diff --git a/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js b/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js
index 1c53a9883..991a780c7 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ export default {
                         var key = metaUtils.getMetaCacheKey(url, whitelistRecord, options);
 
                         cache.set(key, cachedData, {
-                            ttl: ttl
+                            ttl: ttl,
+                            refresh: options.refresh
                         });
                     }
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/system/meta/meta.js b/lib/plugins/system/meta/meta.js
index 4f73703af..9ae6caaf6 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/system/meta/meta.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/system/meta/meta.js
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ export default {
                         _sys_created_at: Math.floor(new Date().getTime() / 1000),
                         _sys_headers: htmlparser.headers
                     }, meta), {
-                        ttl: ttl
+                        ttl: ttl,
+                        refresh: options.refresh
                     });
 
                     if (options.refresh) {
diff --git a/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembedUtils.js b/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembedUtils.js
index ab7ba055a..82090d81f 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembedUtils.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembedUtils.js
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ export function findOembedLinks(uri, meta) {
             cache.set(oembed_key, data, {
                 // Use proxy.cache_ttl or options.cache_ttl.
                 // If options.cache_ttl === 0 and no proxy.cache_ttl, then CONFIG.CACHE_TTL will be used.
-                ttl: utils.getMaxCacheTTL(uri, options)
+                ttl: utils.getMaxCacheTTL(uri, options),
+                refresh: options.refresh
             });
         }
 
diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index 3ca318cb9..d5f02436e 100644
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ export default function(options, iframely_options, callback) {
                         },
                         data: data
                     }, {
-                        ttl: ttl
+                        ttl: ttl,
+                        refresh: refresh
                     });
 
                     // temp cache migration, set new key as well
@@ -143,7 +144,8 @@ export default function(options, iframely_options, callback) {
                             },
                             data: data
                         }, {
-                            ttl: ttl
+                            ttl: ttl,
+                            refresh: refresh
                         });
                     }
                 }
@@ -207,7 +209,8 @@ export default function(options, iframely_options, callback) {
     
                 if (new_cache_key) {
                     cache.set('req:' + prefix + new_cache_key, data, {
-                        ttl: ttl
+                        ttl: ttl,
+                        refresh: refresh
                     });
                 }