diff --git a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/PeerID.java b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/PeerID.java
index 16dc9224a99730669a8b49b34d2dbb504924805f..0a71450c7c25188549464ff4bf067900488271c0 100644
--- a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/PeerID.java
+++ b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/PeerID.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class PeerID implements Comparable<PeerID>
   private boolean triedDestLookup;
   private final int hash;
   private final I2PSnarkUtil util;
+  private String _toStringCache;
 
   public PeerID(byte[] id, Destination address)
   {
@@ -216,13 +217,15 @@ class PeerID implements Comparable<PeerID>
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns the String "id@address" where id is the base64 encoded id
-   * and address is the base64 dest (was the base64 hash of the dest) which
+   * Returns the String "id@address" where id is the first 4 chars of the base64 encoded id
+   * and address is the first 6 chars of the base64 dest (was the base64 hash of the dest) which
    * should match what the bytemonsoon tracker reports on its web pages.
    */
-    @Override
+  @Override
   public String toString()
   {
+    if (_toStringCache != null)
+        return _toStringCache;
     if (id == null || address == null)
         return "unkn@" + Base64.encode(destHash).substring(0, 6);
     int nonZero = 0;
@@ -232,7 +235,8 @@ class PeerID implements Comparable<PeerID>
             break;
         }
     }
-    return Base64.encode(id, nonZero, id.length-nonZero).substring(0,4) + "@" + address.toBase64().substring(0,6);
+    _toStringCache = Base64.encode(id, nonZero, id.length-nonZero).substring(0,4) + "@" + address.toBase64().substring(0,6);
+    return _toStringCache;
   }
 
   /**