diff --git a/cmd/reflector.go b/cmd/reflector.go
index bb489e4..f071f60 100644
--- a/cmd/reflector.go
+++ b/cmd/reflector.go
@@ -93,6 +93,19 @@ func reflectorCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		}
 
 		blobStore = store.NewDBBackedStore(blobStore, db)
+
+		//this shouldn't go here but the blocklist logic requires the db backed store to be the outer-most store for it to work....
+		//having this here prevents uploaded blobs from being stored in the disk cache
+		if !disableUploads {
+			reflectorServer = reflector.NewServer(blobStore)
+			reflectorServer.Timeout = 3 * time.Minute
+			reflectorServer.EnableBlocklist = !disableBlocklist
+
+			err = reflectorServer.Start(":" + strconv.Itoa(receiverPort))
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if reflectorCmdCacheDir != "" {
@@ -103,16 +116,6 @@ func reflectorCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		blobStore = store.NewCachingBlobStore(blobStore, store.NewDiskBlobStore(reflectorCmdCacheDir, 2))
 	}
 
-	if !disableUploads {
-		reflectorServer = reflector.NewServer(blobStore)
-		reflectorServer.Timeout = 3 * time.Minute
-		reflectorServer.EnableBlocklist = !disableBlocklist
-
-		err = reflectorServer.Start(":" + strconv.Itoa(receiverPort))
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	}
 	peerServer := peer.NewServer(blobStore)
 	err = peerServer.Start(":" + strconv.Itoa(tcpPeerPort))
 	if err != nil {