diff --git a/system/init.php b/system/init.php
index 9bc14514..dbc9db08 100644
--- a/system/init.php
+++ b/system/init.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use DebugBar\StandardDebugBar;
 use MyAAC\Cache\Cache;
 use MyAAC\CsrfToken;
 use MyAAC\Hooks;
+use MyAAC\Models\Town;
 use MyAAC\Settings;
 use MyAAC\Towns;
 
@@ -173,4 +174,17 @@ define('USE_ACCOUNT_NAME', $db->hasColumn('accounts', 'name'));
 define('USE_ACCOUNT_NUMBER', $db->hasColumn('accounts', 'number'));
 define('USE_ACCOUNT_SALT', $db->hasColumn('accounts', 'salt'));
 
-Towns::load();
+$towns = Cache::remember('towns', 10 * 60, function () use ($db) {
+	if ($db->hasTable('towns') && Town::count() > 0) {
+		return Town::orderBy('id', 'ASC')->pluck('name', 'id')->toArray();
+	}
+
+	return [];
+});
+
+if (count($towns) <= 0) {
+	$towns = setting('core.towns');
+}
+
+config(['towns', $towns]);
+unset($towns);
diff --git a/system/locale/en/install.php b/system/locale/en/install.php
index e25537c9..0cbd29ad 100644
--- a/system/locale/en/install.php
+++ b/system/locale/en/install.php
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ $locale['step_database_loaded_npcs'] = 'NPCs has been loaded...';
 $locale['step_database_error_npcs'] = 'There were some problems loading your NPCs';
 $locale['step_database_loaded_spells'] = 'Spells has been loaded...';
 $locale['step_database_loaded_towns'] = 'Towns has been loaded...';
-$locale['step_database_error_towns'] = 'There were some problems loading your towns. You will need to configure them manually in config.';
+$locale['step_database_error_towns'] = 'There were some problems loading your towns. You will need to configure them manually in Settings.';
 $locale['step_database_created_account'] = 'Created admin account...';
 $locale['step_database_created_news'] = 'Newses has been created...';
 
diff --git a/system/locale/pl/install.php b/system/locale/pl/install.php
index 22204adf..5b6725cf 100644
--- a/system/locale/pl/install.php
+++ b/system/locale/pl/install.php
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ $locale['step_database_loaded_npcs'] = 'Załadowano NPCs...';
 $locale['step_database_error_npcs'] = 'Wystąpił problem podczas ładowania NPCs';
 $locale['step_database_loaded_spells'] = 'Załadowano czary (spells)...';
 $locale['step_database_loaded_towns'] = 'Załadowano miasta (towns)...';
-$locale['step_database_error_towns'] = 'Wystąpił problem podczas ładowania miast. Trzeba będzie je skonfigurować manualnie.';
+$locale['step_database_error_towns'] = 'Wystąpił problem podczas ładowania miast. Trzeba będzie je skonfigurować manualnie w ustawieniach.';
 $locale['step_database_created_account'] = 'Utworzono konto admina...';
 $locale['step_database_created_news'] = 'Utworzono newsy...';
 
diff --git a/system/settings.php b/system/settings.php
index 1086f4d2..6770b0c5 100644
--- a/system/settings.php
+++ b/system/settings.php
@@ -238,9 +238,8 @@ return [
 		'towns' => [
 			'name' => 'Towns',
 			'type' => 'textarea',
-			'desc' => "if you use TFS 1.3 with support for 'towns' table in database, then you can ignore this - it will be configured automatically (from MySQL database - Table - towns)<br/>" .
-				"otherwise it will try to load from your .OTBM map file<br/>" .
-				"if you don't see towns on website, then you need to fill this out",
+			'desc' => "If you use TFS 1.3+ with support for 'towns' table in database, then you can ignore this - it will be automatically configured from there.<br/>" .
+				"If you don't see towns on website, then you need to fill this out",
 			'default' => "0=No Town\n1=Sample Town",
 			'callbacks' => [
 				'get' => function ($value) {
diff --git a/system/src/DataLoader.php b/system/src/DataLoader.php
index df2ba6e9..6dca0c24 100644
--- a/system/src/DataLoader.php
+++ b/system/src/DataLoader.php
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 
 namespace MyAAC;
 
+use MyAAC\Cache\Cache;
+use MyAAC\Models\Town;
+
 class DataLoader
 {
 	private static $locale;
@@ -78,7 +81,11 @@ class DataLoader
 
 		self::$startTime = microtime(true);
 
-		if (Towns::save()) {
+		$cache = Cache::getInstance();
+		$cache->delete('towns'); // will be reloaded after next page load
+
+		global $db;
+		if ($db->hasTable('towns') && Town::count() > 0) {
 			success(self::$locale['step_database_loaded_towns'] . self::getLoadedTime());
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/system/src/Towns.php b/system/src/Towns.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b02d41b..00000000
--- a/system/src/Towns.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Project: MyAAC
- *     Automatic Account Creator for Open Tibia Servers
- *
- * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- *
- * @package   MyAAC
- * @author    Slawkens <slawkens@gmail.com>
- * @copyright 2020 MyAAC
- * @link      https://my-aac.org
- */
-
-namespace MyAAC;
-
-use MyAAC\Models\Town;
-
-class Towns
-{
-	/**
-	 * @var string
-	 */
-	private static $filename = CACHE . 'persistent/' . 'towns.php';
-
-	/**
-	 * Determine towns
-	 *
-	 * @return array
-	 */
-	public static function determine()
-	{
-		global $db;
-
-		if($db->hasTable('towns')) {
-			return self::getFromDatabase();
-		}
-
-		return self::getFromOTBM();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Load cached towns file
-	 */
-	public static function load()
-	{
-		$towns = config('towns');
-		if (file_exists(self::$filename)) {
-			$towns = require self::$filename;
-		}
-
-		config(['towns', $towns]);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Save into cache file
-	 *
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	public static function save()
-	{
-		$towns = self::determine();
-		if (count($towns) > 0) {
-			file_put_contents(self::$filename, '<?php return ' . var_export($towns, true) . ';', LOCK_EX);
-			return true;
-		}
-
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Load from OTBM map file
-	 *
-	 * @return array
-	 */
-	public static function getFromOTBM()
-	{
-		$mapName = configLua('mapName');
-		if (!isset($mapName)) {
-			$mapName = configLua('map');
-			$mapFile = config('server_path') . $mapName;
-		}
-
-		if (strpos($mapName, '.otbm') === false) {
-			$mapName .= '.otbm';
-		}
-
-		if (!isset($mapFile)) {
-			$mapFile = config('data_path') . 'world/' . $mapName;
-		}
-
-		if (strpos($mapFile, '.gz') !== false) {
-			$mapFile = str_replace('.gz', '', $mapFile);
-		}
-
-		$towns = [];
-		if (file_exists($mapFile)) {
-			ini_set('memory_limit', '-1');
-
-			$townsReader = new TownsReader($mapFile);
-			$townsReader->load();
-
-			$towns = $townsReader->get();
-		}
-
-		return $towns;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Load from database
-	 *
-	 * @return array
-	 */
-	public static function getFromDatabase()
-	{
-		return Town::orderBy('id', 'ASC')->pluck('name', 'id')->toArray();
-	}
-}
diff --git a/system/src/TownsReader.php b/system/src/TownsReader.php
deleted file mode 100644
index b1323c31..00000000
--- a/system/src/TownsReader.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*
-    This file is part of OTSCMS (http://www.otscms.com/) project.
-
-    Copyright (C) 2005 - 2007 Wrzasq (wrzasq@gmail.com)
-
-    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
-*/
-
-namespace MyAAC;
-
-/*
-    This code bases on original OTServ code for .otbm files - file iomapotbm.cpp rev.2141
-*/
-class TownsReader
-{
-	// node bytes
-	const ESCAPE_CHAR = 0xFD;
-	const NODE_START = 0xFE;
-
-	// map node types
-	const OTBM_TOWN = 13;
-
-	// file handler
-	protected $file;
-
-	// towns
-	private $towns = [];
-
-	// loads map .otbm file
-	public function __construct($file)
-	{
-		// opens file for reading
-		$this->file = fopen($file, 'rb');
-	}
-
-	public function load()
-	{
-		// checks if file is opened correctly
-		if ($this->file) {
-			// skips version
-			fseek($this->file, 4);
-
-			// reads nodes chain
-			while (!feof($this->file)) {
-				// reads byte
-				switch (ord(fgetc($this->file))) {
-					// maybe a town node
-					case self::NODE_START:
-						// reads node type
-						if (ord(fgetc($this->file)) == self::OTBM_TOWN) {
-							$id = unpack('L', fread($this->file, 4));
-							$length = unpack('S', fread($this->file, 2));
-
-							// reads town name
-							$this->towns[$id[1]] = fread($this->file, $length[1]);
-						}
-						break;
-
-					// escape next character - it might be NODE_START character which is in fact not
-					case self::ESCAPE_CHAR:
-						fgetc($this->file);
-						break;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	public function get() {
-		return $this->towns;
-	}
-}