diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a646092..1f416217 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ tests/e2e/screenshots/*.png
 tmp_*
 *.d.ts
 node_modules/
-/app/public/js/*
\ No newline at end of file
+/app/public/js/*
+.jinja_cache/
diff --git a/api/routes/auth.py b/api/routes/auth.py
index 79ebcdd6..f7c1d358 100644
--- a/api/routes/auth.py
+++ b/api/routes/auth.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
 from authlib.common.errors import AuthlibBaseError
 from authlib.integrations.starlette_client import OAuth
+from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader, FileSystemBytecodeCache
 from starlette.config import Config
 
 from api.auth.user_management import validate_and_cache_user
@@ -19,7 +20,21 @@
 # Router
 auth_router = APIRouter()
 TEMPLATES_DIR = str((Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "../app/templates").resolve())
-templates = Jinja2Templates(directory=TEMPLATES_DIR)
+
+TEMPLATES_CACHE_DIR = "./.jinja_cache"
+os.makedirs(TEMPLATES_CACHE_DIR, exist_ok=True)  # ✅ ensures the folder exists
+
+templates = Jinja2Templates(
+    env=Environment(
+        loader=FileSystemLoader(TEMPLATES_DIR),
+        bytecode_cache=FileSystemBytecodeCache(
+            directory=TEMPLATES_CACHE_DIR,
+            pattern="%s.cache"
+        ),
+        auto_reload=True
+    )
+)
+
 
 # ---- Helpers ----
 def _get_provider_client(request: Request, provider: str):