs b/Wabbajack.Test/DownloaderTests.cs
index 0291a550..2bf824c7 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Test/DownloaderTests.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Test/DownloaderTests.cs
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Test
 
             var converted = state.ViaJSON();
             Assert.IsTrue(converted.Verify());
+            // Exercise the cache code
+            Assert.IsTrue(converted.Verify());
             var filename = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
 
             Assert.IsTrue(converted.IsWhitelisted(new ServerWhitelist { AllowedPrefixes = new List<string> () }));
diff --git a/Wabbajack/Downloaders/NexusDownloader.cs b/Wabbajack/Downloaders/NexusDownloader.cs
index d5ba05f2..c250a56e 100644
--- a/Wabbajack/Downloaders/NexusDownloader.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack/Downloaders/NexusDownloader.cs
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Downloaders
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    new NexusApiClient().GetNexusDownloadLink(this, true);
-                    return true;
+                    var info = new NexusApiClient().GetFileInfo(this);
+                    return info.category_name != null;
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
diff --git a/Wabbajack/NexusApi/NexusApi.cs b/Wabbajack/NexusApi/NexusApi.cs
index 973d73a7..80cb0301 100644
--- a/Wabbajack/NexusApi/NexusApi.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack/NexusApi/NexusApi.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;
 using System.Security.Authentication;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Wabbajack.Common;
 using Wabbajack.Downloaders;
@@ -190,6 +192,20 @@ namespace Wabbajack.NexusApi
             }
         }
 
+        private T GetCached<T>(string url)
+        {
+            var code = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(url).ToHEX();
+            var cache_file = Path.Combine(Consts.NexusCacheDirectory, code + ".json");
+            if (File.Exists(cache_file) && DateTime.Now - File.GetLastWriteTime(cache_file) < Consts.NexusCacheExpiry)
+            {
+                return cache_file.FromJSON<T>();
+            }
+
+            var result = Get<T>(url);
+            result.ToJSON(cache_file);
+            return result;
+        }
+
 
         public string GetNexusDownloadLink(NexusDownloader.State archive, bool cache = false)
         {
@@ -223,7 +239,7 @@ namespace Wabbajack.NexusApi
         public NexusFileInfo GetFileInfo(NexusDownloader.State mod)
         {
             var url = $"https://api.nexusmods.com/v1/games/{ConvertGameName(mod.GameName)}/mods/{mod.ModID}/files/{mod.FileID}.json";
-            return Get<NexusFileInfo>(url);
+            return GetCached<NexusFileInfo>(url);
         }
 
         public ModInfo GetModInfo(string gameName, string modId)