diff --git a/src/globals.ts b/src/globals.ts
index 3ea1ce0..29c7013 100644
--- a/src/globals.ts
+++ b/src/globals.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { EventBus } from './tools/event-bus'
 import { writable } from 'svelte/store'
 import { settings } from './settings'
 import type { TFile } from 'obsidian'
+import { Platform } from 'obsidian'
 
 export const regexLineSplit = /\r?\n|\r|((\.|\?|!)( |\r?\n|\r))/g
 export const regexYaml = /^---\s*\n(.*?)\n?^---\s?/ms
@@ -77,10 +78,9 @@ export function isInputComposition(): boolean {
   return inComposition
 }
 
-
 /**
  * Plugin dependency - Chs Patch for Chinese word segmentation
- * @returns 
+ * @returns
  */
 export function getChsSegmenter(): any | undefined {
   return (app as any).plugins.plugins['cm-chs-patch']
@@ -93,11 +93,15 @@ export type TextExtractorApi = {
 
 /**
  * Plugin dependency - Text Extractor
- * @returns 
+ * @returns
  */
 export function getTextExtractor(): TextExtractorApi | undefined {
   return (app as any).plugins?.plugins?.['text-extractor']?.api
 }
 
+export function isCacheEnabled(): boolean {
+  return !Platform.isIosApp && settings.useCache
+}
+
 export const SPACE_OR_PUNCTUATION =
   /[|\n\r -#%-*,-/:;?@[-\]_{}\u00A0\u00A1\u00A7\u00AB\u00B6\u00B7\u00BB\u00BF\u037E\u0387\u055A-\u055F\u0589\u058A\u05BE\u05C0\u05C3\u05C6\u05F3\u05F4\u0609\u060A\u060C\u060D\u061B\u061E\u061F\u066A-\u066D\u06D4\u0700-\u070D\u07F7-\u07F9\u0830-\u083E\u085E\u0964\u0965\u0970\u09FD\u0A76\u0AF0\u0C77\u0C84\u0DF4\u0E4F\u0E5A\u0E5B\u0F04-\u0F12\u0F14\u0F3A-\u0F3D\u0F85\u0FD0-\u0FD4\u0FD9\u0FDA\u104A-\u104F\u10FB\u1360-\u1368\u1400\u166E\u1680\u169B\u169C\u16EB-\u16ED\u1735\u1736\u17D4-\u17D6\u17D8-\u17DA\u1800-\u180A\u1944\u1945\u1A1E\u1A1F\u1AA0-\u1AA6\u1AA8-\u1AAD\u1B5A-\u1B60\u1BFC-\u1BFF\u1C3B-\u1C3F\u1C7E\u1C7F\u1CC0-\u1CC7\u1CD3\u2000-\u200A\u2010-\u2029\u202F-\u2043\u2045-\u2051\u2053-\u205F\u207D\u207E\u208D\u208E\u2308-\u230B\u2329\u232A\u2768-\u2775\u27C5\u27C6\u27E6-\u27EF\u2983-\u2998\u29D8-\u29DB\u29FC\u29FD\u2CF9-\u2CFC\u2CFE\u2CFF\u2D70\u2E00-\u2E2E\u2E30-\u2E4F\u3000-\u3003\u3008-\u3011\u3014-\u301F\u3030\u303D\u30A0\u30FB\uA4FE\uA4FF\uA60D-\uA60F\uA673\uA67E\uA6F2-\uA6F7\uA874-\uA877\uA8CE\uA8CF\uA8F8-\uA8FA\uA8FC\uA92E\uA92F\uA95F\uA9C1-\uA9CD\uA9DE\uA9DF\uAA5C-\uAA5F\uAADE\uAADF\uAAF0\uAAF1\uABEB\uFD3E\uFD3F\uFE10-\uFE19\uFE30-\uFE52\uFE54-\uFE61\uFE63\uFE68\uFE6A\uFE6B\uFF01-\uFF03\uFF05-\uFF0A\uFF0C-\uFF0F\uFF1A\uFF1B\uFF1F\uFF20\uFF3B-\uFF3D\uFF3F\uFF5B\uFF5D\uFF5F-\uFF65]+/u
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 28f10ae..7469075 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
-import { Notice, Platform, Plugin } from 'obsidian'
+import { Notice, Plugin } from 'obsidian'
 import {
   OmnisearchInFileModal,
   OmnisearchVaultModal,
 } from './components/modals'
-import { loadSettings, settings, SettingsTab, showExcerpt } from './settings'
-import { eventBus, EventNames, indexingStep, IndexingStepType } from './globals'
+import {
+  loadSettings,
+  saveSettings,
+  settings,
+  SettingsTab,
+  showExcerpt,
+} from './settings'
+import {
+  eventBus,
+  EventNames,
+  indexingStep,
+  IndexingStepType,
+  isCacheEnabled,
+} from './globals'
 import api from './tools/api'
 import { isFileIndexable } from './tools/utils'
 import { database, OmnisearchCache } from './database'
@@ -87,10 +99,24 @@ export default class OmnisearchPlugin extends Plugin {
         })
       )
 
-      await populateIndex()
+      await this.populateIndex()
     })
 
-    executeFirstLaunchTasks(this)
+    this.executeFirstLaunchTasks()
+  }
+
+  executeFirstLaunchTasks(): void {
+    const code = '1.10.0-beta.1'
+    if (settings.welcomeMessage !== code) {
+      const welcome = new DocumentFragment()
+      welcome.createSpan({}, span => {
+        span.innerHTML = `🔎 Omnisearch will soon require the <strong>Text Extractor</strong> plugin to index PDF and images. See Omnisearch settings for more information.`
+      })
+      new Notice(welcome, 20_000)
+    }
+    settings.welcomeMessage = code
+
+    this.saveData(settings)
   }
 
   async onunload(): Promise<void> {
@@ -114,64 +140,75 @@ export default class OmnisearchPlugin extends Plugin {
       this.ribbonButton.parentNode?.removeChild(this.ribbonButton)
     }
   }
+
+  private async populateIndex(): Promise<void> {
+    console.time('Omnisearch - Indexing total time')
+    indexingStep.set(IndexingStepType.ReadingFiles)
+    const files = app.vault.getFiles().filter(f => isFileIndexable(f.path))
+    console.log(`Omnisearch - ${files.length} files total`)
+
+    // Map documents in the background
+    // Promise.all(files.map(f => cacheManager.addToLiveCache(f.path)))
+
+    if (isCacheEnabled()) {
+      console.time('Omnisearch - Loading index from cache')
+      indexingStep.set(IndexingStepType.LoadingCache)
+      await searchEngine.loadCache()
+      console.timeEnd('Omnisearch - Loading index from cache')
+    }
+
+    const diff = searchEngine.getDiff(
+      files.map(f => ({ path: f.path, mtime: f.stat.mtime }))
+    )
+
+    if (diff.toAdd.length) {
+      console.log(
+        'Omnisearch - Total number of files to add/update: ' + diff.toAdd.length
+      )
+    }
+    if (diff.toRemove.length) {
+      console.log(
+        'Omnisearch - Total number of files to remove: ' + diff.toRemove.length
+      )
+    }
+
+    if (diff.toAdd.length >= 1000 && isCacheEnabled()) {
+      new Notice(
+        `Omnisearch - ${diff.toAdd.length} files need to be indexed. Obsidian may experience stutters and freezes during the process`,
+        10_000
+      )
+    }
+
+    indexingStep.set(IndexingStepType.IndexingFiles)
+    searchEngine.removeFromPaths(diff.toRemove.map(o => o.path))
+    await searchEngine.addFromPaths(diff.toAdd.map(o => o.path))
+
+    if ((diff.toRemove.length || diff.toAdd.length) && isCacheEnabled()) {
+      indexingStep.set(IndexingStepType.WritingCache)
+
+      // Disable settings.useCache while writing the cache, in case it freezes
+      settings.useCache = false
+      saveSettings(this)
+
+      // Write the cache
+      await searchEngine.writeToCache()
+
+      // Re-enable settings.caching
+      settings.useCache = true
+      saveSettings(this)
+    }
+
+    console.timeEnd('Omnisearch - Indexing total time')
+    if (diff.toAdd.length >= 1000) {
+      new Notice(`Omnisearch - Your files have been indexed.`)
+    }
+    indexingStep.set(IndexingStepType.Done)
+  }
 }
 
 /**
  * Read the files and feed them to Minisearch
  */
-async function populateIndex(): Promise<void> {
-  console.time('Omnisearch - Indexing total time')
-  indexingStep.set(IndexingStepType.ReadingFiles)
-  const files = app.vault.getFiles().filter(f => isFileIndexable(f.path))
-  console.log(`Omnisearch - ${files.length} files total`)
-
-  // Map documents in the background
-  // Promise.all(files.map(f => cacheManager.addToLiveCache(f.path)))
-
-  if (!Platform.isIosApp) {
-    console.time('Omnisearch - Loading index from cache')
-    indexingStep.set(IndexingStepType.LoadingCache)
-    await searchEngine.loadCache()
-    console.timeEnd('Omnisearch - Loading index from cache')
-  }
-
-  const diff = searchEngine.getDiff(
-    files.map(f => ({ path: f.path, mtime: f.stat.mtime }))
-  )
-
-  if (diff.toAdd.length) {
-    console.log(
-      'Omnisearch - Total number of files to add/update: ' + diff.toAdd.length
-    )
-  }
-  if (diff.toRemove.length) {
-    console.log(
-      'Omnisearch - Total number of files to remove: ' + diff.toRemove.length
-    )
-  }
-
-  if (diff.toAdd.length >= 1000 && !Platform.isIosApp) {
-    new Notice(
-      `Omnisearch - ${diff.toAdd.length} files need to be indexed. Obsidian may experience stutters and freezes during the process`,
-      10_000
-    )
-  }
-
-  indexingStep.set(IndexingStepType.IndexingFiles)
-  searchEngine.removeFromPaths(diff.toRemove.map(o => o.path))
-  await searchEngine.addFromPaths(diff.toAdd.map(o => o.path))
-
-  if (diff.toRemove.length || diff.toAdd.length) {
-    indexingStep.set(IndexingStepType.WritingCache)
-    await searchEngine.writeToCache()
-  }
-
-  console.timeEnd('Omnisearch - Indexing total time')
-  if (diff.toAdd.length >= 1000) {
-    new Notice(`Omnisearch - Your files have been indexed.`)
-  }
-  indexingStep.set(IndexingStepType.Done)
-}
 
 async function cleanOldCacheFiles() {
   const toDelete = [
@@ -191,20 +228,6 @@ async function cleanOldCacheFiles() {
   }
 }
 
-function executeFirstLaunchTasks(plugin: Plugin) {
-  const code = '1.10.0-beta.1'
-  if (settings.welcomeMessage !== code) {
-    const welcome = new DocumentFragment()
-    welcome.createSpan({}, span => {
-      span.innerHTML = `🔎 Omnisearch will soon require the <strong>Text Extractor</strong> plugin to index PDF and images. See Omnisearch settings for more information.`
-    })
-    new Notice(welcome, 20_000)
-  }
-  settings.welcomeMessage = code
-
-  plugin.saveData(settings)
-}
-
 function registerAPI(plugin: OmnisearchPlugin): void {
   // Url scheme for obsidian://omnisearch?query=foobar
   plugin.registerObsidianProtocolHandler('omnisearch', params => {
diff --git a/src/search/omnisearch.ts b/src/search/omnisearch.ts
index 6265bdd..96cdd1a 100644
--- a/src/search/omnisearch.ts
+++ b/src/search/omnisearch.ts
@@ -348,9 +348,6 @@ export class Omnisearch {
   }
 
   public async writeToCache(): Promise<void> {
-    if (Platform.isIosApp) {
-      return
-    }
     await cacheManager.writeMinisearchCache(
       this.minisearch,
       this.indexedDocuments
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index 777a6b6..e059de7 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from 'obsidian'
 import { writable } from 'svelte/store'
 import { database } from './database'
-import { getTextExtractor } from './globals'
+import { getTextExtractor, isCacheEnabled } from './globals'
 import type OmnisearchPlugin from './main'
 
 interface WeightingSettings {
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ interface WeightingSettings {
 }
 
 export interface OmnisearchSettings extends WeightingSettings {
+  /** Enables caching to speed up indexing */
+  useCache: boolean
   /** Respect the "excluded files" Obsidian setting by downranking results ignored files */
   hideExcluded: boolean
   /** Ignore diacritics when indexing files */
@@ -160,6 +162,19 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 
     new Setting(containerEl).setName('Behavior').setHeading()
 
+    // Caching
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName('Save index to cache')
+      .setDesc(
+        'Enable caching to speed up indexing time. In rare cases, the cache write may cause a freeze in Obsidian. This option will disable itself if it happens.'
+      )
+      .addToggle(toggle =>
+        toggle.setValue(settings.useCache).onChange(async v => {
+          settings.useCache = v
+          await saveSettings(this.plugin)
+        })
+      )
+
     // Respect excluded files
     new Setting(containerEl)
       .setName('Respect Obsidian\'s "Excluded Files"')
@@ -336,7 +351,7 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
     //#endregion Results Weighting
 
     //#region Danger Zone
-    if (!Platform.isIosApp) {
+    if (isCacheEnabled()) {
       new Setting(containerEl).setName('Danger Zone').setHeading()
 
       const resetCacheDesc = new DocumentFragment()
@@ -371,6 +386,7 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 }
 
 export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: OmnisearchSettings = {
+  useCache: true,
   hideExcluded: false,
   ignoreDiacritics: true,
   indexedFileTypes: [] as string[],