diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-integration-test.yml
index a5020c42..798c03bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-integration-test.yml
@@ -59,10 +59,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: chmod a+x ./lightpanda
 
+      # Always activate cache
+      - run: mkdir -p /tmp/lp-cache
+
       - name: run end to end integration tests
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          ./lightpanda serve --http-proxy ${{ secrets.MASSIVE_PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_US }} --log-level error & echo $! > LPD.pid
+          ./lightpanda serve --http-cache-dir /tmp/lp-cache --http-proxy ${{ secrets.MASSIVE_PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_US }} --log-level error & echo $! > LPD.pid
           go run integration/main.go |tee result.log
           kill `cat LPD.pid`
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml
index cad9faa0..f3f7f27d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml
@@ -103,10 +103,13 @@ jobs:
       - if: matrix.wba == true
         run: echo "${{ secrets.WBA_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM }}" > private_key.pem
 
+      # Always activate cache
+      - run: mkdir -p /tmp/lp-cache
+
       - id: args
         name: build LP args
         run: |
-          args=""
+          args="--http-cache-dir /tmp/lp-cache"
           [ "${{ matrix.proxy }}" = "true" ] && args="$args --http-proxy http://127.0.0.1:3000"
           [ "${{ matrix.robotstxt }}" = "true" ] && args="$args --obey-robots"
           [ "${{ matrix.wba }}" = "true" ] && args="$args --web-bot-auth-key-file private_key.pem"
@@ -159,10 +162,13 @@ jobs:
       - if: matrix.wba == true
         run: echo "${{ secrets.WBA_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM }}" > private_key.pem
 
+      # Always activate cache
+      - run: mkdir -p /tmp/lp-cache
+
       - id: args
         name: build LP args
         run: |
-          args=""
+          args="--http-cache-dir /tmp/lp-cache"
           [ "${{ matrix.robotstxt }}" = "true" ] && args="$args --obey-robots"
           [ "${{ matrix.wba }}" = "true" ] && args="$args --web-bot-auth-key-file private_key.pem"
           [ "${{ matrix.wba }}" = "true" ] && args="$args --web-bot-auth-domain ${{ vars.WBA_DOMAIN }}"