diff --git a/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/searcher.ts b/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/searcher.ts
index 08b558f..c4a3dff 100644
--- a/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/searcher.ts
+++ b/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/searcher.ts
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ export class SearcherHost extends RPCHost {
         const r = await this.cachedWebSearch({
             q: searchQuery,
             count: 5
-        });
+        }, noCache);
 
         const it = this.fetchSearchResults(customMode, r.web.results, crawlOpts, pageCacheTolerance);