diff --git a/e107_admin/newspost.php b/e107_admin/newspost.php
index bcd48fa7d..614d8bab2 100644
--- a/e107_admin/newspost.php
+++ b/e107_admin/newspost.php
@@ -857,6 +857,7 @@ class news_admin_ui extends e_admin_ui
 		$temp['news_default_template']	= preg_replace('#[^\w\pL\-]#u', '', $_POST['news_default_template']);
 		$temp['news_list_limit']		= intval($_POST['news_list_limit']);
 		$temp['news_list_templates']     = e107::getParser()->toDB($_POST['news_list_templates']);
+		$temp['news_cache_timeout']     = intval($_POST['news_cache_timeout']);
 
 		e107::getConfig()->updatePref($temp);
 
@@ -1141,7 +1142,20 @@ class news_admin_ui extends e_admin_ui
 									".$frm->textarea('news_ping_services', $pingVal, 4, 100, $pingOpt)."
 									<div class='field-help'>".LAN_NEWS_89."<br />".LAN_NEWS_90."</div>
 								</td>
-							</tr>
+							</tr>";
+
+								// TODO LAN
+						$tab1 .= "
+							<tr>
+								<td>News Cache Timeout </td>
+								<td>
+									".$frm->number('news_cache_timeout',varset($pref['news_cache_timeout'],0), 6)."
+									<div class='field-help'>Time in minutes. Applies only when system cache is enabled.</div>
+								</td>
+							</tr>";
+
+
+						$tab1 .= "
 
 							<tr>
 							<td>".NWSLAN_86."</td>
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/news.php b/e107_plugins/news/news.php
index ded79cd37..a2f5cefd6 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/news.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/news.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class news_front
 	private $text = null;
 	private $pref = array();
 	private $debugInfo = array();
+	private $cacheRefreshTime = false;
 //	private $interval = 1;
 
 	function __construct()
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class news_front
 
 		$this->pref = e107::getPref();
 
+		$this->cacheRefreshTime = vartrue($this->pref['news_cache_timeout'],false);
 		// $this->interval = $this->pref['newsposts']-$this>pref['newsposts_archive'];
 
 		require_once(e_HANDLER."news_class.php");
@@ -258,9 +260,9 @@ class news_front
 		echo "<h4>News Debug Info</h4>";
 		echo "<b>action:</b> ".$this->action."  ";
 		echo "<br /><b>subaction:</b> ".$this->subAction."  ";
-		echo "<br /><b>route</b> ".$this->route."  ";
+		echo "<br /><b>route:</b> ".$this->route."  ";
 		echo "<br /><b>e_QUERY:</b> ".e_QUERY."  ";
-
+		echo "<br /><b>CacheTimeout:</b> ".$this->cacheRefreshTime." ";
 		echo "<br /><b>_GET:</b> ".print_r($_GET,true);
 
 		foreach($this->debugInfo as $key=>$val)
@@ -520,9 +522,9 @@ class news_front
 		$this->addDebug("checkCache", 'true');
 		$e107cache->setMD5(null);
 
-		$cache_data = $e107cache->retrieve($cacheString);
-		$cache_title = $e107cache->retrieve($cacheString."_title");
-		$cache_diz = $e107cache->retrieve($cacheString."_diz");
+		$cache_data = $e107cache->retrieve($cacheString, $this->cacheRefreshTime);
+		$cache_title = $e107cache->retrieve($cacheString."_title", $this->cacheRefreshTime);
+		$cache_diz = $e107cache->retrieve($cacheString."_diz", $this->cacheRefreshTime);
 		$etitle = ($cache_title != "e_PAGETITLE") ? $cache_title : "";
 		$ediz = ($cache_diz != "META_DESCRIPTION") ? $cache_diz : "";