diff --git a/internal/cache/content_cache.go b/internal/cache/content_cache.go
index 61180c5ab..0f1d60d91 100644
--- a/internal/cache/content_cache.go
+++ b/internal/cache/content_cache.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@ func NewContentCache(ctx context.Context, st blob.Storage, opt Options) (Content
 
 		var err error
 
-		cacheStorage, err = NewStorageOrNil(ctx, filepath.Join(opt.BaseCacheDirectory, opt.CacheSubDir), opt.Sweep.MaxSizeBytes, opt.CacheSubDir)
+		cacheStorage, err = NewStorageOrNil(ctx, opt.BaseCacheDirectory, opt.Sweep.MaxSizeBytes, opt.CacheSubDir)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error initializing cache storage")
 		}
diff --git a/repo/content/committed_read_manager.go b/repo/content/committed_read_manager.go
index 161829374..8f94a079b 100644
--- a/repo/content/committed_read_manager.go
+++ b/repo/content/committed_read_manager.go
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ func (sm *SharedManager) setupReadManagerCaches(ctx context.Context, caching *Ca
 		BaseCacheDirectory: caching.CacheDirectory,
 		CacheSubDir:        "metadata",
 		HMACSecret:         caching.HMACSecret,
+		FetchFullBlobs:     true,
 		Sweep: cache.SweepSettings{
 			MaxSizeBytes: metadataCacheSize,
 			MinSweepAge:  caching.MinMetadataSweepAge.DurationOrDefault(DefaultMetadataCacheSweepAge),