diff --git a/src/component/2d/ft/Contours.tsx b/src/component/2d/ft/Contours.tsx
index ecf15e3598..8f798c0104 100644
--- a/src/component/2d/ft/Contours.tsx
+++ b/src/component/2d/ft/Contours.tsx
@@ -75,19 +75,8 @@ function ContoursPaths({
 }: ContoursPathsProps) {
   const activeSpectrum = useActiveSpectrum();
   const preferences = usePreferences();
-  const level = useContoursLevel(spectrum, sign);
 
-  const contours = useMemo(() => {
-    const { contours, timeout } = drawContours(
-      level,
-      spectrum,
-      sign === 'negative',
-    );
-    if (timeout) {
-      onTimeout();
-    }
-    return contours;
-  }, [spectrum, level, onTimeout, sign]);
+  const contours = useContours(spectrum, sign, onTimeout);
 
   const path = usePath(spectrum, contours);
 
@@ -171,3 +160,19 @@ export default function Contours() {
 
   return <MemoizedContours {...{ spectra: spectra2d, displayerKey }} />;
 }
+
+function useContours(spectrum: Spectrum2D, sign, onTimeout) {
+  const cache = useRef(new Map());
+  const level = useContoursLevel(spectrum, sign);
+
+  return useMemo(() => {
+    const { contours, timeout } = drawContours(spectrum, level, {
+      negative: sign === 'negative',
+      cache: cache.current,
+    });
+    if (timeout) {
+      onTimeout();
+    }
+    return contours;
+  }, [spectrum, level, onTimeout, sign]);
+}
diff --git a/src/data/data2d/Spectrum2D/contours.ts b/src/data/data2d/Spectrum2D/contours.ts
index 75a409f74c..1bb7f329f8 100644
--- a/src/data/data2d/Spectrum2D/contours.ts
+++ b/src/data/data2d/Spectrum2D/contours.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { NmrData2DFt } from 'cheminfo-types';
 import { Conrec } from 'ml-conrec';
+import { BasicContour } from 'ml-conrec/lib/BasicContourDrawer';
 import { xMaxAbsoluteValue } from 'ml-spectra-processing';
 import type { Spectrum2D } from 'nmr-load-save';
 
@@ -174,12 +175,18 @@ function range(from: number, to: number, step: number) {
   return result;
 }
 
+interface DrawContoursOptions {
+  negative?: boolean;
+  quadrant?: 'rr' | 'ri' | 'ir' | 'ii';
+  cache: Map<number, BasicContour[]>;
+}
+
 function drawContours(
-  level: ContourItem,
   spectrum: Spectrum2D,
-  negative = false,
-  quadrant = 'rr',
+  level: ContourItem,
+  options: DrawContoursOptions,
 ) {
+  const { negative = false, quadrant = 'rr', cache } = options;
   const { contourLevels, numberOfLayers } = level;
 
   return getContours({
@@ -187,6 +194,7 @@ function drawContours(
     boundary: contourLevels,
     nbLevels: numberOfLayers,
     data: spectrum.data[quadrant],
+    cache,
   });
 }
 
@@ -196,6 +204,7 @@ interface ContoursCalcOptions {
   timeout?: number;
   nbLevels: number;
   data: NmrData2DFt['rr'];
+  cache: Map<number, BasicContour[]>;
 }
 
 function getContours(options: ContoursCalcOptions) {
@@ -205,34 +214,33 @@ function getContours(options: ContoursCalcOptions) {
     timeout = 2000,
     nbLevels,
     data,
+    cache,
   } = options;
-  const xs = getRange(data.minX, data.maxX, data.z[0].length);
-  const ys = getRange(data.minY, data.maxY, data.z.length);
-  const conrec = new Conrec(data.z, { xs, ys, swapAxes: false });
-  const max = Math.max(Math.abs(data.minZ), Math.abs(data.maxZ));
-  const minLevel = calculateValueOfLevel(boundary[0], max);
-  const maxLevel = calculateValueOfLevel(boundary[1], max);
 
-  const diffRange = boundary[1] - boundary[0];
+  const range = calculateRange(boundary, data, nbLevels, negative);
 
-  let _range = getRange(minLevel, maxLevel, Math.min(nbLevels, diffRange), 2);
-  if (negative) {
-    _range = _range.map((value) => -value);
+  if (isZeroRange(range)) {
+    return createEmptyResult(range);
   }
 
-  if (_range.every((r) => r === 0)) {
-    const emptyLine: number[] = [];
+  const diffRange = boundary[1] - boundary[0];
+
+  if (cache.has(diffRange)) {
     return {
-      contours: _range.map((r) => ({ zValue: r, lines: emptyLine })),
+      contours: cache.get(diffRange) ?? [],
       timeout: false,
     };
   }
 
-  return conrec.drawContour({
+  const conrec = initializeConrec(data);
+  const result = conrec.drawContour({
     contourDrawer: 'basic',
-    levels: Array.from(_range),
+    levels: range,
     timeout,
   });
+  cache.set(diffRange, result.contours);
+
+  return result;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -251,6 +259,38 @@ function calculateValueOfLevel(level: number, max: number, invert = false) {
   return (max * (2 ** (level / 10) - 1)) / (2 ** 10 - 1);
 }
 
+function calculateRange(
+  boundary: [number, number],
+  data: ContoursCalcOptions['data'],
+  nbLevels: number,
+  negative: boolean,
+): number[] {
+  const max = Math.max(Math.abs(data.minZ), Math.abs(data.maxZ));
+  const minLevel = calculateValueOfLevel(boundary[0], max);
+  const maxLevel = calculateValueOfLevel(boundary[1], max);
+  const diffRange = boundary[1] - boundary[0];
+
+  const range = getRange(minLevel, maxLevel, Math.min(nbLevels, diffRange), 2);
+  return negative ? range.map((value) => -value) : range;
+}
+
+function isZeroRange(range: number[]): boolean {
+  return range.every((r) => r === 0);
+}
+
+function createEmptyResult(range: number[]) {
+  return {
+    contours: range.map((r) => ({ zValue: r, lines: [] })),
+    timeout: false,
+  };
+}
+
+function initializeConrec(data: ContoursCalcOptions['data']): Conrec {
+  const xs = getRange(data.minX, data.maxX, data.z[0].length);
+  const ys = getRange(data.minY, data.maxY, data.z.length);
+  return new Conrec(data.z, { xs, ys, swapAxes: false });
+}
+
 export {
   drawContours,
   contoursManager,
diff --git a/src/data/data2d/__tests__/Datum2D.test.ts b/src/data/data2d/__tests__/Datum2D.test.ts
index 9a0f499c2f..2008dbac4f 100644
--- a/src/data/data2d/__tests__/Datum2D.test.ts
+++ b/src/data/data2d/__tests__/Datum2D.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 
-import { expect, test } from 'vitest';
+import type { BasicContour } from 'ml-conrec/lib/BasicContourDrawer';
+import { test, expect } from 'vitest';
 
 import { addJcamp } from '../../SpectraManager.js';
 import { drawContours } from '../Spectrum2D/contours.js';
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import { drawContours } from '../Spectrum2D/contours.js';
 test('Datum2D', () => {
   const jcamp = readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, './data/cosy.jdx'), 'utf8');
   const spectra: any[] = [];
+  const cache = new Map<number, BasicContour>();
 
   addJcamp(
     spectra,
@@ -26,13 +28,14 @@ test('Datum2D', () => {
   );
 
   const positive = drawContours(
-    { contourLevels: [10, 100], numberOfLayers: 10 },
     spectra[0],
+    { contourLevels: [10, 100], numberOfLayers: 10 },
+    { cache },
   );
   const negative = drawContours(
-    { contourLevels: [10, 100], numberOfLayers: 10 },
     spectra[0],
-    true,
+    { contourLevels: [10, 100], numberOfLayers: 10 },
+    { cache, negative: true },
   );
   expect(positive.contours).toHaveLength(10);
   expect(positive.timeout).toBeFalsy();