diff --git a/config/environment.default.js b/config/environment.default.js
index 5dea32e87c..527e12936e 100644
--- a/config/environment.default.js
+++ b/config/environment.default.js
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ module.exports = {
   // Caching settings
   cache: {
     // NOTE: how long should objects be cached for by default
-    msToLive: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
+    msToLive: {
+      default: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
+      exportToZip: 5 * 1000 // 5 seconds
+    },
     // msToLive: 1000, // 15 minutes
     control: 'max-age=60', // revalidate browser
     autoSync: {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/base-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/base-response-parsing.service.ts
index cc2ecedab9..6075d605fd 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/base-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/base-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export abstract class BaseResponseParsingService {
     if (hasNoValue(co) || hasNoValue(co.self)) {
       throw new Error('The server returned an invalid object');
     }
-    this.objectCache.add(co, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive, requestHref);
+    this.objectCache.add(co, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive.default, requestHref);
   }
 
   processPageInfo(payload: any): PageInfo {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts
index 29c9ced472..6d42f792d1 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { catchError, flatMap, map, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 export const addToResponseCacheAndCompleteAction = (request: RestRequest, responseCache: ResponseCacheService, envConfig: GlobalConfig) =>
   (source: Observable<ErrorResponse>): Observable<RequestCompleteAction> =>
     source.pipe(
-      tap((response: RestResponse) => responseCache.add(request.href, response, envConfig.cache.msToLive)),
+      tap((response: RestResponse) => responseCache.add(request.href, response, request.responseMsToLive ? request.responseMsToLive : envConfig.cache.msToLive.default)),
       map((response: RestResponse) => new RequestCompleteAction(request.uuid))
     );
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
index 3fffa97d60..cd6ac1dbe2 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ export abstract class RestRequest {
     public href: string,
     public method: RestRequestMethod = RestRequestMethod.GET,
     public body?: any,
-    public options?: HttpOptions
+    public options?: HttpOptions,
+    public responseMsToLive?: number
   ) {
   }
 
@@ -35,9 +36,10 @@ export class GetRequest extends RestRequest {
     public uuid: string,
     public href: string,
     public body?: any,
-    public options?: HttpOptions
+    public options?: HttpOptions,
+    public responseMsToLive?: number
   )  {
-    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.GET, body)
+    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.GET, body, options, responseMsToLive)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/config/cache-config.interface.ts b/src/config/cache-config.interface.ts
index 3e9334e300..a52eca60e2 100644
--- a/src/config/cache-config.interface.ts
+++ b/src/config/cache-config.interface.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import { Config } from './config.interface';
 import { AutoSyncConfig } from './auto-sync-config.interface';
 
 export interface CacheConfig extends Config {
-  msToLive: number,
+  msToLive: {
+    default: number;
+    exportToZip: number;
+  },
   control: string,
   autoSync: AutoSyncConfig
 }