diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 70eec00..3e2e853 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 node-static
 ===========
 
+
+**THIS FORK ALLOWS FOR DISABLING OF CACHE VIA CLI**
+
 > a simple, *rfc 2616 compliant* file streaming module for [node](http://nodejs.org)
 
 node-static understands and supports *conditional GET* and *HEAD* requests.
diff --git a/bin/cli.js b/bin/cli.js
index f016857..428e829 100755
--- a/bin/cli.js
+++ b/bin/cli.js
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ if (argv.version) {
     process.exit(0);
 }
 
-if (argv.cache) {
+if (argv.cache === 0 || argv.cache) {
+    var loweredCache = argv.cache.toString().toLowerCase();
+    if (loweredCache === 'false' || loweredCache === 'f') {
+      argv.cache = 0;
+    }
     (options = options || {}).cache = argv.cache;
 }