diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 7327090..b7679e9 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -32,13 +32,15 @@ Settings
         'bucket': None,
         'project': '',
         'credentials': None,
-        'http': None
+        'http': None,
+        'cache_control': ['no-cache']
     }
 
 * ``bucket`` name of the bucket on google cloud storage.
 * ``project`` google project name (not required).
 * ``credentials`` oauth2 credentials
 * ``http`` httplib2.Http instance or callable that returns httplib2.Http instance
+* ``cache_control`` is a list of strings. By default ['no-cache']
 
 *Note: One of* ``credentials`` *or* ``http`` *should be provided for authentication.*
 
diff --git a/django_gcs/settings.py b/django_gcs/settings.py
index 8790c6c..470238d 100644
--- a/django_gcs/settings.py
+++ b/django_gcs/settings.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
     'bucket': None,
     'project': '',
     'credentials': None,
-    'http': None
+    'http': None,
+    'cache_control': ['no-cache']
 }
 
 
diff --git a/django_gcs/storage.py b/django_gcs/storage.py
index bbceaab..6e6d265 100644
--- a/django_gcs/storage.py
+++ b/django_gcs/storage.py
@@ -51,8 +51,11 @@ def _save(self, name, content):
             content_type = content.content_type
         else:
             content_type = mimetypes.guess_type(name)[0]
-        blob.cache_control = settings.GOOGLE_CLOUD_STORAGE.get('cache_control')
         blob.upload_from_file(content, True, content.size, content_type)
+
+        blob.cache_control = ', '.join(settings['cache_control'])
+        blob.patch()  # submit cache_control
+
         blob.make_public()
         return name