diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/android_os_MessageQueue.c b/src/api-impl-jni/android_os_MessageQueue.c
index 1be0e383..0c815a8b 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/android_os_MessageQueue.c
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/android_os_MessageQueue.c
@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@ static GThread *main_thread_id;
 void prepare_main_looper(JNIEnv* env) {
 	main_thread_id = g_thread_self();
 
-	jclass class = (*env)->FindClass(env, "android/os/Looper");
-	(*env)->CallStaticVoidMethod(env, class, _STATIC_METHOD(class, "prepareMainLooper", "()V"));
+	(*env)->CallStaticVoidMethod(env, handle_cache.looper.class, handle_cache.looper.prepareMainLooper);
 	if((*env)->ExceptionCheck(env))
 		(*env)->ExceptionDescribe(env);
-	(*env)->CallStaticVoidMethod(env, class, _STATIC_METHOD(class, "loop", "()V"));
+	(*env)->CallStaticVoidMethod(env, handle_cache.looper.class, handle_cache.looper.loop);
 	if((*env)->ExceptionCheck(env))
 		(*env)->ExceptionDescribe(env);
 }
@@ -62,8 +61,7 @@ static gboolean glib_context_callback(gpointer user_data) {
 	JNIEnv *env;
 	(*jvm)->GetEnv(jvm, (void**)&env, JNI_VERSION_1_6);
 
-	jclass class = (*env)->FindClass(env, "android/os/Looper");
-	(*env)->CallStaticVoidMethod(env, class, _STATIC_METHOD(class, "loop", "()V"));
+	(*env)->CallStaticVoidMethod(env, handle_cache.looper.class, handle_cache.looper.loop);
 	if((*env)->ExceptionCheck(env))
 		(*env)->ExceptionDescribe(env);
 
diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/util.c b/src/api-impl-jni/util.c
index 96d3a67a..1a0eced8 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/util.c
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/util.c
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ void set_up_handle_cache(JNIEnv *env)
 	handle_cache.application.class = _REF((*env)->FindClass(env, "android/app/Application"));
 	handle_cache.application.get_app_icon_path = _METHOD(handle_cache.application.class, "get_app_icon_path", "()Ljava/lang/String;");
 
+	handle_cache.looper.class = _REF((*env)->FindClass(env, "android/os/Looper"));
+	handle_cache.looper.loop = _STATIC_METHOD(handle_cache.looper.class, "loop", "()V");
+	handle_cache.looper.prepareMainLooper = _STATIC_METHOD(handle_cache.looper.class, "prepareMainLooper", "()V");
 }
 
 void extract_from_apk(const char *path, const char *target) {
diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/util.h b/src/api-impl-jni/util.h
index 02a2bb5a..540cb746 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/util.h
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/util.h
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ struct handle_cache {
 		jclass class;
 		jmethodID get_app_icon_path;
 	} application;
+	struct {
+		jclass class;
+		jmethodID loop;
+		jmethodID prepareMainLooper;
+	} looper;
 };
 
 extern struct handle_cache handle_cache;