diff --git a/api/onnx_web/chain/edit_safety.py b/api/onnx_web/chain/edit_safety.py
index 0a1d281f..ee5eeb78 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/chain/edit_safety.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/chain/edit_safety.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 from logging import getLogger
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Any, Optional
 
 from PIL import Image
 
 from ..errors import CancelledException
 from ..params import ImageParams, SizeChart, StageParams
 from ..server import ServerContext
+from ..server.model_cache import ModelTypes
 from ..worker import ProgressCallback, WorkerContext
 from .base import BaseStage
 from .result import StageResult
@@ -16,6 +17,29 @@ logger = getLogger(__name__)
 class EditSafetyStage(BaseStage):
     max_tile = SizeChart.max
 
+    def load(self, server: ServerContext) -> Any:
+        from horde_safety.deep_danbooru_model import get_deep_danbooru_model
+        from horde_safety.interrogate import get_interrogator_no_blip
+        from horde_safety.nsfw_checker_class import NSFWChecker
+
+        cache_key = ("horde-safety",)
+        cache_checker = server.cache.get(ModelTypes.safety, cache_key)
+        if cache_checker is not None:
+            return cache_checker
+
+        # set up
+        interrogator = get_interrogator_no_blip()
+        deep_danbooru_model = get_deep_danbooru_model()
+
+        nsfw_checker = NSFWChecker(
+            interrogator,
+            deep_danbooru_model,
+        )
+
+        server.cache.set(ModelTypes.safety, cache_key)
+
+        return nsfw_checker
+
     def run(
         self,
         _worker: WorkerContext,
@@ -31,24 +55,12 @@ class EditSafetyStage(BaseStage):
 
         # keep these within run to make this sort of like a plugin or peer dependency
         try:
-            from horde_safety.deep_danbooru_model import get_deep_danbooru_model
-            from horde_safety.interrogate import get_interrogator_no_blip
-            from horde_safety.nsfw_checker_class import NSFWChecker
-
             # set up
+            nsfw_checker = self.load(server)
             block_nsfw = server.has_feature("horde-safety-nsfw")
-
-            interrogator = get_interrogator_no_blip()
-            deep_danbooru_model = get_deep_danbooru_model()
-
-            nsfw_checker = NSFWChecker(
-                interrogator,
-                deep_danbooru_model,
-            )
-
-            # individual flags from NSFWResult
             is_csam = False
 
+            # check each output
             images = sources.as_images()
             results = []
             for i, image in enumerate(images):
@@ -68,6 +80,7 @@ class EditSafetyStage(BaseStage):
                 results.append(image)
 
             if is_csam:
+                # TODO: save metadata to a report file
                 logger.warning("blocking csam result")
                 raise CancelledException(reason="csam")
             else:
diff --git a/api/onnx_web/server/model_cache.py b/api/onnx_web/server/model_cache.py
index 6525d4ae..8c157858 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/server/model_cache.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/server/model_cache.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class ModelTypes(str, Enum):
     diffusion = "diffusion"
     scheduler = "scheduler"
     upscaling = "upscaling"
+    safety = "safety"
 
 
 class ModelCache: