diff --git a/src/common/yt.ts b/src/common/yt.ts
index 130f5a6..929eea5 100644
--- a/src/common/yt.ts
+++ b/src/common/yt.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export const ytService = {
     if (channelId) return { id: channelId, type: 'channel' };
     return null;
   },
-
+ 
   /**
   * @param descriptorsWithIndex YT resource IDs to check
   * @returns a promise with the list of channels that were found on lbry
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export const ytService = {
               if (!descriptor.id) break
               url.searchParams.set(urlResolverFunction.paramName, descriptor.id)
   
-              const apiResponse = await fetch(url.toString(), { cache: 'force-cache' });
+              const apiResponse = await fetch(url.toString(), { cache: 'reload' });
               if (!apiResponse.ok) break
               const value = followResponsePath<string>(await apiResponse.json(), urlResolverFunction.responsePath)
               if (value) results[descriptor.index] = value
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export const ytService = {
                 .filter((descriptorId) => descriptorId)
                 .join(urlResolverFunction.paramArraySeperator)
               )
-              const apiResponse = await fetch(url.toString(), { cache: 'force-cache' });
+              const apiResponse = await fetch(url.toString(), { cache: 'reload' });
               if (!apiResponse.ok) break
               const values = followResponsePath<string[]>(await apiResponse.json(), urlResolverFunction.responsePath)
               values.forEach((value, index) => {
diff --git a/src/scripts/tabOnUpdated.ts b/src/scripts/tabOnUpdated.ts
index c3b7fde..62e5f53 100644
--- a/src/scripts/tabOnUpdated.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/tabOnUpdated.ts
@@ -16,20 +16,25 @@ async function resolveYT(descriptor: YtIdResolverDescriptor) {
   return segments.join('/');
 }
 
+const ctxFromURLIdCache: Record<string, Promise<string | undefined>> = {}
 async function ctxFromURL(href: string): Promise<UpdateContext | void> {
   if (!href) return;
-
+  
   const url = new URL(href);
   if (!getSourcePlatfromSettingsFromHostname(url.hostname)) return
   if (!(url.pathname.startsWith('/watch') || url.pathname.startsWith('/channel'))) return
 
-  const { redirect, targetPlatform } = await getExtensionSettingsAsync('redirect', 'targetPlatform');
   const descriptor = ytService.getId(href);
   if (!descriptor) return; // couldn't get the ID, so we're done
 
-  const res = await resolveYT(descriptor); // NOTE: API call cached by the browser
+  // NOTE: API call cached by the browser for the future version
+  // But cache busting is active for now
+  // Manual memory cache will be removed later
+  const promise = ctxFromURLIdCache[descriptor.id] ?? (ctxFromURLIdCache[descriptor.id] = resolveYT(descriptor))
+  const res = await promise;
   if (!res) return; // couldn't find it on lbry, so we're done
 
+  const { redirect, targetPlatform } = await getExtensionSettingsAsync('redirect', 'targetPlatform');
   return { descriptor, lbryPathname: res, redirect, targetPlatform };
 }