diff --git a/backend/src/api/mempool.ts b/backend/src/api/mempool.ts
index dc3634a6f..73a6fdfeb 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/mempool.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/mempool.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ class Mempool {
   public async $setMempool(mempoolData: { [txId: string]: MempoolTransactionExtended }) {
     this.mempoolCache = mempoolData;
     let count = 0;
+    const redisTimer = Date.now();
+    if (config.MEMPOOL.CACHE_ENABLED && config.REDIS.ENABLED) {
+      logger.debug(`Migrating ${Object.keys(this.mempoolCache).length} transactions from disk cache to Redis cache`);
+    }
     for (const txid of Object.keys(this.mempoolCache)) {
       if (!this.mempoolCache[txid].sigops || this.mempoolCache[txid].effectiveFeePerVsize == null) {
         this.mempoolCache[txid] = transactionUtils.extendMempoolTransaction(this.mempoolCache[txid]);
@@ -94,6 +98,13 @@ class Mempool {
         this.mempoolCache[txid].order = transactionUtils.txidToOrdering(txid);
       }
       count++;
+      if (config.MEMPOOL.CACHE_ENABLED && config.REDIS.ENABLED) {
+        await redisCache.$addTransaction(this.mempoolCache[txid]);
+      }
+    }
+    if (config.MEMPOOL.CACHE_ENABLED && config.REDIS.ENABLED) {
+      await redisCache.$flushTransactions();
+      logger.debug(`Finished migrating cache transactions in ${((Date.now() - redisTimer) / 1000).toFixed(2)} seconds`);
     }
     if (this.mempoolChangedCallback) {
       this.mempoolChangedCallback(this.mempoolCache, [], []);
@@ -102,10 +113,6 @@ class Mempool {
       await this.$asyncMempoolChangedCallback(this.mempoolCache, count, [], []);
     }
     this.addToSpendMap(Object.values(this.mempoolCache));
-    if (config.MEMPOOL.CACHE_ENABLED && config.REDIS.ENABLED) {
-      logger.debug('copying mempool from disk cache into Redis');
-      await redisCache.$addTransactions(Object.values(mempoolData));
-    }
   }
 
   public async $reloadMempool(expectedCount: number): Promise<MempoolTransactionExtended[]> {
@@ -212,6 +219,7 @@ class Mempool {
       logger.info(`Missing ${transactions.length - currentMempoolSize} mempool transactions, attempting to reload in bulk from esplora`);
       try {
         newTransactions = await this.$reloadMempool(transactions.length);
+        redisCache.$addTransactions(newTransactions);
         loaded = true;
       } catch (e) {
         logger.err('failed to load mempool in bulk from esplora, falling back to fetching individual transactions');
@@ -234,6 +242,10 @@ class Mempool {
             }
             hasChange = true;
             newTransactions.push(transaction);
+
+            if (config.REDIS.ENABLED) {
+              await redisCache.$addTransaction(transaction);
+            }
           } catch (e: any) {
             if (config.MEMPOOL.BACKEND === 'esplora' && e.response?.status === 404) {
               this.missingTxCount++;
@@ -324,7 +336,7 @@ class Mempool {
 
     // Update Redis cache
     if (config.REDIS.ENABLED) {
-      await redisCache.$addTransactions(newTransactions);
+      await redisCache.$flushTransactions();
       await redisCache.$removeTransactions(deletedTransactions.map(tx => tx.txid));
       await rbfCache.updateCache();
     }
diff --git a/backend/src/api/redis-cache.ts b/backend/src/api/redis-cache.ts
index e89b2302d..4b3c956c0 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/redis-cache.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/redis-cache.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ class RedisCache {
   private client;
   private connected = false;
 
+  private cacheQueue: MempoolTransactionExtended[] = [];
+  private txFlushLimit: number = 1000;
+
   constructor() {
     if (config.REDIS.ENABLED) {
       const redisConfig = {
@@ -52,6 +55,18 @@ class RedisCache {
     }
   }
 
+  async $addTransaction(tx: MempoolTransactionExtended) {
+    this.cacheQueue.push(tx);
+    if (this.cacheQueue.length > this.txFlushLimit) {
+      await this.$flushTransactions();
+    }
+  }
+
+  async $flushTransactions() {
+    await this.$addTransactions(this.cacheQueue);
+    this.cacheQueue = [];
+  }
+
   async $addTransactions(newTransactions: MempoolTransactionExtended[]) {
     try {
       await this.$ensureConnected();
@@ -118,6 +133,7 @@ class RedisCache {
       await this.$ensureConnected();
       const keys = await this.client.keys('tx:*');
       const promises: Promise<MempoolTransactionExtended[]>[] = [];
+      let returned = 0;
       for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i += 10000) {
         const keySlice = keys.slice(i, i + 10000);
         if (!keySlice.length) {
@@ -131,6 +147,8 @@ class RedisCache {
               }
             }
           }
+          logger.info(`Loaded ${(returned * 10000) + (chunk.length)}/${keys.length} transactions from Redis cache`);
+          returned++;
         }));
       }
       await Promise.all(promises);