diff --git a/src/main/java/me/refracdevelopment/simpletags/manager/data/MySQLManager.java b/src/main/java/me/refracdevelopment/simpletags/manager/data/MySQLManager.java
index 6b1e9d8..fe1c180 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/refracdevelopment/simpletags/manager/data/MySQLManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/refracdevelopment/simpletags/manager/data/MySQLManager.java
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ public Exception connect() {
             config.setJdbcUrl("jdbc:mariadb://" + host + ':' + port + '/' + database);
             config.setUsername(username);
             config.setPassword(password);
+            config.addDataSourceProperty("cachePrepStmts", "true");
+            config.addDataSourceProperty("prepStmtCacheSize", "250");
+            config.addDataSourceProperty("prepStmtCacheSqlLimit", "2048");
+
             hikariDataSource = new HikariDataSource(config);
         } catch (Exception exception) {
             hikariDataSource = null;