diff --git a/mesh_bot.py b/mesh_bot.py
index 6937744..d108714 100755
--- a/mesh_bot.py
+++ b/mesh_bot.py
@@ -106,11 +106,17 @@ def handle_wiki(message):
         return "Please add a search term example:wiki: travelling gnome"
 
 def handle_llm(message_from_id, channel_number, deviceID, message, publicChannel):
-    global llmRunCounter, llmTotalRuntime
-    
-    location = get_node_location(message_from_id, deviceID)
+    global llmRunCounter, llmTotalRuntime, llmLocationTable
+
     if location_enabled:
-        location_name = where_am_i(str(location[0]), str(location[1]), short = True)
+        location = get_node_location(message_from_id, deviceID)
+        # if message_from_id is is the llmLocationTable use the location from the table to save on API calls
+        if message_from_id in llmLocationTable:
+            location = llmLocationTable[message_from_id]
+        else:
+            location_name = where_am_i(str(location[0]), str(location[1]), short = True)
+            llmLocationTable.append({message_from_id: location_name})
+
         if NO_DATA_NOGPS in location_name:
             location_name = "no location provided "
     else:
diff --git a/modules/settings.py b/modules/settings.py
index 6c6b3e8..46c5ea6 100644
--- a/modules/settings.py
+++ b/modules/settings.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ scheduler_enabled = False # enable the scheduler currently config via code only
 wiki_return_limit = 3 # limit the number of sentences returned off the first paragraph first hit
 llmRunCounter = 0
 llmTotalRuntime = []
+llmLocationTable = []
 
 # Read the config file, if it does not exist, create basic config file
 config = configparser.ConfigParser()