diff --git a/cli/command_cache_clear.go b/cli/command_cache_clear.go
index d775cc30d..704089aac 100644
--- a/cli/command_cache_clear.go
+++ b/cli/command_cache_clear.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 var cacheClearCommand = cacheCommands.Command("clear", "Clears the cache")
 
 func runCacheClearCommand(ctx context.Context, rep *repo.DirectRepository) error {
-	if d := rep.Content.CachingOptions.CacheDirectory; d != "" {
+	if d := rep.Cache.CacheDirectory; d != "" {
 		log(ctx).Infof("Clearing cache directory: %v.", d)
 
 		// close repository before removing cache
diff --git a/cli/command_cache_info.go b/cli/command_cache_info.go
index 7198e533a..63c5ee9ea 100644
--- a/cli/command_cache_info.go
+++ b/cli/command_cache_info.go
@@ -19,18 +19,18 @@
 
 func runCacheInfoCommand(ctx context.Context, rep *repo.DirectRepository) error {
 	if *cacheInfoPathOnly {
-		fmt.Println(rep.Content.CachingOptions.CacheDirectory)
+		fmt.Println(rep.Cache.CacheDirectory)
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	entries, err := ioutil.ReadDir(rep.Content.CachingOptions.CacheDirectory)
+	entries, err := ioutil.ReadDir(rep.Cache.CacheDirectory)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "unable to scan cache directory")
 	}
 
 	path2Limit := map[string]int64{
-		"contents": rep.Content.CachingOptions.MaxCacheSizeBytes,
-		"metadata": rep.Content.CachingOptions.MaxMetadataCacheSizeBytes,
+		"contents": rep.Cache.MaxCacheSizeBytes,
+		"metadata": rep.Cache.MaxMetadataCacheSizeBytes,
 	}
 
 	for _, ent := range entries {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func runCacheInfoCommand(ctx context.Context, rep *repo.DirectRepository) error
 			continue
 		}
 
-		subdir := filepath.Join(rep.Content.CachingOptions.CacheDirectory, ent.Name())
+		subdir := filepath.Join(rep.Cache.CacheDirectory, ent.Name())
 
 		fileCount, totalFileSize, err := scanCacheDir(subdir)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cli/command_cache_set.go b/cli/command_cache_set.go
index 290261bb2..c0132fae4 100644
--- a/cli/command_cache_set.go
+++ b/cli/command_cache_set.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 )
 
 func runCacheSetCommand(ctx context.Context, rep *repo.DirectRepository) error {
-	opts := rep.Content.CachingOptions.CloneOrDefault()
+	opts := rep.Cache.CloneOrDefault()
 
 	changed := 0
 
diff --git a/internal/server/api_repo.go b/internal/server/api_repo.go
index 406fbfd7b..96bf797ca 100644
--- a/internal/server/api_repo.go
+++ b/internal/server/api_repo.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleRepoStatus(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request, body []b
 		return &serverapi.StatusResponse{
 			Connected:     true,
 			ConfigFile:    dr.ConfigFile,
-			CacheDir:      dr.Content.CachingOptions.CacheDirectory,
+			CacheDir:      dr.Cache.CacheDirectory,
 			Hash:          dr.Content.Format.Hash,
 			Encryption:    dr.Content.Format.Encryption,
 			MaxPackSize:   dr.Content.Format.MaxPackSize,
diff --git a/repo/content/content_formatter_test.go b/repo/content/content_formatter_test.go
index a3f2c9018..2de43ba43 100644
--- a/repo/content/content_formatter_test.go
+++ b/repo/content/content_formatter_test.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func verifyEndToEndFormatter(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, hashAlgo, encryp
 	keyTime := map[blob.ID]time.Time{}
 	st := blobtesting.NewMapStorage(data, keyTime, nil)
 
-	bm, err := newManagerWithOptions(testlogging.Context(t), st, &FormattingOptions{
+	bm, err := NewManager(testlogging.Context(t), st, &FormattingOptions{
 		Hash:        hashAlgo,
 		Encryption:  encryptionAlgo,
 		HMACSecret:  hmacSecret,
diff --git a/repo/content/content_manager.go b/repo/content/content_manager.go
index 4cce8c5d6..a68b07fc2 100644
--- a/repo/content/content_manager.go
+++ b/repo/content/content_manager.go
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ type IndexBlobInfo struct {
 
 // Manager builds content-addressable storage with encryption, deduplication and packaging on top of BLOB store.
 type Manager struct {
-	CachingOptions CachingOptions
-
 	mu       *sync.RWMutex
 	cond     *sync.Cond
 	flushing bool
@@ -706,27 +704,18 @@ func NewManager(ctx context.Context, st blob.Storage, f *FormattingOptions, cach
 		options.TimeNow = clock.Now
 	}
 
-	return newManagerWithOptions(ctx, st, f, caching, options)
-}
-
-func newManagerWithOptions(ctx context.Context, st blob.Storage, f *FormattingOptions, caching *CachingOptions, options *ManagerOptions) (*Manager, error) {
-	if f.Version < minSupportedReadVersion || f.Version > currentWriteVersion {
-		return nil, errors.Errorf("can't handle repositories created using version %v (min supported %v, max supported %v)", f.Version, minSupportedReadVersion, maxSupportedReadVersion)
-	}
-
-	if f.Version < minSupportedWriteVersion || f.Version > currentWriteVersion {
-		return nil, errors.Errorf("can't handle repositories created using version %v (min supported %v, max supported %v)", f.Version, minSupportedWriteVersion, maxSupportedWriteVersion)
-	}
-
-	caching = caching.CloneOrDefault()
-
 	readManager, err := newReadManager(ctx, st, f, caching, options)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error initializing read manager")
 	}
 
+	return newManagerWithReadManager(ctx, f, readManager, options), nil
+}
+
+func newManagerWithReadManager(ctx context.Context, f *FormattingOptions, readManager *CommittedReadManager, options *ManagerOptions) *Manager {
 	mu := &sync.RWMutex{}
-	m := &Manager{
+
+	return &Manager{
 		lockFreeManager: lockFreeManager{
 			Format:                  *f,
 			maxPackSize:             f.MaxPackSize,
@@ -739,7 +728,6 @@ func newManagerWithOptions(ctx context.Context, st blob.Storage, f *FormattingOp
 			encryptionBufferPool:    buf.NewPool(ctx, defaultEncryptionBufferPoolSegmentSize+readManager.encryptor.MaxOverhead(), "content-manager-encryption"),
 		},
 
-		CachingOptions:       *caching,
 		CommittedReadManager: readManager,
 
 		mu:   mu,
@@ -749,10 +737,4 @@ func newManagerWithOptions(ctx context.Context, st blob.Storage, f *FormattingOp
 		pendingPacks:          map[blob.ID]*pendingPackInfo{},
 		packIndexBuilder:      make(packIndexBuilder),
 	}
-
-	if _, _, err := m.loadPackIndexesUnlocked(ctx); err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error loading indexes")
-	}
-
-	return m, nil
 }
diff --git a/repo/content/content_manager_test.go b/repo/content/content_manager_test.go
index 9ab166dfd..39e11f341 100644
--- a/repo/content/content_manager_test.go
+++ b/repo/content/content_manager_test.go
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ func TestContentManagerFailedToWritePack(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	st = faulty
 
-	bm, err := newManagerWithOptions(testlogging.Context(t), st, &FormattingOptions{
+	bm, err := NewManager(testlogging.Context(t), st, &FormattingOptions{
 		Version:     1,
 		Hash:        "HMAC-SHA256-128",
 		Encryption:  "AES256-GCM-HMAC-SHA256",
diff --git a/repo/content/content_read_manager.go b/repo/content/content_read_manager.go
index 5ba8c6a2f..d5c9af607 100644
--- a/repo/content/content_read_manager.go
+++ b/repo/content/content_read_manager.go
@@ -306,6 +306,14 @@ func (rm *CommittedReadManager) setupReadManagerCaches(ctx context.Context, cach
 }
 
 func newReadManager(ctx context.Context, st blob.Storage, f *FormattingOptions, caching *CachingOptions, opts *ManagerOptions) (*CommittedReadManager, error) {
+	if f.Version < minSupportedReadVersion || f.Version > currentWriteVersion {
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("can't handle repositories created using version %v (min supported %v, max supported %v)", f.Version, minSupportedReadVersion, maxSupportedReadVersion)
+	}
+
+	if f.Version < minSupportedWriteVersion || f.Version > currentWriteVersion {
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("can't handle repositories created using version %v (min supported %v, max supported %v)", f.Version, minSupportedWriteVersion, maxSupportedWriteVersion)
+	}
+
 	hasher, encryptor, err := CreateHashAndEncryptor(f)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -325,5 +333,9 @@ func newReadManager(ctx context.Context, st blob.Storage, f *FormattingOptions,
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error setting up read manager caches")
 	}
 
+	if _, _, err := rm.loadPackIndexesUnlocked(ctx); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error loading indexes")
+	}
+
 	return rm, nil
 }
diff --git a/repo/open.go b/repo/open.go
index ccb6d0495..f3eb85e2e 100644
--- a/repo/open.go
+++ b/repo/open.go
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ func OpenWithConfig(ctx context.Context, st blob.Storage, lc *LocalConfig, passw
 	}
 
 	dr := &DirectRepository{
+		Cache:     *caching,
 		Content:   cm,
 		Objects:   om,
 		Blobs:     st,
diff --git a/repo/repository.go b/repo/repository.go
index 0e65ec1a1..ac1b93f55 100644
--- a/repo/repository.go
+++ b/repo/repository.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ type DirectRepository struct {
 	Content   *content.Manager
 	Objects   *object.Manager
 	Manifests *manifest.Manager
+	Cache     content.CachingOptions
 	UniqueID  []byte
 
 	ConfigFile string