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Speeding Up 5E Monster List

Hey, the 2014 5E monster list is so abysmally slow that I can't actually make use of it and the in game search isn't very reliable or usable. Are there any ways to speed up this feature? Are there any good alternatives to search through 5E monsters?
I also find that the search is often slow. I don't know if it has to do with how busy the servers are at the time or the phase of the moon. For planning "random" encounters I use a couple of the encounter generators available on non-Roll20 (free) sites to come up with the monsters or NPCs, then go back to my game in Roll20 and search for those specific monsters or NPCs in the compendium. I find that although doing it this way requires more steps and some off-site resources, but it's still faster  than trying to search through the complete list or trying to use the built in filters.
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The out of game search is horribly slow. The in game search is a little more performant, although depending on how many sources you have access to it can be slow too.