diff --git a/index.mjs b/index.mjs
index 8d87ce82..70708854 100644
--- a/index.mjs
+++ b/index.mjs
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ import express from "express";
 import { createServer } from "http";
 import compression from "compression";
 import WebSocket from "ws";
+import { LRUCache } from "lru-cache";
 import { baremuxPath } from "@mercuryworkshop/bare-mux/node";
 import { epoxyPath } from "@mercuryworkshop/epoxy-transport";
 import { libcurlPath } from "@mercuryworkshop/libcurl-transport";
 import { uvPath } from "@titaniumnetwork-dev/ultraviolet";
 import wisp from "wisp-server-node";
-import NodeCache from "node-cache";
 
 const surgeConfigPath = path.resolve("surge.config.json");
 const isSurgedRun = process.argv.includes("--surged");
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ function applySurgeAndRestartIfNeeded() {
 
   const config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(surgeConfigPath, "utf-8"));
   const nodeArgs = config.nodeFlags.concat([path.resolve("index.mjs"), "--surged"]);
-  const env = { ...process.env, UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE: String(config.uvThreadpoolSize), ALREADY_SURGED: "true" };
+  const env = {
+    ...process.env,
+    UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE: String(config.uvThreadpoolSize),
+    ALREADY_SURGED: "true"
+  };
 
   console.log(`[~] Relaunching with Node flags: ${config.nodeFlags.join(' ')}`);
   const relaunch = spawnSync(process.execPath, nodeArgs, { stdio: 'inherit', env });
@@ -47,30 +51,38 @@ function applySurgeAndRestartIfNeeded() {
 applySurgeAndRestartIfNeeded();
 
 if (global.gc) {
-  setInterval(() => global.gc(), 15000);
+  setInterval(() => {
+    const { heapUsed, heapTotal } = process.memoryUsage();
+    if (heapTotal > 0 && heapUsed / heapTotal > 0.7) {
+      global.gc();
+      console.info('[~] Performed GC due to high heap usage');
+    }
+  }, 60_000);
 }
 
 import './others/scaler.mjs';
 import './others/warmup.mjs';
 
-const cache = new NodeCache({ stdTTL: 345600, checkperiod: 3600, useClones: false });
-const port = parseInt(process.env.PORT || "3000", 10);
-cluster.schedulingPolicy = cluster.SCHED_RR;
+const cache = new LRUCache({
+  max: 1000,
+  ttl: 4 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+  allowStale: false,
+});
 
-function logInfo(message) { console.info(`[~] ${message}`); }
-function logSuccess(message) { console.info(`[+] ${message}`); }
-function logError(error) {
-  const msg = error instanceof Error ? error.message : error;
-  console.error(`[!] ${msg}`);
-}
+const port = parseInt(process.env.PORT || "3000", 10);
+
+function logInfo(msg)    { console.info(`[~] ${msg}`); }
+function logSuccess(msg) { console.info(`[+] ${msg}`); }
+function logError(err)   { console.error(`[!] ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : err}`); }
 
 process.on("uncaughtException", err => logError(`Unhandled Exception: ${err}`));
 process.on("unhandledRejection", reason => logError(`Unhandled Rejection: ${reason}`));
 
 if (cluster.isPrimary) {
-  const numCPUs = os.cpus().length;
-  logInfo(`Master started. Forking ${numCPUs} workers...`);
-  for (let i = 0; i < numCPUs; i++) cluster.fork();
+  const cpus = os.cpus().length;
+  const workers = Math.max(1, cpus - 1);
+  logInfo(`Master: forking ${workers} of ${cpus} cores`);
+  for (let i = 0; i < workers; i++) cluster.fork();
 
   cluster.on("exit", (worker, code, signal) => {
     logError(`Worker ${worker.process.pid} exited (code=${code}, signal=${signal}). Restarting...`);
@@ -79,9 +91,9 @@ if (cluster.isPrimary) {
 
   let current = 0;
   const server = net.createServer({ pauseOnConnect: true }, conn => {
-    const workers = Object.values(cluster.workers);
-    if (!workers.length) return conn.destroy();
-    const worker = workers[current++ % workers.length];
+    const workersArr = Object.values(cluster.workers);
+    if (!workersArr.length) return conn.destroy();
+    const worker = workersArr[current++ % workersArr.length];
     worker.send("sticky-session:connection", conn);
   });
 
@@ -93,14 +105,16 @@ if (cluster.isPrimary) {
   const publicPath = path.join(__dirname, "public");
   const app = express();
 
-  app.use(compression({ level: 9, threshold: 128, memLevel: 9 }));
+  app.use(compression({ level: 4, memLevel: 4, threshold: 1024 }));
+
   app.use((req, res, next) => {
     const key = req.originalUrl;
-    if (cache.has(key)) {
+    const val = cache.get(key);
+    if (val) {
       res.setHeader("X-Cache", "HIT");
-      return res.send(cache.get(key));
+      return res.send(val);
     }
-    res.sendResponse = res.send;
+    res.sendResponse = res.send.bind(res);
     res.send = body => {
       cache.set(key, body);
       res.setHeader("X-Cache", "MISS");
@@ -117,6 +131,7 @@ if (cluster.isPrimary) {
   app.use("/wah/", express.static(uvPath, staticOpts));
 
   app.use(express.json());
+
   const sendHtml = file => (req, res) => res.sendFile(path.join(publicPath, file));
   app.get('/', sendHtml('$.html'));
   app.get('/g', sendHtml('!.html'));
@@ -132,33 +147,35 @@ if (cluster.isPrimary) {
   pingWSS.on("connection", (ws, req) => {
     const remote = req.socket.remoteAddress || 'unknown';
     let lat = [];
-    const pingInterval = setInterval(() => {
+    const interval = setInterval(() => {
       if (ws.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'ping', timestamp: Date.now() }));
     }, 1000);
-
     ws.on('message', msg => {
       try {
         const data = JSON.parse(msg);
         if (data.type === 'pong' && data.timestamp) {
-          const delta = Date.now() - data.timestamp;
-          lat.push(delta);
+          const d = Date.now() - data.timestamp;
+          lat.push(d);
           if (lat.length > 5) lat.shift();
-          ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'latency', latency: delta }));
+          ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'latency', latency: d }));
         }
-      } catch (e) { logError(`Ping error: ${e}`); }
+      } catch(e) { logError(`Ping error: ${e}`); }
     });
-
     ws.on('close', () => {
-      clearInterval(pingInterval);
+      clearInterval(interval);
       const avg = lat.length ? (lat.reduce((a,b)=>a+b)/lat.length).toFixed(2) : 0;
       logInfo(`WS ${remote} closed. Avg latency ${avg}ms`);
     });
   });
 
   server.on('upgrade', (req, sock, head) => {
-    if (req.url === '/w/ping') pingWSS.handleUpgrade(req, sock, head, ws => pingWSS.emit('connection', ws, req));
-    else if (req.url.startsWith('/w/')) wisp.routeRequest(req, sock, head);
-    else sock.end();
+    if (req.url === '/w/ping') {
+      pingWSS.handleUpgrade(req, sock, head, ws => pingWSS.emit('connection', ws, req));
+    } else if (req.url.startsWith('/w/')) {
+      wisp.routeRequest(req, sock, head);
+    } else {
+      sock.end();
+    }
   });
 
   server.on('error', err => logError(`Worker server error: ${err}`));