diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8aef2eee..46da42d6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+09/22/2023
+- performance: store userinfo refresh interval in session to avoid parsing JSON on each request
+- bump to 2.4.14.4rc4
+
 09/20/2023
 - performance: skip re-validating cached provider metadata
 - performance: use process based locking instead of global locking for Redis caching
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3da39ab4..1c040ca2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([mod_auth_openidc],[2.4.14.4rc3],[hans.zandbelt@openidc.com])
+AC_INIT([mod_auth_openidc],[2.4.14.4rc4],[hans.zandbelt@openidc.com])
 
 AC_SUBST(NAMEVER, AC_PACKAGE_TARNAME()-AC_PACKAGE_VERSION())
 
diff --git a/src/mod_auth_openidc.c b/src/mod_auth_openidc.c
index fa7ee4aa..d6a58d5e 100644
--- a/src/mod_auth_openidc.c
+++ b/src/mod_auth_openidc.c
@@ -1234,47 +1234,48 @@ static apr_byte_t oidc_refresh_claims_from_userinfo_endpoint(request_rec *r,
 	const char *access_token = NULL;
 	char *userinfo_jwt = NULL;
 
-	/* get the current provider info */
-	if (oidc_get_provider_from_session(r, cfg, session, &provider) == FALSE) {
-		*needs_save = TRUE;
-		return FALSE;
-	}
+	/* see if we can do anything here, i.e. a refresh interval is configured */
+	apr_time_t interval = oidc_session_get_userinfo_refresh_interval(r,
+			session);
 
-	/* see if we can do anything here, i.e. we have a userinfo endpoint and a refresh interval is configured */
-	apr_time_t interval = apr_time_from_sec(
-			provider->userinfo_refresh_interval);
+	oidc_debug(r, "interval=%" APR_TIME_T_FMT, apr_time_sec(interval));
 
-	oidc_debug(r, "userinfo_endpoint=%s, interval=%d",
-			provider->userinfo_endpoint_url,
-			provider->userinfo_refresh_interval);
+	if (interval > 0) {
+
+		/* get the current provider info */
+		if (oidc_get_provider_from_session(r, cfg, session, &provider) == FALSE) {
+			*needs_save = TRUE;
+			return FALSE;
+		}
 
-	if ((provider->userinfo_endpoint_url != NULL) && (interval > 0)) {
+		if (provider->userinfo_endpoint_url != NULL) {
 
-		/* get the last refresh timestamp from the session info */
-		apr_time_t last_refresh = oidc_session_get_userinfo_last_refresh(r,
-				session);
+			/* get the last refresh timestamp from the session info */
+			apr_time_t last_refresh = oidc_session_get_userinfo_last_refresh(r,
+					session);
 
-		oidc_debug(r, "refresh needed in: %" APR_TIME_T_FMT " seconds",
-				apr_time_sec(last_refresh + interval - apr_time_now()));
+			oidc_debug(r, "refresh needed in: %" APR_TIME_T_FMT " seconds",
+					apr_time_sec(last_refresh + interval - apr_time_now()));
 
-		/* see if we need to refresh again */
-		if (last_refresh + interval < apr_time_now()) {
+			/* see if we need to refresh again */
+			if (last_refresh + interval < apr_time_now()) {
 
-			/* get the current access token */
-			access_token = oidc_session_get_access_token(r, session);
+				/* get the current access token */
+				access_token = oidc_session_get_access_token(r, session);
 
-			/* retrieve the current claims */
-			claims = oidc_retrieve_claims_from_userinfo_endpoint(r, cfg,
-					provider, access_token, session, NULL, &userinfo_jwt);
+				/* retrieve the current claims */
+				claims = oidc_retrieve_claims_from_userinfo_endpoint(r, cfg,
+						provider, access_token, session, NULL, &userinfo_jwt);
 
-			/* store claims resolved from userinfo endpoint */
-			oidc_store_userinfo_claims(r, cfg, session, provider, claims,
-					userinfo_jwt);
+				/* store claims resolved from userinfo endpoint */
+				oidc_store_userinfo_claims(r, cfg, session, provider, claims,
+						userinfo_jwt);
 
-			/* indicated something changed */
-			*needs_save = TRUE;
+				/* indicated something changed */
+				*needs_save = TRUE;
 
-			rc = (claims != NULL);
+				rc = (claims != NULL);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1996,6 +1997,10 @@ static apr_byte_t oidc_save_in_session(request_rec *r, oidc_cfg *c,
 				provider->check_session_iframe);
 	}
 
+	/* store the, possibly, provider specific userinfo_refresh_interval for performance reasons */
+	oidc_session_set_userinfo_refresh_interval(r, session,
+			provider->userinfo_refresh_interval);
+
 	/* store claims resolved from userinfo endpoint */
 	oidc_store_userinfo_claims(r, c, session, provider, claims, userinfo_jwt);
 
diff --git a/src/mod_auth_openidc.h b/src/mod_auth_openidc.h
index 015eebad..693e2227 100644
--- a/src/mod_auth_openidc.h
+++ b/src/mod_auth_openidc.h
@@ -1007,6 +1007,8 @@ apr_time_t oidc_session_get_session_expires(request_rec *r, oidc_session_t *z);
 void oidc_session_set_cookie_domain(request_rec *r, oidc_session_t *z, const char *cookie_domain);
 const char * oidc_session_get_cookie_domain(request_rec *r, oidc_session_t *z);
 void oidc_session_reset_userinfo_last_refresh(request_rec *r, oidc_session_t *z);
+void oidc_session_set_userinfo_refresh_interval(request_rec *r, oidc_session_t *z, const int interval);
+apr_time_t oidc_session_get_userinfo_refresh_interval(request_rec *r, oidc_session_t *z);
 apr_time_t oidc_session_get_userinfo_last_refresh(request_rec *r, oidc_session_t *z);
 void oidc_session_reset_access_token_last_refresh(request_rec *r, oidc_session_t *z);
 apr_time_t oidc_session_get_access_token_last_refresh(request_rec *r, oidc_session_t *z);
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index 4184bbe1..d21c0b8e 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -465,6 +465,8 @@ apr_byte_t oidc_session_set(request_rec *r, oidc_session_t *z, const char *key,
 #define OIDC_SESSION_KEY_SESSION_STATE "ss"
 /* key for storing the issuer in the session context */
 #define OIDC_SESSION_KEY_ISSUER "iss"
+/* key for storing the provider specific user info refresh interval */
+#define OIDC_SESSION_KEY_USERINFO_REFRESH_INTERVAL "uir"
 
 /*
  * helper functions
@@ -699,6 +701,19 @@ const char * oidc_session_get_cookie_domain(request_rec *r, oidc_session_t *z) {
 /*
  * userinfo last refresh
  */
+
+void oidc_session_set_userinfo_refresh_interval(request_rec *r,
+		oidc_session_t *z, const int interval) {
+	oidc_session_set_timestamp(r, z, OIDC_SESSION_KEY_USERINFO_REFRESH_INTERVAL,
+			apr_time_from_sec(interval));
+}
+
+apr_time_t oidc_session_get_userinfo_refresh_interval(request_rec *r,
+		oidc_session_t *z) {
+	return oidc_session_get_key2timestamp(r, z,
+			OIDC_SESSION_KEY_USERINFO_REFRESH_INTERVAL);
+}
+
 void oidc_session_reset_userinfo_last_refresh(request_rec *r, oidc_session_t *z) {
 	oidc_session_set_timestamp(r, z, OIDC_SESSION_KEY_USERINFO_LAST_REFRESH,
 			apr_time_now());