diff --git a/.github/workflows/example-client.yml b/.github/workflows/example-client.yml
index 79b37169..5dd9fc1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/example-client.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/example-client.yml
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ jobs:
 
           # Build the index
           go run cmd/main.go -i examples/client/palo-alto.index -s description -jsonl examples/workspace/palo-alto.jsonl
-        
+
           # Copy to client
           cp examples/workspace/palo-alto.jsonl examples/client
-          
+
           # Build the js lib
           npm ci
           npm run build
diff --git a/examples/client/index.html b/examples/client/index.html
index 845b26e9..93bfe050 100644
--- a/examples/client/index.html
+++ b/examples/client/index.html
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@ <h2>Results - <span id="metrics"></span></h2>
           document.getElementById("execute").disabled = false;
           while (true) {
             document.getElementById("next").disabled = false;
-              await new Promise(
-                      (resolve) => (document.getElementById("next").onclick = resolve),
-              );
-              result = await appendResult();
+            await new Promise(
+              (resolve) => (document.getElementById("next").onclick = resolve),
+            );
+            result = await appendResult();
           }
         }
       </script>
diff --git a/src/btree/btree.ts b/src/btree/btree.ts
index 458a0f71..ac94f563 100644
--- a/src/btree/btree.ts
+++ b/src/btree/btree.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ export class BTree {
   private readonly pageFieldType: FieldType;
   private readonly pageFieldWidth: number;
 
+  private rootNodeCache: Promise<BTreeNode> | null = null;
+  private rootPointerCache: Promise<MemoryPointer> | null = null;
+
   // insight attributes below
 
   private readonly entries: number;
@@ -48,26 +51,26 @@ export class BTree {
   }
 
   async root(): Promise<RootResponse> {
-    const mp = await this.meta.root();
-
-    if (!mp || mp.length === 0) {
-      return {
-        rootNode: null,
-        pointer: mp,
-      };
+    if (!this.rootNodeCache || !this.rootPointerCache) {
+      this.rootPointerCache = this.meta.root();
+      this.rootNodeCache = this.rootPointerCache.then((ptr) =>
+        this.readNode(ptr),
+      );
     }
 
-    const root = await this.readNode(mp);
-    if (!root) {
+    const rootNode = await this.rootNodeCache;
+    const pointer = await this.rootPointerCache;
+
+    if (!rootNode) {
       return {
         rootNode: null,
-        pointer: mp,
+        pointer,
       };
     }
 
     return {
-      rootNode: root,
-      pointer: mp,
+      rootNode,
+      pointer,
     };
   }