diff --git a/ui/cache.go b/ui/cache.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f6ad98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/cache.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package ui
+
+type CacheHashFn func(interface{}) string
+type CacheHashContextFn func(Context) string
+
+func (c CacheHashContextFn) Fn() CacheHashFn {
+	return func(state interface{}) string { return c(state.(Context)) }
+}
+
+type CacheUpdateFn func(interface{}) interface{}
+type CacheUpdateContextFn func(Context) interface{}
+
+func (c CacheUpdateContextFn) Fn() CacheUpdateFn {
+	return func(state interface{}) interface{} { return c(state.(Context)) }
+}
+
+type Cache struct {
+	value interface{}
+	hash  string
+
+	updateFn CacheUpdateFn
+	hashFn   CacheHashFn
+}
+
+func NewCache(update CacheUpdateFn, hash CacheHashFn) *Cache {
+	return &Cache{updateFn: update, hashFn: hash}
+}
+
+func NewCacheContext(update CacheUpdateContextFn, hash CacheHashContextFn) *Cache {
+	return NewCache(update.Fn(), hash.Fn())
+}
+
+func (c *Cache) Get(state interface{}) interface{} {
+	if c.hashFn(state) != c.hash {
+		c.value = c.updateFn(state)
+	}
+	return c.value
+}
diff --git a/ui/desiredsizecache.go b/ui/desiredsizecache.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 314fdc7..0000000
--- a/ui/desiredsizecache.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package ui
-
-import (
-	"github.com/minio/highwayhash"
-	"opslag.de/schobers/geom"
-)
-
-type desiredSizeCache struct {
-	sum  [32]byte
-	size geom.PointF32
-}
-
-func (c *desiredSizeCache) Update(ctx Context, data string, calcFn func(Context) geom.PointF32) geom.PointF32 {
-	var key = [32]byte{}
-	sum := highwayhash.Sum([]byte(data), key[:])
-	if c.sum != sum {
-		c.size = calcFn(ctx)
-		c.sum = sum
-	}
-	return c.size
-}
diff --git a/ui/label.go b/ui/label.go
index 4d17d8c..4077799 100644
--- a/ui/label.go
+++ b/ui/label.go
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ type Label struct {
 
 	Text string
 
-	size desiredSizeCache
+	init bool
+	size *Cache
 }
 
 func BuildLabel(text string, fn func(*Label)) *Label {
@@ -20,23 +21,38 @@ func BuildLabel(text string, fn func(*Label)) *Label {
 	return l
 }
 
+func (l *Label) initialize() {
+	if l.init {
+		return
+	}
+	l.size = NewCacheContext(l.desiredSize, l.hashContent)
+	l.init = true
+}
+
+func (l *Label) hashContent(ctx Context) string {
+	return l.FontName(ctx) + l.Text
+}
+
+func (l *Label) desiredSize(ctx Context) interface{} {
+	fontName := l.FontName(ctx)
+	font := ctx.Renderer().Font(fontName)
+	width := font.WidthOf(l.Text)
+	height := font.Height()
+	pad := ctx.Style().Dimensions.TextPadding
+	return geom.PtF32(width+pad*2, height+pad*2)
+}
+
 func (l *Label) DesiredSize(ctx Context) geom.PointF32 {
-	var fontName = l.FontName(ctx)
-	return l.size.Update(ctx, fontName+l.Text, func(ctx Context) geom.PointF32 {
-		var font = ctx.Renderer().Font(fontName)
-		var width = font.WidthOf(l.Text)
-		var height = font.Height()
-		var pad = ctx.Style().Dimensions.TextPadding
-		return geom.PtF32(width+pad*2, height+pad*2)
-	})
+	l.initialize()
+	return l.size.Get(ctx).(geom.PointF32)
 }
 
 func (l *Label) Render(ctx Context) {
 	l.RenderBackground(ctx)
-	var c = l.FontColor(ctx)
-	var f = l.FontName(ctx)
-	var pad = ctx.Style().Dimensions.TextPadding
-	var bounds = l.bounds.Inset(pad)
+	c := l.FontColor(ctx)
+	f := l.FontName(ctx)
+	pad := ctx.Style().Dimensions.TextPadding
+	bounds := l.bounds.Inset(pad)
 	switch l.TextAlignment {
 	case AlignLeft:
 		ctx.Renderer().TextAlign(bounds.Min, f, c, l.Text, l.TextAlignment)