diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/SQLDatabaseManager.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/SQLDatabaseManager.java
index ac85092f6..ae4f4a0a4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/SQLDatabaseManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/SQLDatabaseManager.java
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ public final class SQLDatabaseManager implements DatabaseManager {
             connectionProperties.put("user", Config.getInstance().getMySQLUserName());
             connectionProperties.put("password", Config.getInstance().getMySQLUserPassword());
             connectionProperties.put("autoReconnect", "false");
+            connectionProperties.put("cachePrepStmts", "true");
+            connectionProperties.put("prepStmtCacheSize", "64");
+            connectionProperties.put("prepStmtCacheSqlLimit", "2048");
+            connectionProperties.put("useServerPrepStmts", "true");
             connectionPool = new ConnectionPool("mcMMO-Pool",
                     1 /*Minimum of one*/,
                     Config.getInstance().getMySQLMaxPoolSize() /*max pool size */,