diff --git a/src/helma/framework/ResponseTrans.java b/src/helma/framework/ResponseTrans.java
index 8afa3403..203caeaf 100644
--- a/src/helma/framework/ResponseTrans.java
+++ b/src/helma/framework/ResponseTrans.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package helma.framework;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.util.*;
+import helma.framework.core.Skin;
 import helma.objectmodel.*;
 import helma.util.*;
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ import helma.util.*;
  * class are directly exposed to JavaScript as global property res. 
  */
  
-public class ResponseTrans implements Externalizable {
+public final class ResponseTrans implements Externalizable {
 
     /**
      * Set the MIME content type of the response.
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ public class ResponseTrans implements Externalizable {
     private transient Object skinpath = null;
     // the processed skinpath as array of Nodes or directory names
     private transient Object[] translatedSkinpath = null;
+    // hashmap for skin caching
+    private transient HashMap skincache;
 
     static final long serialVersionUID = -8627370766119740844L;
 
@@ -327,8 +330,9 @@ public class ResponseTrans implements Externalizable {
     }
 
     public void setSkinpath (Object obj) {
-	this.skinpath = obj;
-	this.translatedSkinpath = null;
+	skinpath = obj;
+	translatedSkinpath = null;
+	skincache = null;
     }
 
     public Object getSkinpath () {
@@ -343,6 +347,18 @@ public class ResponseTrans implements Externalizable {
 	return translatedSkinpath;
     }
 
+    public Skin getCachedSkin (String id) {
+	if (skincache == null)
+	    return null;
+	return (Skin) skincache.get (id);
+    }
+
+    public void cacheSkin (String id, Skin skin) {
+	if (skincache == null)
+	    skincache = new HashMap ();
+	skincache.put (id, skin);
+    }
+
     public synchronized void setCookie (String key, String value) {
 	setCookie (key, value, -1);
     }
diff --git a/src/helma/scripting/fesi/HopExtension.java b/src/helma/scripting/fesi/HopExtension.java
index 45460134..fc747dd1 100644
--- a/src/helma/scripting/fesi/HopExtension.java
+++ b/src/helma/scripting/fesi/HopExtension.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
  * (Node objects), the global prototype, the session object etc.
  */
 
-public class HopExtension {
+public final class HopExtension {
 
     protected Application app;
     protected FesiEvaluator fesi;
@@ -436,11 +436,7 @@ public class HopExtension {
             if (arguments.length != 1 || ESNull.theNull.equals (arguments[0]))
                 throw new EcmaScriptException ("createSkin must be called with one String argument");
             String str = arguments[0].toString ();
-	    Skin skin = (Skin) app.skincache.get (str);
-	    if (skin == null) {
-	        skin = new Skin (str, app);
-	        app.skincache.put (str, skin);
-	    }
+            Skin skin = new Skin (str, app);
             return new ESWrapper (skin, evaluator);
         }
     }
@@ -502,8 +498,14 @@ public class HopExtension {
 
                 // ready... retrieve the skin and render it.
                 Object javaObject = thisObject == null ? null : thisObject.toJavaObject ();
-                if (skin == null)
-                    skin = app.getSkin (javaObject, arguments[0].toString (), skinpath);
+                if (skin == null) {
+                    String skinid = app.getPrototypeName(javaObject)+"/"+arguments[0].toString ();
+                    skin = res.getCachedSkin (skinid);
+                    if (skin == null) {
+                        skin = app.getSkin (javaObject, arguments[0].toString (), skinpath);
+                        res.cacheSkin (skinid, skin);
+                    }
+                }
                 if (asString)
                     res.pushStringBuffer ();
                 if (skin != null)