diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Models/DTO/TorznabRequest.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Models/DTO/TorznabRequest.cs
index 0a38637a4..9784dadd0 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Models/DTO/TorznabRequest.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Models/DTO/TorznabRequest.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using Jackett.Common.Utils;
 
@@ -50,22 +51,17 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Models.DTO
             if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(request.offset))
                 query.Offset = ParseUtil.CoerceInt(request.offset);
 
-            bool _cache;
-            if (bool.TryParse(request.cache, out _cache))
-            {
+            if (bool.TryParse(request.cache, out var _cache))
                 query.Cache = _cache;
-            }
 
             if (request.cat != null)
-            {
-                query.Categories = request.cat.Split(',').Where(s => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(s)).Select(s => int.Parse(s)).ToArray();
-            }
+                query.Categories = request.cat.Split(',').Where(s => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(s)).Select(int.Parse).ToArray();
             else
             {
                 if (query.QueryType == "movie" && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(request.imdbid))
-                    query.Categories = new int[] { TorznabCatType.Movies.ID };
+                    query.Categories = new[] { TorznabCatType.Movies.ID };
                 else
-                    query.Categories = new int[0];
+                    query.Categories = Array.Empty<int>();
             }
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(request.season))
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Models/TorznabQuery.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Models/TorznabQuery.cs
index 7649feb21..4e5c195da 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Models/TorznabQuery.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Models/TorznabQuery.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Jackett.Common.Extensions;
 using Jackett.Common.Utils;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace Jackett.Common.Models
 {
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Models
         public int? TvmazeID { get; set; }
         public int? TraktID { get; set; }
         public int? DoubanID { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonIgnore]
         public bool Cache { get; set; } = true;
 
         public int Season { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Services/CacheService.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Services/CacheService.cs
index 7bfb1e964..32f01f13f 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Services/CacheService.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Services/CacheService.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using Jackett.Common.Models;
 using Jackett.Common.Models.Config;
 using Jackett.Common.Services.Interfaces;
 using Jackett.Common.Utils;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using NLog;
 
 namespace Jackett.Common.Services
@@ -248,15 +249,12 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Services
 
         private static string GetSerializedQuery(TorznabQuery query)
         {
-            var json = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(query);
+            var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(query);
 
             // Changes in the query to improve cache hits
             // Both request must return the same results, if not we are breaking Jackett search
             json = json.Replace("\"SearchTerm\":null", "\"SearchTerm\":\"\"");
 
-            // The Cache parameter's value should not affect caching itself
-            json = json.Replace("\"Cache\":false", "\"Cache\":true");
-
             return json;
         }