diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 69ae60b..35dd0bf 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ### 0.23.0 (2019-xx-xx xx:xx:xx UTC)
 
+* Change add 3 days cache for tmdb base info only
 * Change `Discordapp` to `Discord` in line with company change
 * Change remove `app` from URL when calling webhook
 * Change remind user when testing Notifications config / Discord to update URL
diff --git a/lib/sg_helpers.py b/lib/sg_helpers.py
index 845df26..47c564a 100644
--- a/lib/sg_helpers.py
+++ b/lib/sg_helpers.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import traceback
 
 from exceptions_helper import ex, ConnectionSkipException
 from lib.cachecontrol import CacheControl, caches
+from lib.tmdbsimple.configuration import Configuration
 from cfscrape import CloudflareScraper
 from send2trash import send2trash
 
@@ -36,6 +37,10 @@ if False:
     from typing import Any, AnyStr, Dict, NoReturn, integer_types, Iterable, Iterator, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
     from lxml_etree import etree
 
+# global tmdb_info cache
+_TMDB_INFO_CACHE = {'date': datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1), 'data': None}
+
+
 # Mapping error status codes to official W3C names
 http_error_code = {
     300: 'Multiple Choices',
@@ -1303,3 +1308,13 @@ def indent_xml(elem, level=0):
             elem.text = ('%s' % elem.text).replace('\n', ' ')
         if level and (not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip()):
             elem.tail = i
+
+
+def get_tmdb_info():
+    # type: (...) -> Dict
+    """return tmdbsimple Configuration().info() or cached copy"""
+    global _TMDB_INFO_CACHE
+    # only retrieve info data if older then 3 days
+    if 3 < (datetime.datetime.now() - _TMDB_INFO_CACHE['date']).days or not _TMDB_INFO_CACHE['data']:
+        _TMDB_INFO_CACHE = {'date': datetime.datetime.now(), 'data': Configuration().info()}
+    return _TMDB_INFO_CACHE['data']
diff --git a/sickbeard/metadata/generic.py b/sickbeard/metadata/generic.py
index 47b67f4..0c46a31 100644
--- a/sickbeard/metadata/generic.py
+++ b/sickbeard/metadata/generic.py
@@ -1089,8 +1089,7 @@ class GenericMetadata(object):
 
         # get TMDB configuration info
         TMDB.API_KEY = sickbeard.TMDB_API_KEY
-        config = TMDB.Configuration()
-        response = config.info()
+        response = sg_helpers.get_tmdb_info()
         base_url = response['images']['base_url']
         sizes = response['images']['poster_sizes']
 
diff --git a/sickbeard/webserve.py b/sickbeard/webserve.py
index 26f4ecd..3380e8e 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webserve.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webserve.py
@@ -8390,7 +8390,7 @@ class CachedImages(MainHandler):
                 tmdbimage = True
                 try:
                     TMDB.API_KEY = sickbeard.TMDB_API_KEY
-                    tmdbconfig = TMDB.Configuration().info()
+                    tmdbconfig = sg_helpers.get_tmdb_info()
                     images = TMDB.TV(helpers.try_int(tmdbid)).images()
                     s = '%s%s%s' % (tmdbconfig['images']['base_url'], tmdbconfig['images']['poster_sizes'][3],
                                     sorted(images['posters'], key=lambda x: x['vote_average'],