diff --git a/qtc-net-server/Controllers/UsersController.cs b/qtc-net-server/Controllers/UsersController.cs
index 956faa1..d49f6a7 100644
--- a/qtc-net-server/Controllers/UsersController.cs
+++ b/qtc-net-server/Controllers/UsersController.cs
@@ -110,17 +110,11 @@ namespace qtc_api.Controllers
                     await _chatGWContext.Clients.All.SendAsync("RefreshContactsList");
 
                     // always try to overwrite cache when updating pfp
-                    string recordId = $"UserPfp_{userId}_{DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd_hhmm")}";
-                    using(var stream = file.OpenReadStream())
-                    {
-                        using(var ms = new MemoryStream())
-                        {
-                            stream.CopyTo(ms);
-                            await _cache.SetImageAsync(recordId, ms.ToArray());
-                            ms.Dispose();
-                        }
-                        stream.Dispose();
-                    }
+                    string recordId = $"UserPfp_{userId}";
+                    using var stream = file.OpenReadStream();
+                    using var ms = new MemoryStream();
+                    stream.CopyTo(ms);
+                    await _cache.SetImageAsync(recordId, ms.ToArray(), TimeSpan.FromHours(1));
 
                     return Ok(response);
                 } else
@@ -137,8 +131,8 @@ namespace qtc_api.Controllers
         [Authorize]
         public async Task<ActionResult> GetUserProfilePicture(string userId)
         {
-            string recordId = $"UserPfp_{userId}_{DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd_hhmm")}";
-            byte[] pfpBytes = await _cache.GetImageAsync(recordId);
+            string recordId = $"UserPfp_{userId}";
+            byte[]? pfpBytes = await _cache.GetImageAsync(recordId);
 
             var result = new ServiceResponse<FileContentResult>();
             if (pfpBytes == null)
@@ -147,7 +141,7 @@ namespace qtc_api.Controllers
                 if (result != null && result.Success && result.Data != null)
                 {
                     pfpBytes = result.Data.FileContents;
-                    await _cache.SetImageAsync(recordId, pfpBytes);
+                    await _cache.SetImageAsync(recordId, pfpBytes, TimeSpan.FromHours(1));
                 }
             }
             else
@@ -155,7 +149,6 @@ namespace qtc_api.Controllers
                 // explicitly set from cache
                 result.Success = true;
                 result.Data = new FileContentResult(pfpBytes, "image/jpeg");
-                result.Message = $"{userId}.pfp";
             }
 
             if (result != null && result.Success != false)
diff --git a/qtc-net-server/Extensions/DistributedCacheExtensions.cs b/qtc-net-server/Extensions/DistributedCacheExtensions.cs
index a928441..761cd01 100644
--- a/qtc-net-server/Extensions/DistributedCacheExtensions.cs
+++ b/qtc-net-server/Extensions/DistributedCacheExtensions.cs
@@ -5,23 +5,21 @@ namespace qtc_api.Extensions
 {
     public static class DistributedCacheExtensions
     {
-        public static async Task SetRecordAsync<T> (this IDistributedCache cache, string recordId, T data, TimeSpan? absoluteExpireTime = null, TimeSpan? unusuedExpireTime = null)
+        public static async Task SetRecordAsync<T> (this IDistributedCache cache, string recordId, T data, TimeSpan? absoluteExpireTime = null)
         {
             var options = new DistributedCacheEntryOptions();
 
             options.AbsoluteExpirationRelativeToNow = absoluteExpireTime ?? TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15);
-            options.SlidingExpiration = unusuedExpireTime;
 
             var jsonData = JsonSerializer.Serialize(data);
             await cache.SetStringAsync(recordId, jsonData, options);
         }
 
-        public static async Task SetImageAsync(this IDistributedCache cache, string recordId, byte[] data, TimeSpan? absoluteExpireTime = null, TimeSpan? unusuedExpireTime = null)
+        public static async Task SetImageAsync(this IDistributedCache cache, string recordId, byte[] data, TimeSpan? absoluteExpireTime = null)
         {
             var options = new DistributedCacheEntryOptions();
 
-            options.AbsoluteExpirationRelativeToNow = absoluteExpireTime ?? TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5);
-            options.SlidingExpiration = unusuedExpireTime;
+            options.AbsoluteExpirationRelativeToNow = absoluteExpireTime ?? TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30);
 
             await cache.SetAsync(recordId, data, options);
         }