diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 869d0ca5..3726795f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ gem 'mitlibraries-theme', git: 'https://github.com/mitlibraries/mitlibraries-the
 gem 'puma'
 gem 'rack-attack'
 gem 'rails', '~> 7.1.0'
+gem 'rails_semantic_logger'
 gem 'redis'
 gem 'sentry-rails'
 gem 'sentry-ruby'
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ group :development, :test do
 end
 
 group :development do
+  gem 'amazing_print'
   gem 'annotate'
   gem 'better_errors'
   gem 'binding_of_caller'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index cb921ed7..4af08731 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ GEM
       tzinfo (~> 2.0)
     addressable (2.8.7)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 7.0)
+    amazing_print (1.8.1)
     annotate (3.2.0)
       activerecord (>= 3.2, < 8.0)
       rake (>= 10.4, < 14.0)
@@ -279,6 +280,10 @@ GEM
     rails-html-sanitizer (1.6.2)
       loofah (~> 2.21)
       nokogiri (>= 1.15.7, != 1.16.7, != 1.16.6, != 1.16.5, != 1.16.4, != 1.16.3, != 1.16.2, != 1.16.1, != 1.16.0.rc1, != 1.16.0)
+    rails_semantic_logger (4.18.0)
+      rack
+      railties (>= 5.1)
+      semantic_logger (~> 4.16)
     railties (7.1.5.1)
       actionpack (= 7.1.5.1)
       activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
@@ -339,6 +344,8 @@ GEM
       rexml (~> 3.2, >= 3.2.5)
       rubyzip (>= 1.2.2, < 3.0)
       websocket (~> 1.0)
+    semantic_logger (4.17.0)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     sentry-rails (5.26.0)
       railties (>= 5.0)
       sentry-ruby (~> 5.26.0)
@@ -411,6 +418,7 @@ PLATFORMS
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  amazing_print
   annotate
   better_errors
   binding_of_caller
@@ -433,6 +441,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   puma
   rack-attack
   rails (~> 7.1.0)
+  rails_semantic_logger
   redis
   rubocop
   rubocop-rails
diff --git a/app/controllers/search_controller.rb b/app/controllers/search_controller.rb
index 9085b9e0..f24969ef 100644
--- a/app/controllers/search_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/search_controller.rb
@@ -21,12 +21,34 @@ def results
     # hand off enhanced query to builder
     query = QueryBuilder.new(@enhanced_query).query
 
+    # Create cache key for this query
+    # Sorting query hash to ensure consistent key generation
+    sorted_query = query.sort_by { |k, v| k.to_sym }.to_h
+    cache_key = Digest::MD5.hexdigest(sorted_query.to_s)
+
+    Rails.logger.info("Cache key for this query: #{cache_key}")
+    Rails.logger.info("Query: #{query}")
+    Rails.logger.info("Sorted Query: #{sorted_query}")
+
     # builder hands off to wrapper which returns raw results here
-    response = if Flipflop.enabled?(:gdt)
-                 execute_geospatial_query(query)
-               else
-                 TimdexBase::Client.query(TimdexSearch::BaseQuery, variables: query)
-               end
+    marshaled_response = if Flipflop.enabled?(:gdt)
+                           Rails.cache.fetch("#{cache_key}/geo", expires_in: 12.hours) do
+                             raw = execute_geospatial_query(query)
+                             Marshal.dump({
+                                            data: raw.data.to_h,
+                                            errors: raw.errors.details.to_h
+                                          })
+                           end
+                         else
+                           Rails.cache.fetch("#{cache_key}/use", expires_in: 12.hours) do
+                             raw = TimdexBase::Client.query(TimdexSearch::BaseQuery, variables: query)
+                             Marshal.dump({
+                                            data: raw.data.to_h,
+                                            errors: raw.errors.details.to_h
+                                          })
+                           end
+                         end
+    response = Marshal.load(marshaled_response)
 
     # Handle errors
     @errors = extract_errors(response)
@@ -59,11 +81,16 @@ def execute_geospatial_query(query)
   end
 
   def extract_errors(response)
-    response&.errors&.details&.to_h&.dig('data')
+    response[:errors]['data'] if response.is_a?(Hash) && response.key?(:errors) && response[:errors].key?('data')
   end
 
   def extract_filters(response)
-    aggs = response&.data&.search&.to_h&.dig('aggregations')
+    # aggs = response&.data&.search&.to_h&.dig('aggregations')
+    # aggs = response['data']['search']['aggregations']
+    # aggs = response.dig('data', 'search', 'aggregations')
+    return unless response.is_a?(Hash) && response.key?(:data) && response[:data].key?('search')
+
+    aggs = response[:data]['search']['aggregations']
     return if aggs.blank?
 
     aggs = reorder_filters(aggs, active_filters) unless active_filters.blank?
@@ -78,7 +105,9 @@ def extract_filters(response)
   end
 
   def extract_results(response)
-    response&.data&.search&.to_h&.dig('records')
+    return unless response.is_a?(Hash) && response.key?(:data) && response[:data].key?('search')
+
+    response[:data]['search']['records']
   end
 
   def reorder_filters(aggs, active_filters)
diff --git a/app/models/analyzer.rb b/app/models/analyzer.rb
index 2e043df5..3361592a 100644
--- a/app/models/analyzer.rb
+++ b/app/models/analyzer.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ def initialize(enhanced_query, response)
   private
 
   def hits(response)
-    response&.data&.search&.to_h&.dig('hits')
+    return 0 if response.nil?
+    return 0 unless response.is_a?(Hash) && response.key?(:data) && response[:data].key?('search')
+    return 0 unless response[:data]['search'].is_a?(Hash) && response[:data]['search'].key?('hits')
+
+    response[:data]['search']['hits']
   end
 
   def next_page(page, hits)
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index 97e037ce..ed8532dd 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -81,4 +81,16 @@
 
   # Raise error when a before_action's only/except options reference missing actions
   config.action_controller.raise_on_missing_callback_actions = true
+
+  config.rails_semantic_logger.semantic   = true
+  config.rails_semantic_logger.started    = false
+  config.rails_semantic_logger.processing = false
+  config.rails_semantic_logger.rendered   = false
+  # config.rails_semantic_logger.format = :json
+
+  # $stdout.sync = true
+  # config.rails_semantic_logger.add_file_appender = false
+  # config.semantic_logger.add_appender(io: $stdout, formatter: config.rails_semantic_logger.format)
+
+  config.log_level = :info
 end
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 58f07798..04c4e1e5 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,14 @@
 
   # Use a different cache store in production.
   # config.cache_store = :mem_cache_store
-  config.cache_store = :redis_cache_store, { url: ENV['REDIS_URL'], ssl_params: { verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE } }
+  # User redis cache if REDIS_URL is set, otherwise fallback to memory store
+  if ENV['REDIS_URL'].blank?
+    puts "WARNING: REDIS_URL not set, falling back to memory_store for cache. This is not recommended for production environments."
+    config.cache_store = :memory_store, { size: 32.megabytes }
+  else
+    puts "Using redis cache store at #{ENV['REDIS_URL']}"
+    config.cache_store = :redis_cache_store, { url: ENV['REDIS_URL'], ssl_params: { verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE } }
+  end
 
   # Use a real queuing backend for Active Job (and separate queues per environment).
   # config.active_job.queue_adapter = :resque