diff --git a/modules/api/src/main/AssetVersionApi.scala b/modules/api/src/main/AssetVersionApi.scala
index fc21ebffe9..beb0eb349a 100644
--- a/modules/api/src/main/AssetVersionApi.scala
+++ b/modules/api/src/main/AssetVersionApi.scala
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ final class AssetVersionApi(
   },
     default = _ => lastVersion,
     strategy = Syncache.NeverWait,
-    timeToLive = 5.seconds,
+    expireAfter = Syncache.ExpireAfterWrite(5 seconds),
     logger = lila.log("assetVersion"))(system)
 }
diff --git a/modules/blog/src/main/LastPostCache.scala b/modules/blog/src/main/LastPostCache.scala
index 698d58b567..df9feb8b70 100644
--- a/modules/blog/src/main/LastPostCache.scala
+++ b/modules/blog/src/main/LastPostCache.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ final class LastPostCache(
     name = "blog.lastPost",
     compute = _ => fetch,
     default = _ => Nil,
-    timeToLive = ttl,
+    expireAfter = Syncache.ExpireAfterWrite(ttl),
     strategy = Syncache.NeverWait,
     logger = logger)
 
diff --git a/modules/memo/src/main/Syncache.scala b/modules/memo/src/main/Syncache.scala
index fca7d9858f..5f482011ff 100644
--- a/modules/memo/src/main/Syncache.scala
+++ b/modules/memo/src/main/Syncache.scala
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package lila.memo
 
 import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache._
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 
 /**
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ final class Syncache[K, V](
     compute: K => Fu[V],
     default: K => V,
     strategy: Syncache.Strategy,
-    timeToLive: FiniteDuration,
+    expireAfter: Syncache.ExpireAfter,
     logger: lila.log.Logger,
     resultTimeout: FiniteDuration = 5 seconds)(implicit system: akka.actor.ActorSystem) {
 
@@ -26,10 +26,14 @@ final class Syncache[K, V](
   private val chm = new ConcurrentHashMap[K, Fu[V]]
 
   // sync cached values
-  private val cache: Cache[K, V] = Caffeine.newBuilder()
-    .asInstanceOf[Caffeine[K, V]]
-    .expireAfterAccess(timeToLive.toMillis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
-    .build[K, V]()
+  private val cache: Cache[K, V] = {
+    val b1 = Caffeine.newBuilder().asInstanceOf[Caffeine[K, V]]
+    val b2 = expireAfter match {
+      case ExpireAfterAccess(duration) => b1.expireAfterAccess(duration.toMillis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+      case ExpireAfterWrite(duration)  => b1.expireAfterWrite(duration.toMillis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+    }
+    b2.build[K, V]()
+  }
 
   // get the value synchronously, might block depending on strategy
   def sync(k: K): V = {
@@ -121,8 +125,11 @@ final class Syncache[K, V](
 object Syncache {
 
   sealed trait Strategy
-
   case object NeverWait extends Strategy
   case class AlwaysWait(duration: FiniteDuration) extends Strategy
   case class WaitAfterUptime(duration: FiniteDuration, uptimeSeconds: Int = 12) extends Strategy
+
+  sealed trait ExpireAfter
+  case class ExpireAfterAccess(duration: FiniteDuration) extends ExpireAfter
+  case class ExpireAfterWrite(duration: FiniteDuration) extends ExpireAfter
 }
diff --git a/modules/team/src/main/Cached.scala b/modules/team/src/main/Cached.scala
index 7224cd739c..5fda6bf520 100644
--- a/modules/team/src/main/Cached.scala
+++ b/modules/team/src/main/Cached.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ private[team] final class Cached(implicit system: akka.actor.ActorSystem) {
     compute = TeamRepo.name,
     default = _ => none,
     strategy = Syncache.WaitAfterUptime(20 millis),
-    timeToLive = 12 hours,
+    expireAfter = Syncache.ExpireAfterAccess(1 hour),
     logger = logger)
 
   def name(id: String) = nameCache sync id
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ private[team] final class Cached(implicit system: akka.actor.ActorSystem) {
     compute = MemberRepo.teamIdsByUser,
     default = _ => Set.empty,
     strategy = Syncache.WaitAfterUptime(20 millis),
-    timeToLive = 2 hours,
+    expireAfter = Syncache.ExpireAfterAccess(1 hour),
     logger = logger)
 
   def syncTeamIds = teamIdsCache sync _
diff --git a/modules/tournament/src/main/Cached.scala b/modules/tournament/src/main/Cached.scala
index 9cf772902f..01a565541f 100644
--- a/modules/tournament/src/main/Cached.scala
+++ b/modules/tournament/src/main/Cached.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ private[tournament] final class Cached(
     compute = id => TournamentRepo byId id map2 { (tour: Tournament) => tour.fullName },
     default = _ => none,
     strategy = Syncache.WaitAfterUptime(20 millis),
-    timeToLive = 6 hours,
+    expireAfter = Syncache.ExpireAfterAccess(1 hour),
     logger = logger)
 
   def name(id: String): Option[String] = nameCache sync id
diff --git a/modules/user/src/main/LightUserApi.scala b/modules/user/src/main/LightUserApi.scala
index b102760918..60889811e5 100644
--- a/modules/user/src/main/LightUserApi.scala
+++ b/modules/user/src/main/LightUserApi.scala
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ final class LightUserApi(coll: Coll)(implicit system: akka.actor.ActorSystem) {
     compute = id => coll.find($id(id), projection).uno[LightUser],
     default = id => LightUser(id, id, None, false).some,
     strategy = Syncache.WaitAfterUptime(10 millis),
-    timeToLive = 20 minutes,
+    expireAfter = Syncache.ExpireAfterAccess(20 minutes),
     logger = logger branch "LightUserApi")
 }