diff --git a/cmd/stftp/main.go b/cmd/stftp/main.go
index 4254fd2..d8d2e7d 100644
--- a/cmd/stftp/main.go
+++ b/cmd/stftp/main.go
@@ -94,34 +94,25 @@ func main() {
 		logger.PrintHeader,
 	)
 
-	var srv *ftpserver.FtpServer
+	var fs afero.Fs
 	if *enableCache {
-
-		cache := afero.NewMemMapFs()
-
-		srv = ftpserver.NewFtpServer(
-			&FTPServer{
-				Settings: &ftpserver.Settings{
-					ListenAddr: *laddr,
-				},
-				FileSystem: afero.NewCacheOnReadFs(afero.NewBasePathFs(stfs, *dir), cache, time.Hour),
-			},
-		)
+		fs = afero.NewCacheOnReadFs(afero.NewBasePathFs(stfs, *dir), afero.NewMemMapFs(), time.Hour)
 	} else {
-		srv = ftpserver.NewFtpServer(
-			&FTPServer{
-				Settings: &ftpserver.Settings{
-					ListenAddr: *laddr,
-				},
-				FileSystem: afero.NewBasePathFs(stfs, *dir),
-			},
-		)
+		fs = afero.NewBasePathFs(stfs, *dir)
 	}
 
-	log.Println("Listening on", *laddr)
-
+	srv := ftpserver.NewFtpServer(
+		&FTPServer{
+			Settings: &ftpserver.Settings{
+				ListenAddr: *laddr,
+			},
+			FileSystem: fs,
+		},
+	)
 	srv.Logger = &Logger{}
 
+	log.Println("Listening on", *laddr)
+
 	panic(srv.ListenAndServe())
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/sthttp/main.go b/cmd/sthttp/main.go
index c914d78..015367b 100644
--- a/cmd/sthttp/main.go
+++ b/cmd/sthttp/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pojntfx/stfs/internal/fs"
 	"github.com/pojntfx/stfs/internal/handlers"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ func main() {
 	drive := flag.String("drive", "/dev/nst0", "Tape or tar file to use")
 	metadata := flag.String("metadata", filepath.Join(home, ".local", "share", "stbak", "var", "lib", "stbak", "metadata.sqlite"), "Metadata database to use")
 	recordSize := flag.Int("recordSize", 20, "Amount of 512-bit blocks per record")
+	enableCache := flag.Bool("cache", true, "Enable in-memory caching")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
@@ -74,18 +76,23 @@ func main() {
 		logger.PrintHeaderEvent,
 	)
 
-	stfs := afero.NewHttpFs(
-		fs.NewFileSystem(
-			ops,
+	stfs := fs.NewFileSystem(
+		ops,
 
-			config.MetadataConfig{
-				Metadata: metadataPersister,
-			},
+		config.MetadataConfig{
+			Metadata: metadataPersister,
+		},
 
-			logger.PrintHeader,
-		),
+		logger.PrintHeader,
 	)
 
+	var fs afero.Fs
+	if *enableCache {
+		fs = afero.NewCacheOnReadFs(afero.NewBasePathFs(stfs, *dir), afero.NewMemMapFs(), time.Hour)
+	} else {
+		fs = afero.NewBasePathFs(stfs, *dir)
+	}
+
 	log.Println("Listening on", *laddr)
 
 	panic(
@@ -93,7 +100,7 @@ func main() {
 			*laddr,
 			handlers.PanicHandler(
 				http.FileServer(
-					stfs.Dir(*dir),
+					afero.NewHttpFs(fs),
 				),
 			),
 		),