diff --git a/Admin/Templates/alliance.tpl b/Admin/Templates/alliance.tpl
index 06b73701..e2959060 100644
--- a/Admin/Templates/alliance.tpl
+++ b/Admin/Templates/alliance.tpl
@@ -181,6 +181,14 @@ if($_GET['aid'])
 			</thead>
 			<tbody>
 			<?php
+                // preload villages data
+                $userIDs = [];
+                foreach($aliusers as $user) {
+                    $userIDs[] = $user['id'];
+                }
+                $database->getProfileVillages($userIDs);
+
+                // display the page
 				foreach($aliusers as $user)
 				{
 					$rank = $rank  + 1;
diff --git a/Admin/Templates/results_player.tpl b/Admin/Templates/results_player.tpl
index 1fd44486..0b33d266 100644
--- a/Admin/Templates/results_player.tpl
+++ b/Admin/Templates/results_player.tpl
@@ -29,12 +29,22 @@ $result = $admin->search_player($_POST['s']);
 	</tr>
 <?php
 if($result){
-for ($i = 0; $i <= count($result)-1; $i++) {
-$varray = $database->getProfileVillages($result[$i]["id"]);
-$totalpop = 0;
-foreach($varray as $vil) {
-	$totalpop += $vil['pop'];
-}
+
+    // preload villages data
+    $userIDs = [];
+    for ($i = 0; $i <= count($result)-1; $i++) {
+        $userIDs[] = $result[$i]["id"];
+    }
+    $database->getProfileVillages($userIDs);
+
+    // display
+    for ($i = 0; $i <= count($result)-1; $i++) {
+        $varray = $database->getProfileVillages($result[$i]["id"]);
+        $totalpop = 0;
+
+        foreach($varray as $vil) {
+            $totalpop += $vil['pop'];
+        }
 echo '
 	<tr>
 		<td>'.$result[$i]["id"].'</td>
@@ -43,7 +53,8 @@ echo '
 		<td>'.$totalpop.'</td>
 	</tr>
 ';
-}}
+    }
+}
 else{
 echo '
 	<tr>
diff --git a/GameEngine/Automation.php b/GameEngine/Automation.php
index 94fa095e..346a8702 100755
--- a/GameEngine/Automation.php
+++ b/GameEngine/Automation.php
@@ -4644,6 +4644,15 @@ class Automation {
         global $database;
         $q = "SELECT id, invited FROM ".TB_PREFIX."users WHERE invited > 0";
         $array = $database->query_return($q);
+
+        // preload villages data
+        $userIDs = [];
+        foreach($array as $user) {
+            $userIDs[] = $user['id'];
+        }
+        $database->getProfileVillages($userIDs);
+
+        // continue...
         foreach($array as $user) {
             $numusers = mysqli_fetch_array(mysqli_query($GLOBALS['link'],"SELECT Count(*) as Total FROM ".TB_PREFIX."users WHERE id = ".(int) $user['invited']), MYSQLI_ASSOC);
             if($numusers['Total'] > 0){
diff --git a/GameEngine/Database.php b/GameEngine/Database.php
index 3cd8f0e5..26b06b67 100755
--- a/GameEngine/Database.php
+++ b/GameEngine/Database.php
@@ -1561,19 +1561,46 @@ class MYSQLi_DB implements IDbConnection {
 	}
 
 	function getProfileVillages($uid, $use_cache = true) {
-	    list($uid) = $this->escape_input((int) $uid);
+	    $arrayPassed = is_array($uid);
+
+	    if (!$arrayPassed) {
+	        $uid = [(int) $uid];
+        } else {
+	        foreach ($uid as $index => $uidValue) {
+	            $uid[$index] = (int) $uidValue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!count($uid)) {
+	        return [];
+        }
 
         // first of all, check if we should be using cache and whether the field
         // required is already cached
-        if ($use_cache && ($cachedValue = self::returnCachedContent(self::$profileVillagesCache, $uid)) && !is_null($cachedValue)) {
+        if ($use_cache && !$arrayPassed && ($cachedValue = self::returnCachedContent(self::$profileVillagesCache, $uid[0])) && !is_null($cachedValue)) {
             return $cachedValue;
         }
 
-		$q = "SELECT capital,wref,name,pop,created from " . TB_PREFIX . "vdata where owner = $uid order by pop desc";
-		$result = mysqli_query($this->dblink,$q);
+		$q = "SELECT capital,wref,name,pop,created,owner from " . TB_PREFIX . "vdata where owner IN(".implode(', ', $uid).") order by pop desc";
+        $result = mysqli_query($this->dblink,$q);
 
-        self::$profileVillagesCache[$uid] = $this->mysqli_fetch_all($result);
-        return self::$profileVillagesCache[$uid];
+        if (!$arrayPassed) {
+            $result = $this->mysqli_fetch_all($result);
+            self::$profileVillagesCache[ $uid[0] ] = $result;
+        } else {
+            // we're preloading, cache all the data individually
+            if (mysqli_num_rows($result)) {
+                while ( $row = mysqli_fetch_array( $result, MYSQLI_ASSOC ) ) {
+                    if ( ! isset( self::$profileVillagesCache[ $row['owner'] ] ) ) {
+                        self::$profileVillagesCache[ $row['owner'] ] = [];
+                    }
+
+                    self::$profileVillagesCache[ $row['owner'] ][] = $row;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $result;
 	}
 
 	// no need to refactor this method
diff --git a/Templates/Alliance/overview.tpl b/Templates/Alliance/overview.tpl
index 6e621884..3bedaeb8 100644
--- a/Templates/Alliance/overview.tpl
+++ b/Templates/Alliance/overview.tpl
@@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ if($aid == $session->alliance){
 <?php
 // Alliance Member list loop
 $rank=0;
+
+// preload villages data
+$userIDs = [];
+foreach($memberlist as $member) {
+    $userIDs[] = $member['id'];
+}
+$database->getProfileVillages($userIDs);
+
+// continue...
 foreach($memberlist as $member) {
 
     $rank = $rank+1;