# My Discourse website is very slow to load the first time **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-discourse-website-is-very-slow-to-load-the-first-time/388700 **Category:** Self-hosting **Created:** [November 17, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-discourse-website-is-very-slow-to-load-the-first-time/388700 "2025-11-17T14:20:32Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ) #### Post date: [November 17, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-discourse-website-is-very-slow-to-load-the-first-time/388700/3 "2025-11-17T16:20:37Z")
It seems simple static file requests like the discourse logo already take a very long time. [https://endownload.com/uploads/default/optimized/1X/\_129430568242d1b7f853bb13ebea28b3f6af4e7\_2\_180x180.png](https://endownload.com/uploads/default/optimized/1X/_129430568242d1b7f853bb13ebea28b3f6af4e7_2_180x180.png) → 14kb and 700ms The 342kb font file is served at a mere 83 kB/s, taking over 4 seconds. For comparison, downloading that same file from here on meta takes 0.01 second. Pages do serve quickly so my guess is that it’s your disk that is slow. Quick fix: put Cloudflare in front Better fix: get another VPS provider --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-discourse-website-is-very-slow-to-load-the-first-time/388700)._