diff --git a/lib/AlignedAllocator.cc b/lib/AlignedAllocator.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9df4ec1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/AlignedAllocator.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+
+
+
+#include <Grid/Grid.h>
+
+namespace Grid {
+
+int PointerCache::victim;
+
+  PointerCache::PointerCacheEntry PointerCache::Entries[PointerCache::Ncache];
+
+void *PointerCache::Insert(void *ptr,size_t bytes) {
+
+  if (bytes < 4096 ) return NULL;
+
+#ifdef _OPENMP
+  assert(omp_in_parallel()==0);
+#endif 
+  void * ret = NULL;
+  int v = -1;
+
+  for(int e=0;e<Ncache;e++) {
+    if ( Entries[e].valid==0 ) {
+      v=e; 
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if ( v==-1 ) {
+    v=victim;
+    victim = (victim+1)%Ncache;
+  }
+
+  if ( Entries[v].valid ) {
+    ret = Entries[v].address;
+    Entries[v].valid = 0;
+    Entries[v].address = NULL;
+    Entries[v].bytes = 0;
+  }
+
+  Entries[v].address=ptr;
+  Entries[v].bytes  =bytes;
+  Entries[v].valid  =1;
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+void *PointerCache::Lookup(size_t bytes) {
+
+ if (bytes < 4096 ) return NULL;
+
+#ifdef _OPENMP
+  assert(omp_in_parallel()==0);
+#endif 
+
+  for(int e=0;e<Ncache;e++){
+    if ( Entries[e].valid && ( Entries[e].bytes == bytes ) ) {
+      Entries[e].valid = 0;
+      return Entries[e].address;
+    }
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/lib/AlignedAllocator.h b/lib/AlignedAllocator.h
index a8b9c53b..6e85ab27 100644
--- a/lib/AlignedAllocator.h
+++ b/lib/AlignedAllocator.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-    /*************************************************************************************
+/*************************************************************************************
 
     Grid physics library, www.github.com/paboyle/Grid 
 
@@ -42,9 +42,32 @@ Author: Peter Boyle <paboyle@ph.ed.ac.uk>
 
 namespace Grid {
 
+  class PointerCache {
+  private:
+
+    static const int Ncache=8;
+    static int victim;
+
+    typedef struct { 
+      void *address;
+      size_t bytes;
+      int valid;
+    } PointerCacheEntry;
+    
+    static PointerCacheEntry Entries[Ncache];
+
+  public:
+
+
+    static void *Insert(void *ptr,size_t bytes) ;
+    static void *Lookup(size_t bytes) ;
+
+  };
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // A lattice of something, but assume the something is SIMDized.
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 template<typename _Tp>
 class alignedAllocator {
 public: 
@@ -66,27 +89,27 @@ public:
 
   pointer allocate(size_type __n, const void* _p= 0)
   { 
+    size_type bytes = __n*sizeof(_Tp);
+
+    _Tp *ptr = (_Tp *) PointerCache::Lookup(bytes);
+    
 #ifdef HAVE_MM_MALLOC_H
-    _Tp * ptr = (_Tp *) _mm_malloc(__n*sizeof(_Tp),128);
+    if ( ptr == (_Tp *) NULL ) ptr = (_Tp *) _mm_malloc(bytes,128);
 #else
-    _Tp * ptr = (_Tp *) memalign(128,__n*sizeof(_Tp));
+    if ( ptr == (_Tp *) NULL ) ptr = (_Tp *) memalign(128,bytes);
 #endif
 
-    _Tp tmp;
-#ifdef GRID_NUMA
-#pragma omp parallel for schedule(static)
-  for(int i=0;i<__n;i++){
-    ptr[i]=tmp;
-  }
-#endif 
     return ptr;
   }
 
-  void deallocate(pointer __p, size_type) { 
+  void deallocate(pointer __p, size_type __n) { 
+    size_type bytes = __n * sizeof(_Tp);
+    pointer __freeme = (pointer)PointerCache::Insert((void *)__p,bytes);
+
 #ifdef HAVE_MM_MALLOC_H
-    _mm_free((void *)__p); 
+    if ( __freeme ) _mm_free((void *)__freeme); 
 #else
-    free((void *)__p);
+    if ( __freeme ) free((void *)__freeme);
 #endif
   }
   void construct(pointer __p, const _Tp& __val) { };