diff --git a/dev/docker-compose.yaml b/dev/docker-compose.yaml
index a7c678281..a6b23781d 100644
--- a/dev/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/dev/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ services:
   httpbin:
     image: kennethreitz/httpbin
     ports:
-      - 3000:80
+      - 3002:80
   mariadb:
     image: mariadb:11
     container_name: monika_mariadb
diff --git a/docs/src/pages/guides/cli-options.md b/docs/src/pages/guides/cli-options.md
index 8268919e0..55967d13c 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/guides/cli-options.md
+++ b/docs/src/pages/guides/cli-options.md
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ monika --ignoreInvalidTLS
 
 ## TTL Cache
 
-Time-to-live for in-memory (HTTP) cache entries in minutes. Defaults to 5 minutes. Setting to 0 means disabling this cache. This cache is used for requests with identical HTTP request config, e.g. headers, method, url.
+Enable time-to-live for in-memory (HTTP) cache entries in minutes. This cache is used for requests with identical HTTP request config, e.g. headers, method, url.
 
 Only usable for probes which does not have [chaining requests.](https://hyperjumptech.github.io/monika/guides/examples#requests-chaining)
 
diff --git a/src/components/probe/prober/http/index.ts b/src/components/probe/prober/http/index.ts
index 9d8b4a544..219fd722b 100644
--- a/src/components/probe/prober/http/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/probe/prober/http/index.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import { addIncident } from '../../../incident'
 import { saveProbeRequestLog } from '../../../logger/history'
 import { logResponseTime } from '../../../logger/response-time-log'
 import { httpRequest } from './request'
-import { getCache, putCache } from './response-cache'
+import { get as getCache, put as putCache } from './response-cache'
 
 type ProbeResultMessageParams = {
   request: RequestConfig
@@ -57,17 +57,20 @@ export class HTTPProber extends BaseProber {
     // force fresh request if :
     // - probe has chaining requests, OR
     // - this is a retrying attempt
-    if (requests.length > 1 || incidentRetryAttempt > 0) {
+    if (
+      requests.length > 1 ||
+      incidentRetryAttempt > 0 ||
+      !getContext().flags['ttl-cache']
+    ) {
       for (const requestConfig of requests) {
         responses.push(
           // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
           await this.doRequest(requestConfig, signal, responses)
         )
       }
-    }
-    // use cached response when possible
-    // or fallback to fresh request if cache expired
-    else {
+    } else {
+      // use cached response when possible
+      // or fallback to fresh request if cache expired
       const responseCache = getCache(requests[0])
       const response =
         responseCache || (await this.doRequest(requests[0], signal, responses))
diff --git a/src/components/probe/prober/http/response-cache.ts b/src/components/probe/prober/http/response-cache.ts
index 32abacd7d..f9033d969 100644
--- a/src/components/probe/prober/http/response-cache.ts
+++ b/src/components/probe/prober/http/response-cache.ts
@@ -22,48 +22,56 @@
  * SOFTWARE.                                                                      *
  **********************************************************************************/
 
-import { getContext } from '../../../../context'
-import { ProbeRequestResponse, RequestConfig } from 'src/interfaces/request'
-import { log } from '../../../../utils/pino'
 import TTLCache from '@isaacs/ttlcache'
 import { createHash } from 'crypto'
+import { getContext } from '../../../../context'
+import type {
+  ProbeRequestResponse,
+  RequestConfig,
+} from '../../../../interfaces/request'
+import { log } from '../../../../utils/pino'
 
 const ttlCache = new TTLCache()
 const cacheHash = new Map<RequestConfig, string>()
 
-function getOrCreateHash(config: RequestConfig) {
-  let hash = cacheHash.get(config)
-  if (!hash) {
-    hash = createHash('SHA1').update(JSON.stringify(config)).digest('hex')
-  }
-
-  return hash
-}
-
-function put(config: RequestConfig, value: ProbeRequestResponse) {
-  if (!getContext().flags['ttl-cache'] || getContext().isTest) return
+export function put(config: RequestConfig, value: ProbeRequestResponse) {
   const hash = getOrCreateHash(config)
   // manually set time-to-live for each cache entry
   // moved from "new TTLCache()" initialization above because corresponding flag is not yet parsed
-  const ttl = getContext().flags['ttl-cache'] * 60_000
+  const minutes = 60_000
+  const ttl = getContext().flags['ttl-cache'] * minutes
   ttlCache.set(hash, value, { ttl })
 }
 
-function get(config: RequestConfig): ProbeRequestResponse | undefined {
-  if (!getContext().flags['ttl-cache'] || getContext().isTest) return undefined
+export function get(config: RequestConfig) {
   const key = getOrCreateHash(config)
-  const response = ttlCache.get(key)
-  const isVerbose = getContext().flags['verbose-cache']
-  const shortHash = key.slice(Math.max(0, key.length - 7))
-  if (isVerbose && response) {
-    const time = new Date().toISOString()
-    log.info(`${time} - [${shortHash}] Cache HIT`)
-  } else if (isVerbose) {
-    const time = new Date().toISOString()
-    log.info(`${time} - [${shortHash}] Cache MISS`)
+  const response = ttlCache.get<ProbeRequestResponse | undefined>(key)
+
+  if (getContext().flags['verbose-cache']) {
+    logVerbose({ response, key })
   }
 
-  return response as ProbeRequestResponse | undefined
+  return response
 }
 
-export { put as putCache, get as getCache }
+function getOrCreateHash(config: RequestConfig) {
+  const hash = cacheHash.get(config)
+  if (hash) {
+    return hash
+  }
+
+  return createHash('SHA1').update(JSON.stringify(config)).digest('hex')
+}
+
+type LogVerbose = {
+  response: unknown
+  key: string
+}
+
+function logVerbose({ response, key }: LogVerbose) {
+  const time = new Date().toISOString()
+  const shortHash = key.slice(Math.max(0, key.length - 7))
+  const message = response ? 'Cache HIT' : 'Cache MISS'
+
+  log.info(`${time} - [${shortHash}] ${message}`)
+}
diff --git a/src/flag.ts b/src/flag.ts
index 847f7a5b2..0d9288e07 100644
--- a/src/flag.ts
+++ b/src/flag.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export const monikaFlagsDefaultValue: MonikaFlags = {
   symonGetProbesIntervalMs: 60_000,
   symonReportInterval: DEFAULT_SYMON_REPORT_INTERVAL_MS,
   symonReportLimit: 100,
-  'ttl-cache': 5,
+  'ttl-cache': 0,
   verbose: false,
   'verbose-cache': false,
 }
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ export const flags = {
     exclusive: ['postman', 'insomnia', 'sitemap', 'har'],
   }),
   'ttl-cache': Flags.integer({
-    description: `Time-to-live for in-memory (HTTP) cache entries in minutes. Defaults to ${monikaFlagsDefaultValue['ttl-cache']} minutes`,
+    description:
+      'Enables time-to-live for in-memory (HTTP) cache entries in minutes',
     default: monikaFlagsDefaultValue['ttl-cache'],
   }),
   verbose: Flags.boolean({