diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 72d1972..69f8886 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ To do so - you need to enable the api by setting env variable `ENABLE_API=true`
 * `POST /api/user-ban` - ban the user from accessing the application
 * `POST /api/user-unban` - unban the user from accessing the application
 
+#### Cache operations
+
+* `POST /api/cache-clear` - clear the cache
+* `GET /api/cache-stats` - get the cache statistics ( hits, misses, size )
+
 Both endpoints require the `user_id` parameter to be present in the request body and allow you to provide the reason for the ban.
 
 Example request:
diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index 15df64c..4dadf04 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ func enableApi() {
 		api := apiserver.Group("/api")
 		api.Post("/user-ban", apiBanUser)
 		api.Post("/user-unban", apiUnbanUser)
+		api.Post("/cache-clear", apiClearCache)
+		api.Get("/cache-stats", apiCacheStats)
 
 		go periodicallyReloadBannedUsers()
 		err := apiserver.Listen(fmt.Sprintf(":%d", cfg.Server.ApiPort))
@@ -50,6 +52,21 @@ func checkIfUserIsBanned(c *fiber.Ctx, userID string) bool {
 	return found
 }
 
+func apiClearCache(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+	cfg.Logger.Debug("Clearing cache via API", nil)
+	cfg.Cache.CacheClient.ClearCache()
+	cfg.Logger.Info("Cache cleared via API", nil)
+	c.Status(200).SendString("OK: cache cleared")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func apiCacheStats(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+	stats := cfg.Cache.CacheClient.ShowStats()
+	cfg.Logger.Debug("Getting cache stats via API", map[string]interface{}{"stats": stats})
+	c.JSON(stats)
+	return nil
+}
+
 type apiBanUserRequest struct {
 	UserID string `json:"user_id"`
 	Reason string `json:"reason"`
diff --git a/cache/cache.go b/cache/cache.go
index 955146d..404e5e9 100644
--- a/cache/cache.go
+++ b/cache/cache.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ type Cache struct {
 	globalTTL      time.Duration
 	compressPool   sync.Pool
 	decompressPool sync.Pool
+	cacheHits      int
+	cacheMisses    int
 	sync.RWMutex   // Reintroduced to provide lock methods
 }
 
@@ -75,14 +77,16 @@ func (c *Cache) Get(key string) ([]byte, bool) {
 
 	entry, ok := c.entries.Load(key)
 	if !ok || entry.(CacheEntry).ExpiresAt.Before(time.Now()) {
+		c.cacheMisses++
 		return nil, false
 	}
 	compressedValue := entry.(CacheEntry).Value
 	value, err := c.decompress(compressedValue)
 	if err != nil {
+		c.cacheMisses++
 		return nil, false
 	}
-
+	c.cacheHits++
 	return value, true
 }
 
@@ -109,6 +113,34 @@ func (c *Cache) CleanExpiredEntries() {
 	})
 }
 
+type CacheStats struct {
+	CachedQueries int `json:"cached_queries"`
+	CacheHits     int `json:"cache_hits"`
+	CacheMisses   int `json:"cache_misses"`
+}
+
+func (c *Cache) ShowStats() CacheStats {
+	c.RLock()
+	defer c.RUnlock()
+	var count int
+	c.entries.Range(func(_, _ interface{}) bool {
+		count++
+		return true
+	})
+	cs := CacheStats{
+		CachedQueries: count,
+		CacheHits:     c.cacheHits,
+		CacheMisses:   c.cacheMisses,
+	}
+	return cs
+}
+
+func (c *Cache) ClearCache() {
+	c.cacheHits = 0
+	c.cacheMisses = 0
+	c.entries = sync.Map{}
+}
+
 func (c *Cache) compress(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	w := c.compressPool.Get().(*gzip.Writer)
 	defer c.compressPool.Put(w)
diff --git a/cache/cache_bench_test.go b/cache/cache_bench_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d805a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache/cache_bench_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package libpack_cache
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Assume that New function initializes the cache and it is defined somewhere in the libpack_cache package.
+
+func BenchmarkCacheSet(b *testing.B) {
+	cache := New(30 * time.Second) // Initializing the cache with a TTL of 30 seconds
+	key := "benchmark-key"
+	value := []byte("benchmark-value")
+
+	b.ResetTimer() // Reset the timer to exclude the setup time from the benchmark
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		cache.Set(key, value, 5*time.Second)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkCacheGet(b *testing.B) {
+	cache := New(30 * time.Second) // Initializing the cache
+	key := "benchmark-key"
+	value := []byte("benchmark-value")
+	cache.Set(key, value, 5*time.Second) // Pre-set a value to retrieve
+
+	b.ResetTimer() // Start timing
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_, _ = cache.Get(key)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkCacheExpire(b *testing.B) {
+	key := "benchmark-expire-key"
+	value := []byte("benchmark-value")
+	ttl := 5 * time.Millisecond // Setting a short TTL for quick expiration
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		cache := New(30 * time.Second)
+		cache.Set(key, value, ttl)
+		time.Sleep(ttl) // Wait for the key to expire
+		_, _ = cache.Get(key)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkCacheStats(b *testing.B) {
+	cache := New(30 * time.Second) // Initializing the cache
+	key := "benchmark-key"
+	value := []byte("benchmark-value")
+	cache.Set(key, value, 5*time.Second) // Pre-set a value to retrieve
+	cache.Get(key)
+}
diff --git a/cache/cache_test.go b/cache/cache_test.go
index b0e2cc7..8714742 100644
--- a/cache/cache_test.go
+++ b/cache/cache_test.go
@@ -110,3 +110,36 @@ func (suite *CacheTestSuite) Test_CacheExpire() {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func (suite *CacheTestSuite) Test_CacheStats() {
+	cache := New(30 * time.Second)
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		cache_value string
+		ttl         time.Duration
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "test1",
+			cache_value: "test1-123",
+			ttl:         2 * time.Second,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "test2",
+			cache_value: "test2-123",
+			ttl:         5 * time.Second,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		suite.T().Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cache.Set(tt.name, []byte(tt.name), tt.ttl)
+			c, ok := cache.Get(tt.name)
+			suite.Equal(true, ok)
+			suite.Equal(tt.name, string(c))
+		})
+	}
+	cache.Get("non-existent-non-cached-key")
+	stats := cache.ShowStats()
+	suite.Equal(2, stats.CacheHits, "CacheHits")
+	suite.Equal(1, stats.CacheMisses, "CacheMisses")
+	suite.Equal(2, stats.CachedQueries, "CachedQueries")
+}