diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index d49cedf..948b1b1 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -143,9 +143,6 @@ if 'POSTGRESQL_DATABASE' in os.environ:
         'HOST': 'postgresql',
     }
 
-if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'config_local.py')):
-    from config_local import *  # noqa # flake8: noqa # NOQA # pragma: no cover
-
 SESSION_SERIALIZER = 'django.contrib.sessions.serializers.PickleSerializer'
 
 USE_X_FORWARDED_HOST = True
@@ -189,7 +186,7 @@ CACHES = {
   'filesystem': {
     'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.filebased.FileBasedCache',
     'LOCATION': '/var/tmp/ivatar_cache',
-    'TIMEOUT': 300,
+    'TIMEOUT': 900, # 15 minutes
   }
 }
 
@@ -197,4 +194,8 @@ CACHES = {
 # so the sites don't hit ivatar so much - it's what's set in the HTTP header
 CACHE_IMAGES_MAX_AGE = 5 * 60
 
-CACHE_RESPONSE = False
+CACHE_RESPONSE = True
+
+# This MUST BE THE LAST!
+if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'config_local.py')):
+    from config_local import *  # noqa # flake8: noqa # NOQA # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/ivatar/views.py b/ivatar/views.py
index ebb4e94..a206bfc 100644
--- a/ivatar/views.py
+++ b/ivatar/views.py
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ class GravatarProxyView(View):
             gravatar_test_url = 'https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/' + kwargs['digest'] \
                 + '?s=%i' % 50
             if cache.get(gravatar_test_url) == 'default':
-                print("Cached Gravatar response: Default.")
+                # DEBUG only
+                # print("Cached Gravatar response: Default.")
                 return redir_default(default)
             try:
                 testdata = urlopen(gravatar_test_url, timeout=URL_TIMEOUT)
@@ -365,8 +366,7 @@ class GravatarProxyView(View):
             data = BytesIO(gravatarimagedata.read())
             img = Image.open(data)
             data.seek(0)
-            response = CachingHttpResponse(
-                uri,
+            response = HttpResponse(
                 data.read(),
                 content_type='image/%s' % file_format(img.format))
             response['Cache-Control'] = 'max-age=%i' % CACHE_IMAGES_MAX_AGE