diff --git a/lib/cachecontrol/adapter.py b/lib/cachecontrol/adapter.py
index 264fb1be..e7e1829a 100644
--- a/lib/cachecontrol/adapter.py
+++ b/lib/cachecontrol/adapter.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class CacheControlAdapter(HTTPAdapter):
         super(CacheControlAdapter, self).__init__(*args, **kw)
         self.sess = sess or CacheControlSession()
         self.cache = cache or DictCache()
-        self.controller = CacheController(sess=sess, cache=cache, cache_etags=cache_etags)
+        self.controller = CacheController(self.sess, self.cache, cache_etags=cache_etags)
 
     def send(self, request, **kw):
         """Send a request. Use the request information to see if it
diff --git a/lib/cachecontrol/cache.py b/lib/cachecontrol/cache.py
index abcd6fda..feb7d3ed 100644
--- a/lib/cachecontrol/cache.py
+++ b/lib/cachecontrol/cache.py
@@ -34,4 +34,3 @@ class DictCache(BaseCache):
         with self.lock:
             if key in self.data:
                 self.data.pop(key)
-0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/cachecontrol/controller.py b/lib/cachecontrol/controller.py
index 9dfea3cc..04361227 100644
--- a/lib/cachecontrol/controller.py
+++ b/lib/cachecontrol/controller.py
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ class CacheController(object):
     """An interface to see if request should cached or not.
     """
     def __init__(self, sess=None, cache=None, cache_etags=True):
+        self.sess = sess or CacheControlSession()
         self.cache = cache or DictCache()
         self.cache_etags = cache_etags
-        self.sess = sess or CacheControlSession()
 
     def _urlnorm(self, uri):
         """Normalize the URL to create a safe key for the cache"""
@@ -185,13 +185,18 @@ class CacheController(object):
         if resp.status_code not in [200, 203]:
             return
 
-
         cache_url = self.cache_url(request.url)
-        if self.sess.cache_urls and not any(s in cache_url for s in self.sess.cache_urls):
-            return
+        cache_auto = getattr(self.sess, 'cache_auto', None)
+        cache_urls = getattr(self.sess, 'cache_urls', None)
+        cache_max_age = getattr(self.sess, 'cache_max_age', None)
 
-        if self.sess.cache_auto and ('cache-control' not in resp.headers or 'Cache-Control' not in resp.headers):
-            cache_max_age = int(self.sess.cache_max_age or 900)
+        if cache_urls:
+            if not any(s in cache_url for s in cache_urls):
+                return
+
+        # If we want to cache sites not setup with cache headers then add the proper headers and keep the response
+        if cache_auto and getattr(resp.headers, 'cache-control', None) is None:
+            cache_max_age = int(cache_max_age or 3600)
             headers = {'Cache-Control': 'public,max-age=%d' % int(cache_max_age)}
             resp.headers.update(headers)
 
@@ -220,15 +225,14 @@ class CacheController(object):
             # cache when there is a max-age > 0
             if cc and cc.get('max-age'):
                 if int(cc['max-age']) > 0:
-                    if self.sess.cache_max_age:
-                        cc['max-age'] = int(self.sess.cache_max_age)
+                    if cache_max_age:
+                        cc['max-age'] = int(cache_max_age)
                         resp.headers['cache-control'] = ''.join(['%s=%s' % (key, value) for (key, value) in cc.items()])
                     self.cache.set(cache_url, resp)
 
             # If the request can expire, it means we should cache it
             # in the meantime.
-            elif 'expires' in resp.headers:
-                if resp.headers['expires']:
+            elif getattr(resp.headers, 'expires', None) is None:
                     self.cache.set(cache_url, resp)
 
     def update_cached_response(self, request, response):
diff --git a/lib/cachecontrol/session.py b/lib/cachecontrol/session.py
index 258405af..a4b0759a 100644
--- a/lib/cachecontrol/session.py
+++ b/lib/cachecontrol/session.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import datetime
 from requests.sessions import Session
 
 class CacheControlSession(Session):
@@ -12,11 +11,11 @@ class CacheControlSession(Session):
             self.cache_auto = kw.pop('cache_auto')
 
         # urls allowed to cache
-        self.cache_urls = []
+        self.cache_urls = None
         if kw.has_key('cache_urls'):
             self.cache_urls = [str(args[1])] + kw.pop('cache_urls')
 
-        # timeout for cacheed responses
+        # timeout for cached responses
         self.cache_max_age = None
         if kw.has_key('cache_max_age'):
             self.cache_max_age = int(kw.pop('cache_max_age'))