diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/groups.js b/src/controllers/accounts/groups.js
index fbe9a39407..8abcd25894 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/groups.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/groups.js
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ groupsController.get = async function (req, res) {
 
 	const payload = res.locals.userData;
 
-	let groupsData = await groups.getUserGroups([res.locals.uid]);
-	groupsData = groupsData[0];
-	const groupNames = groupsData.filter(Boolean).map(group => group.name);
+	const groupsData = payload.groups.filter(Boolean);
+	const groupNames = groupsData.map(group => group.name);
 	const members = await groups.getMemberUsers(groupNames, 0, 3);
 	groupsData.forEach((group, index) => {
 		group.members = members[index];
diff --git a/src/groups/create.js b/src/groups/create.js
index aea069c829..be21f1d0a2 100644
--- a/src/groups/create.js
+++ b/src/groups/create.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const meta = require('../meta');
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
 const slugify = require('../slugify');
 const db = require('../database');
+const cache = require('../cache');
 
 module.exports = function (Groups) {
 	Groups.create = async function (data) {
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ module.exports = function (Groups) {
 
 		await db.sortedSetAdd('groups:createtime', groupData.createtime, groupData.name);
 		await db.setObject(`group:${groupData.name}`, groupData);
-
+		cache.del(`zset:groups:createtime`);
 		if (data.hasOwnProperty('ownerUid')) {
 			await db.setAdd(`group:${groupData.name}:owners`, data.ownerUid);
 			await db.sortedSetAdd(`group:${groupData.name}:members`, timestamp, data.ownerUid);
diff --git a/src/groups/delete.js b/src/groups/delete.js
index 449640c190..129e8dd9c2 100644
--- a/src/groups/delete.js
+++ b/src/groups/delete.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const plugins = require('../plugins');
 const slugify = require('../slugify');
 const db = require('../database');
 const batch = require('../batch');
+const cache = require('../cache');
 
 module.exports = function (Groups) {
 	Groups.destroy = async function (groupNames) {
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ module.exports = function (Groups) {
 			removeGroupsFromPrivilegeGroups(groupNames),
 		]);
 		Groups.cache.reset();
+		cache.del(`zset:groups:createtime`);
 		plugins.hooks.fire('action:groups.destroy', { groups: groupsData });
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/groups/index.js b/src/groups/index.js
index b71145304a..e4f24e5335 100644
--- a/src/groups/index.js
+++ b/src/groups/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const db = require('../database');
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
 const privileges = require('../privileges');
 const slugify = require('../slugify');
+const cache = require('../cache');
 
 const Groups = module.exports;
 
@@ -99,8 +100,10 @@ Groups.getNonPrivilegeGroups = async function (set, start, stop, flags) {
 			ephemeral: true,
 		};
 	}
-
-	let groupNames = await db.getSortedSetRevRange(set, start, stop);
+	const useCache = set === 'groups:createtime' && parseInt(start, 10) === 0 && parseInt(stop, 10) === -1;
+	let groupNames = useCache ?
+		await Groups.getAllGroupNames('groups:createtime') :
+		await db.getSortedSetRevRange(set, start, stop);
 	groupNames = groupNames.filter(groupName => !Groups.isPrivilegeGroup(groupName));
 	if (flags.ephemeral) {
 		groupNames = groupNames.concat(Groups.ephemeralGroups);
@@ -110,6 +113,17 @@ Groups.getNonPrivilegeGroups = async function (set, start, stop, flags) {
 	return groupsData.filter(Boolean);
 };
 
+Groups.getAllGroupNames = async function (set) {
+	const cacheKey = `zset:${set}`;
+	let names = cache.get(cacheKey);
+	if (names !== undefined) {
+		return [...names];
+	}
+	names = await db.getSortedSetRevRange(set, 0, -1);
+	cache.set(names);
+	return [...names];
+};
+
 Groups.getGroups = async function (set, start, stop) {
 	return await db.getSortedSetRevRange(set, start, stop);
 };
diff --git a/src/groups/leave.js b/src/groups/leave.js
index f9af8a34ff..ca591a5957 100644
--- a/src/groups/leave.js
+++ b/src/groups/leave.js
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ module.exports = function (Groups) {
 	}
 
 	Groups.leaveAllGroups = async function (uid) {
-		const groups = await db.getSortedSetRange('groups:createtime', 0, -1);
+		const groups = await Groups.getAllGroupNames('groups:createtime');
 		await Promise.all([
 			Groups.leave(groups, uid),
 			Groups.rejectMembership(
diff --git a/src/privileges/helpers.js b/src/privileges/helpers.js
index 08fc60e320..6ba57cdf66 100644
--- a/src/privileges/helpers.js
+++ b/src/privileges/helpers.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ helpers.getUserPrivileges = async function (cid, userPrivileges) {
 helpers.getGroupPrivileges = async function (cid, groupPrivileges) {
 	const [memberSets, allGroupNames] = await Promise.all([
 		groups.getMembersOfGroups(groupPrivileges.map(privilege => `cid:${cid}:privileges:${privilege}`)),
-		groups.getGroups('groups:createtime', 0, -1),
+		groups.getAllGroupNames('groups:createtime'),
 	]);
 
 	const uniqueGroups = _.uniq(_.flatten(memberSets));