diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
index 4517c7b6..a8039d68 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ const baseScrapeOptions = z
     blockAds: z.boolean().default(true),
     proxy: z.enum(["basic", "stealth", "auto"]).optional(),
     maxAge: z.number().int().gte(0).safe().default(0),
+    dontStoreInCache: z.boolean().default(false),
   })
   .strict(strictMessage);
 
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/index/index.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/index/index.ts
index 5caee212..26b24e31 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/index/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/index/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import { EngineError, IndexMissError } from "../../error";
 import crypto from "crypto";
 
 export async function sendDocumentToIndex(meta: Meta, document: Document) {
-    const shouldCache = meta.winnerEngine !== "cache"
+    const shouldCache = !meta.options.dontStoreInCache
+        && meta.winnerEngine !== "cache"
         && meta.winnerEngine !== "index"
         && meta.winnerEngine !== "index;documents"
         && !meta.featureFlags.has("actions")