diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/admin/views/settings.py b/rhodecode/apps/admin/views/settings.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/admin/views/settings.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/admin/views/settings.py
@@ -482,7 +482,8 @@ class AdminSettingsView(BaseAppView):
         settings_model = IssueTrackerSettingsModel()
 
         try:
-            form = IssueTrackerPatternsForm(self.request.translate)().to_python(self.request.POST)
+            form = IssueTrackerPatternsForm(self.request.translate)()
+            data = form.to_python(self.request.POST)
         except formencode.Invalid as errors:
             log.exception('Failed to add new pattern')
             error = errors
@@ -490,11 +491,11 @@ class AdminSettingsView(BaseAppView):
                     category='error')
             raise HTTPFound(h.route_path('admin_settings_issuetracker'))
 
-        if form:
-            for uid in form.get('delete_patterns', []):
+        if data:
+            for uid in data.get('delete_patterns', []):
                 settings_model.delete_entries(uid)
 
-            for pattern in form.get('patterns', []):
+            for pattern in data.get('patterns', []):
                 for setting, value, type_ in pattern:
                     sett = settings_model.create_or_update_setting(
                         setting, value, type_)
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
@@ -1672,12 +1672,7 @@ def _process_url_func(match_obj, repo_na
     return tmpl % data
 
 
-def process_patterns(text_string, repo_name, link_format='html'):
-    allowed_formats = ['html', 'rst', 'markdown']
-    if link_format not in allowed_formats:
-        raise ValueError('Link format can be only one of:{} got {}'.format(
-                         allowed_formats, link_format))
-
+def get_active_pattern_entries(repo_name):
     repo = None
     if repo_name:
         # Retrieving repo_name to avoid invalid repo_name to explode on
@@ -1686,7 +1681,18 @@ def process_patterns(text_string, repo_n
 
     settings_model = IssueTrackerSettingsModel(repo=repo)
     active_entries = settings_model.get_settings(cache=True)
+    return active_entries
 
+
+def process_patterns(text_string, repo_name, link_format='html',
+                     active_entries=None):
+
+    allowed_formats = ['html', 'rst', 'markdown']
+    if link_format not in allowed_formats:
+        raise ValueError('Link format can be only one of:{} got {}'.format(
+                         allowed_formats, link_format))
+
+    active_entries = active_entries or get_active_pattern_entries(repo_name)
     issues_data = []
     newtext = text_string
 
@@ -1725,7 +1731,8 @@ def process_patterns(text_string, repo_n
     return newtext, issues_data
 
 
-def urlify_commit_message(commit_text, repository=None):
+def urlify_commit_message(commit_text, repository=None,
+                          active_pattern_entries=None):
     """
     Parses given text message and makes proper links.
     issues are linked to given issue-server, and rest is a commit link
@@ -1747,7 +1754,8 @@ def urlify_commit_message(commit_text, r
         newtext = urlify_commits(newtext, repository)
 
     # process issue tracker patterns
-    newtext, issues = process_patterns(newtext, repository or '')
+    newtext, issues = process_patterns(newtext, repository or '',
+                                       active_entries=active_pattern_entries)
 
     return literal(newtext)
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/changelog/changelog_elements.mako b/rhodecode/templates/changelog/changelog_elements.mako
--- a/rhodecode/templates/changelog/changelog_elements.mako
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/changelog/changelog_elements.mako
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
     </tr>
 % endif
 
+## to speed up lookups cache some functions before the loop
+<%
+    active_patterns = h.get_active_pattern_entries(c.repo_name)
+    urlify_commit_message = h.partial(h.urlify_commit_message, active_pattern_entries=active_patterns)
+%>
+
 % for cnt,commit in enumerate(c.pagination):
     <tr id="sha_${commit.raw_id}" class="changelogRow container ${'tablerow%s' % (cnt%2)}">
 
@@ -81,7 +87,7 @@
     </td>
     <td class="td-description mid">
       <div class="log-container truncate-wrap">
-          <div class="message truncate" id="c-${commit.raw_id}">${h.urlify_commit_message(commit.message, c.repo_name)}</div>
+          <div class="message truncate" id="c-${commit.raw_id}">${urlify_commit_message(commit.message, c.repo_name)}</div>
       </div>
     </td>