diff --git a/lib/Controller.php b/lib/Controller.php
index 72bd5b2..095bbeb 100644
--- a/lib/Controller.php
+++ b/lib/Controller.php
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ class Controller
         try {
             // Ensure last paste from visitors IP address was more than configured amount of seconds ago.
             TrafficLimiter::setConfiguration($this->_conf);
+            TrafficLimiter::setStore($this->_model->getStore());
             if (!TrafficLimiter::canPass()) {
                 $this->_return_message(
                     1, I18n::_(
diff --git a/lib/Data/AbstractData.php b/lib/Data/AbstractData.php
index 0508bc0..3de4bab 100644
--- a/lib/Data/AbstractData.php
+++ b/lib/Data/AbstractData.php
@@ -130,6 +130,16 @@ abstract class AbstractData
      */
     abstract public function existsComment($pasteid, $parentid, $commentid);
 
+    /**
+     * Purge outdated entries.
+     *
+     * @access public
+     * @param  string $namespace
+     * @param  int $time
+     * @return void
+     */
+    abstract public function purgeValues($namespace, $time);
+
     /**
      * Save a value.
      *
diff --git a/lib/Data/Database.php b/lib/Data/Database.php
index 5a0f369..2a1bbcb 100644
--- a/lib/Data/Database.php
+++ b/lib/Data/Database.php
@@ -423,6 +423,23 @@ class Database extends AbstractData
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Purge outdated entries.
+     *
+     * @access public
+     * @param  string $namespace
+     * @param  int $time
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function purgeValues($namespace, $time)
+    {
+        switch ($namespace) {
+            case 'traffic_limiter':
+                ;
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Save a value.
      *
diff --git a/lib/Data/Filesystem.php b/lib/Data/Filesystem.php
index f24691b..3a481d9 100644
--- a/lib/Data/Filesystem.php
+++ b/lib/Data/Filesystem.php
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ class Filesystem extends AbstractData
      */
     private static $_path = 'data';
 
+    /**
+     * cache for the traffic limiter
+     *
+     * @access private
+     * @static
+     * @var    array
+     */
+    private static $_traffic_limiter_cache = array();
+
     /**
      * get instance of singleton
      *
@@ -240,6 +249,27 @@ class Filesystem extends AbstractData
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Purge outdated entries.
+     *
+     * @access public
+     * @param  string $namespace
+     * @param  int $time
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function purgeValues($namespace, $time)
+    {
+        switch ($namespace) {
+            case 'traffic_limiter':
+                foreach (self::$_traffic_limiter_cache as $key => $last_access) {
+                    if ($last_access <= $time) {
+                        unset(self::$_traffic_limiter_cache[$key]);
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Save a value.
      *
@@ -262,7 +292,11 @@ class Filesystem extends AbstractData
                 ;
                 break;
             case 'traffic_limiter':
-                ;
+                self::$_traffic_limiter_cache[$key] = $value;
+                return self::_storeString(
+                    self::$_path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'traffic_limiter.php',
+                    '<?php' . PHP_EOL . '$GLOBALS[\'purge_limiter\'] = ' . var_export(self::$_traffic_limiter_cache, true) . ';'
+                );
                 break;
         }
         return false;
@@ -290,7 +324,14 @@ class Filesystem extends AbstractData
                 ;
                 break;
             case 'traffic_limiter':
-                ;
+                $file = self::$_path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'traffic_limiter.php';
+                if (is_file($file)) {
+                    require $file;
+                    self::$_traffic_limiter_cache = $GLOBALS['traffic_limiter'];
+                    if (array_key_exists($key, self::$_traffic_limiter_cache)) {
+                        return self::$_traffic_limiter_cache[$key];
+                    }
+                }
                 break;
         }
         return '';
diff --git a/lib/Data/GoogleCloudStorage.php b/lib/Data/GoogleCloudStorage.php
index ca1b340..f6fc489 100644
--- a/lib/Data/GoogleCloudStorage.php
+++ b/lib/Data/GoogleCloudStorage.php
@@ -217,6 +217,23 @@ class GoogleCloudStorage extends AbstractData
         return $o->exists();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Purge outdated entries.
+     *
+     * @access public
+     * @param  string $namespace
+     * @param  int $time
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function purgeValues($namespace, $time)
+    {
+        switch ($namespace) {
+            case 'traffic_limiter':
+                ;
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * This is the simplest thing that could possibly work.
      * will be to tested for runtime performance.
diff --git a/lib/Model.php b/lib/Model.php
index 1a23653..8aebd79 100644
--- a/lib/Model.php
+++ b/lib/Model.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Model
      */
     public function getPaste($pasteId = null)
     {
-        $paste = new Paste($this->_conf, $this->_getStore());
+        $paste = new Paste($this->_conf, $this->getStore());
         if ($pasteId !== null) {
             $paste->setId($pasteId);
         }
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ class Model
     public function purge()
     {
         PurgeLimiter::setConfiguration($this->_conf);
-        PurgeLimiter::setStore($this->_getStore());
+        PurgeLimiter::setStore($this->getStore());
         if (PurgeLimiter::canPurge()) {
-            $this->_getStore()->purge($this->_conf->getKey('batchsize', 'purge'));
+            $this->getStore()->purge($this->_conf->getKey('batchsize', 'purge'));
         }
     }
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Model
      *
      * @return Data\AbstractData
      */
-    private function _getStore()
+    public function getStore()
     {
         if ($this->_store === null) {
             $this->_store = forward_static_call(
diff --git a/lib/Persistence/TrafficLimiter.php b/lib/Persistence/TrafficLimiter.php
index 299c7a6..f6bc07f 100644
--- a/lib/Persistence/TrafficLimiter.php
+++ b/lib/Persistence/TrafficLimiter.php
@@ -169,35 +169,18 @@ class TrafficLimiter extends AbstractPersistence
             }
         }
 
-        $file = 'traffic_limiter.php';
-        if (self::_exists($file)) {
-            require self::getPath($file);
-            $tl = $GLOBALS['traffic_limiter'];
-        } else {
-            $tl = array();
-        }
-
-        // purge file of expired hashes to keep it small
-        $now = time();
-        foreach ($tl as $key => $time) {
-            if ($time + self::$_limit < $now) {
-                unset($tl[$key]);
-            }
-        }
-
         // this hash is used as an array key, hence a shorter algo is used
         $hash = self::getHash('sha256');
-        if (array_key_exists($hash, $tl) && ($tl[$hash] + self::$_limit >= $now)) {
+        $now = time();
+        $tl = self::$_store->getValue('traffic_limiter', $hash);
+        self::$_store->purgeValues('traffic_limiter', $now - self::$_limit);
+        if ($tl > 0 && ($tl + self::$_limit >= $now)) {
             $result = false;
         } else {
-            $tl[$hash] = time();
-            $result    = true;
+            $tl     = time();
+            $result = true;
         }
-        self::_store(
-            $file,
-            '<?php' . PHP_EOL .
-            '$GLOBALS[\'traffic_limiter\'] = ' . var_export($tl, true) . ';'
-        );
+        self::$_store->setValue((string) $tl, 'traffic_limiter');
         return $result;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tst/ControllerTest.php b/tst/ControllerTest.php
index 6e7ec4c..92683ce 100644
--- a/tst/ControllerTest.php
+++ b/tst/ControllerTest.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class ControllerTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         /* Setup Routine */
         $this->_path  = sys_get_temp_dir() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'privatebin_data';
         $this->_data  = Filesystem::getInstance(array('dir' => $this->_path));
+        TrafficLimiter::setStore($this->_data);
         $this->reset();
     }