diff --git a/llama_cpp/llama.py b/llama_cpp/llama.py
index d7dc625..447acb7 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/llama.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/llama.py
@@ -17,20 +17,23 @@ from typing import (
 )
 from collections import deque, OrderedDict
 
+import diskcache
+
 from . import llama_cpp
 from .llama_types import *
 
 
+
 class LlamaCache:
     """Cache for a llama.cpp model."""
 
-    def __init__(self, capacity_bytes: int = (2 << 30)):
-        self.cache_state: OrderedDict[Tuple[int, ...], "LlamaState"] = OrderedDict()
+    def __init__(self, cache_dir="./llama_cache", capacity_bytes: int = (2 << 30)):
+        self.cache = diskcache.Cache(cache_dir)
         self.capacity_bytes = capacity_bytes
 
     @property
     def cache_size(self):
-        return sum([state.llama_state_size for state in self.cache_state.values()])
+        return self.cache.volume()
 
     def _find_longest_prefix_key(
         self,
@@ -38,10 +41,8 @@ class LlamaCache:
     ) -> Optional[Tuple[int, ...]]:
         min_len = 0
         min_key = None
-        keys = (
-            (k, Llama.longest_token_prefix(k, key)) for k in self.cache_state.keys()
-        )
-        for k, prefix_len in keys:
+        for k in self.cache.iterkeys():
+            prefix_len = Llama.longest_token_prefix(k, key)
             if prefix_len > min_len:
                 min_len = prefix_len
                 min_key = k
@@ -51,9 +52,9 @@ class LlamaCache:
         key = tuple(key)
         _key = self._find_longest_prefix_key(key)
         if _key is None:
-            raise KeyError(f"Key not found")
-        value = self.cache_state[_key]
-        self.cache_state.move_to_end(_key)
+            raise KeyError("Key not found")
+        value = self.cache.pop(_key)
+        self.cache.push(_key)
         return value
 
     def __contains__(self, key: Sequence[int]) -> bool:
@@ -61,11 +62,13 @@ class LlamaCache:
 
     def __setitem__(self, key: Sequence[int], value: "LlamaState"):
         key = tuple(key)
-        if key in self.cache_state:
-            del self.cache_state[key]
-        self.cache_state[key] = value
+        if key in self.cache:
+            del self.cache[key]
+        self.cache[key] = value
         while self.cache_size > self.capacity_bytes:
-            self.cache_state.popitem(last=False)
+            key_to_remove = next(iter(self.cache))
+            del self.cache[key_to_remove]
+
 
 
 class LlamaState: