diff --git a/api/example.env b/api/example.env
index d148c411d5..0140abbe19 100644
--- a/api/example.env
+++ b/api/example.env
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ BLOCK_POINT_DURATION=0
 INMEMORY_BLOCK_CONSUMED=200
 INMEMEMORY_BLOCK_DURATION=30
 ####################################################################################################
+# Caching
+
+CACHE_TYPE="redis"
+####################################################################################################
 # File Storage
 
 STORAGE_LOCATIONS="local, digitalocean"
diff --git a/api/src/cli/utils/create-env/index.ts b/api/src/cli/utils/create-env/index.ts
index 8272b119ac..057a4c48ae 100644
--- a/api/src/cli/utils/create-env/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/cli/utils/create-env/index.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ const defaults = {
 	},
 	rateLimits: {
 		RATE_LIMIT_TYPE: 'redis',
-		CACHE_TYPE: 'redis',
 		CONSUMED_POINTS_LIMIT: 5,
 		CONSUMED_RESET_DURATION: 1,
 		EXEC_EVENLY: true,
@@ -40,6 +39,9 @@ const defaults = {
 		INMEMORY_BLOCK_CONSUMED: 200,
 		INMEMEMORY_BLOCK_DURATION: 30,
 	},
+	caching: {
+		CACHE_TYPE: 'redis',
+	},
 	security: {
 		KEY: uuidv4(),
 		SECRET: nanoid(32),
diff --git a/api/src/services/node-cache.ts b/api/src/services/node-cache.ts
index b418c71014..8cf1d33fd9 100644
--- a/api/src/services/node-cache.ts
+++ b/api/src/services/node-cache.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  *  checkPeriod is the amount of seconds for the
  *  autodelete to wait before checking
  *  if cache needs to be deleted.
+ *  Have wrapped node cache so we can extend if needed
  */
 import NodeCache from 'node-cache';