diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/lazy.py b/tinygrad/engine/lazy.py
index 6407b91208..72e23e59f0 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/lazy.py
+++ b/tinygrad/engine/lazy.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 from typing import Union, Optional, Any, Tuple, List, get_args
 from tinygrad.dtype import dtypes, DType, ConstType, to_dtype, ImageDType
-from tinygrad.helpers import prod, getenv, all_int, all_same, DEBUG, _METADATA, Metadata, SPLIT_REDUCEOP
+from tinygrad.helpers import prod, getenv, all_int, all_same, DEBUG, _METADATA, Metadata, SPLIT_REDUCEOP, LAZYCACHE
 from tinygrad.ops import MetaOps, UnaryOps, BinaryOps, TernaryOps, ReduceOps, Op, exec_alu, python_alu, REDUCE_ALU
 from tinygrad.ops import identity_element, MathTrait, resolve, UOp, sint
 from tinygrad.shape.shapetracker import ShapeTracker
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from weakref import ref, ReferenceType, WeakValueDictionary
 
 lazycache: WeakValueDictionary[Any, LazyBuffer] = WeakValueDictionary()
 def create_lazybuffer(device:str, st:ShapeTracker, dtype:DType, op:Optional[Op]=None, arg:Any=None, srcs:Tuple[LazyBuffer, ...]=(),
-                      base:Optional[LazyBuffer]=None, enable_cache=bool(getenv("LAZYCACHE", 1))):
+                      base:Optional[LazyBuffer]=None, enable_cache=bool(LAZYCACHE)):
   if st.size == 0: op, arg, srcs, base = MetaOps.CONST, 0, (), None
   dtype = to_dtype(dtype)
   if op is MetaOps.CONST: arg, enable_cache = dtypes.as_const(arg, dtype) if not isinstance(arg, UOp) else arg, True
diff --git a/tinygrad/helpers.py b/tinygrad/helpers.py
index 547d214995..606e400787 100644
--- a/tinygrad/helpers.py
+++ b/tinygrad/helpers.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ DEBUG, IMAGE, BEAM, NOOPT, JIT = ContextVar("DEBUG", 0), ContextVar("IMAGE", 0),
 WINO, CAPTURING, TRACEMETA = ContextVar("WINO", 0), ContextVar("CAPTURING", 1), ContextVar("TRACEMETA", 1)
 PROFILE, PROFILEPATH = ContextVar("PROFILE", 0), ContextVar("PROFILEPATH", temp("tinygrad_profile.json"))
 USE_TC, TC_OPT, AMX, TRANSCENDENTAL = ContextVar("TC", 1), ContextVar("TC_OPT", 0), ContextVar("AMX", 0), ContextVar("TRANSCENDENTAL", 1)
-FUSE_ARANGE, FUSE_CONV_BW = ContextVar("FUSE_ARANGE", 0), ContextVar("FUSE_CONV_BW", 0)
+FUSE_ARANGE, FUSE_CONV_BW, LAZYCACHE = ContextVar("FUSE_ARANGE", 0), ContextVar("FUSE_CONV_BW", 0), ContextVar("LAZYCACHE", 1)
 SPLIT_REDUCEOP, NO_MEMORY_PLANNER, RING = ContextVar("SPLIT_REDUCEOP", 1), ContextVar("NO_MEMORY_PLANNER", 0), ContextVar("RING", 1)
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)