diff --git a/docker_dev/mysql_schema.sql b/docker_dev/mysql_schema.sql
index f2f4cde..e3934bc 100644
--- a/docker_dev/mysql_schema.sql
+++ b/docker_dev/mysql_schema.sql
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ CREATE TABLE posts (
 	post_path_depth INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 
 	post_create_time DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
-	post_update_time DATETIME NOT NULL 
-		DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-		ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+	post_update_time DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
 
 	post_metadata JSON NOT NULL,
+	post_settings_cache JSON DEFAULT NULL,
 
 	post_content MEDIUMTEXT,
 
diff --git a/www/mysql_adapter.php b/www/mysql_adapter.php
index 72b0009..fb08aca 100644
--- a/www/mysql_adapter.php
+++ b/www/mysql_adapter.php
@@ -144,18 +144,34 @@ class MySQLAdapter {
 
 		return $out_data;
 	}
+
+	function reset_post_settings_cache($post_path) {
+		$post_path = $this->_sanitize_path($post_path);
+
+		$this->_exec("
+			UPDATE posts
+			SET post_settings_cache=NULL
+			WHERE post_path LIKE ?;
+		", "s", $post_path . "%");
+	}
+
 	function update_or_create_post($post_path, $post_metadata, $post_content) {
 		$post_path = $this->_sanitize_path($post_path);
 		$path_depth = substr_count($post_path, "/");
 		
 		$this->make_post_directory(dirname($post_path));
 
+		$this->reset_post_settings_cache($post_path);
+
 		$qry = "
 		INSERT INTO posts
 			(post_path, post_path_depth, post_metadata, post_content)
 		VALUES
 			( ?, ?, ?, ?) AS new
-		ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE post_metadata=new.post_metadata, post_content=new.post_content;";
+		ON DUPLICATE KEY 
+			UPDATE  post_metadata=new.post_metadata, 
+					post_content=new.post_content,
+					post_update_time=CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;";
 
 		$this->_exec($qry, "siss", 
 			$post_path,
@@ -167,39 +183,45 @@ class MySQLAdapter {
 	function get_settings_for_path($post_path) {
 		$post_path = $this->_sanitize_path($post_path);
 
-		$qry = "
-		WITH RECURSIVE settings_data (post_path, post_depth, json_settings) AS (
-			SELECT post_path, post_path_depth, post_metadata
+		$post_settings = $this->_exec("
+			SELECT post_path, post_settings_cache
 			FROM posts
 			WHERE post_path = ?
+		", "s", $post_path)->fetch_assoc();
 
-			UNION ALL 
-
-			SELECT posts.post_path, posts.post_path_depth, posts.post_metadata
-			FROM posts, settings_data
-			WHERE posts.post_path = SUBSTRING_INDEX(settings_data.post_path, '/', settings_data.post_depth)
-				AND posts.post_path_depth = settings_data.post_depth - 1
-		)
-		SELECT post_depth, json_settings 
-		FROM settings_data
-		ORDER BY post_depth ASC;
-		";
-
-		$out_settings = [];
-
-		$settings_list = $this->_exec($qry, "s", $post_path)->fetch_all(MYSQLI_ASSOC);
-
-		foreach($settings_list AS $setting) {			
-			$setting = json_decode($setting['json_settings'], true);
-
-			if(!isset($setting) || !isset($setting['settings'])) {
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			$out_settings = array_merge($out_settings, $setting['settings']);
+		if(!isset($post_settings)) {
+			return [];
+		}
+		if(isset($post_settings['post_settings_cache'])) {
+			return json_decode($post_settings['post_settings_cache'], true);
 		}
 
-		return $out_settings;
+		$parent_settings = [];
+		if($post_path != "") {
+			$parent_settings = $this->get_settings_for_path(dirname($post_path));
+		}
+
+		$post_settings = [];
+		$post_metadata = $this->_exec("
+			SELECT post_path, post_metadata
+			FROM posts
+			WHERE post_path = ?
+		", "s", $post_path)->fetch_assoc();
+
+		if(isset($post_metadata['post_metadata'])) {
+			$post_metadata = json_decode($post_metadata['post_metadata'], true);
+
+			if(isset($post_metadata['settings'])) {
+				$post_settings = $post_metadata['settings'];
+			}
+		}
+
+		$post_settings = array_merge($parent_settings, $post_settings);
+
+		$this->_exec("UPDATE posts SET post_settings_cache=? WHERE post_path=?", "ss",
+			json_encode($post_settings), $post_path);
+
+		return $post_settings;
 	}
 	
 	function get_post_by_path($post_path, 
diff --git a/www/post_adapter.php b/www/post_adapter.php
index 06babc7..542b21c 100644
--- a/www/post_adapter.php
+++ b/www/post_adapter.php
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ class PostHandler extends MySQLAdapter {
 
 		if(basename($post_path) == "README.md") {
 			$readme_metadata = [];
-            if(isset($post_metadata['directory_data'])) {
-                $readme_metadata = $post_metadata['directory_data'];
-            }
 			if(isset($post_metadata['settings'])) {
 				$readme_metadata['settings'] = $post_metadata['settings'];
 			}
+            if(isset($post_metadata['directory_data'])) {
+                $readme_metadata = $post_metadata['directory_data'];
+            }
 			
 			$this->update_or_create_post(dirname($post_path),
                 $readme_metadata, $post_content);