diff --git a/R/api_get.R b/R/api_get.R
index d18e645a..5ea9de70 100644
--- a/R/api_get.R
+++ b/R/api_get.R
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ api_get <- function(obj) {
 
       if (!is.null(cached_obj)) {
 
+        cached_obj[["from_cache"]] <- TRUE
+
         return(cached_obj)
 
       }
@@ -55,7 +57,11 @@ api_get <- function(obj) {
 
         if (cache_is_valid(obj[["timeout"]], created)) {
 
-          return(readRDS(cache_file_path))
+          cached_obj <- readRDS(cache_file_path)
+
+          cached_obj[["from_cache"]] <- TRUE
+
+          return(cached_obj)
 
         } else {
 
@@ -110,7 +116,11 @@ api_get <- function(obj) {
               "[", as.character(Sys.time()), "] ", "Reading from cache: ", hash
             )
 
-            return(unserialize(cached_obj[[1L]]))
+            cached_obj <- unserialize(cached_obj[[1L]])
+
+            cached_obj[["from_cache"]] <- TRUE
+
+            return(cached_obj)
 
           } else {
 
@@ -244,6 +254,8 @@ api_get <- function(obj) {
 
   obj[["hash"]] <- hash
 
+  obj[["from_cache"]] <- FALSE
+
   debug_msg(
     "[", as.character(Sys.time()), "] ", "Request made to: ", notoken, " ", hash
   )
@@ -354,12 +366,18 @@ get_timeout <- function(obj) {
 
   timeout <- obj[["cache"]]
 
-  if (is.logical(timeout)) {
+  if (is.logical(timeout) || isTRUE(obj[["cache_override"]])) {
 
     timeout <- Inf
 
   }
 
+  if (isFALSE(obj[["cache_override"]])) {
+
+    timeout <- 0
+
+  }
+
   timeout
 
 }
diff --git a/R/finbif_records.R b/R/finbif_records.R
index 527809d7..d361d171 100644
--- a/R/finbif_records.R
+++ b/R/finbif_records.R
@@ -781,7 +781,8 @@ request <- function(fb_records_obj) {
     date_time = fb_records_obj[["date_time_selected"]],
     aggregate = aggregate,
     cache = cache,
-    restricted_api = fb_records_obj[["restricted_api"]]
+    restricted_api = fb_records_obj[["restricted_api"]],
+    from_cache = resp[["from_cache"]]
   )
 
   if (n > max_size) {
@@ -836,7 +837,8 @@ get_extra_pages <- function(fb_records_list) {
     cache = attr(fb_records_list, "cache", TRUE),
     select_query = attr(fb_records_list, "select", TRUE),
     aggregate = attr(fb_records_list, "aggregate", TRUE),
-    restricted_api = attr(fb_records_list, "restricted_api", TRUE)
+    restricted_api = attr(fb_records_list, "restricted_api", TRUE),
+    cache_override = attr(fb_records_list, "from_cache", TRUE)
   )
 
   n <- attr(fb_records_list, "nrec_dnld", TRUE)