diff --git a/lib/cachecontrol/__init__.py b/lib/cachecontrol/__init__.py
index d5b3d9f3..693e11f1 100644
--- a/lib/cachecontrol/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/cachecontrol/__init__.py
@@ -11,4 +11,3 @@ import cachecontrol.patch_requests
 from cachecontrol.wrapper import CacheControl
 from cachecontrol.adapter import CacheControlAdapter
 from cachecontrol.controller import CacheController
-from cachecontrol.session import CacheControlSession
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diff --git a/lib/cachecontrol/adapter.py b/lib/cachecontrol/adapter.py
index e7e1829a..2e818c7b 100644
--- a/lib/cachecontrol/adapter.py
+++ b/lib/cachecontrol/adapter.py
@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@ from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
 
 from cachecontrol.controller import CacheController
 from cachecontrol.cache import DictCache
-from cachecontrol.session import CacheControlSession
 
 class CacheControlAdapter(HTTPAdapter):
     invalidating_methods = set(['PUT', 'DELETE'])
 
-    def __init__(self, sess=None, cache=None, cache_etags=True, *args, **kw):
+    def __init__(self, cache=None, cache_etags=True, *args, **kw):
         super(CacheControlAdapter, self).__init__(*args, **kw)
-        self.sess = sess or CacheControlSession()
         self.cache = cache or DictCache()
-        self.controller = CacheController(self.sess, self.cache, cache_etags=cache_etags)
+        self.controller = CacheController(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 feb7d3ed..b8a0098c 100644
--- a/lib/cachecontrol/cache.py
+++ b/lib/cachecontrol/cache.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ dictionary, which in turns means it is not threadsafe for writing.
 """
 from threading import Lock
 
-
 class BaseCache(object):
 
     def get(self, key):
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ class BaseCache(object):
     def delete(self, key):
         raise NotImplemented()
 
-
 class DictCache(BaseCache):
 
     def __init__(self, init_dict=None):
diff --git a/lib/cachecontrol/controller.py b/lib/cachecontrol/controller.py
index 04361227..fbda9482 100644
--- a/lib/cachecontrol/controller.py
+++ b/lib/cachecontrol/controller.py
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ def parse_uri(uri):
 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()
+    def __init__(self, cache=None, sess=None, cache_etags=True):
         self.cache = cache or DictCache()
         self.cache_etags = cache_etags
 
@@ -185,27 +184,16 @@ class CacheController(object):
         if resp.status_code not in [200, 203]:
             return
 
+        # Cache Session Params
+        cache_auto = getattr(request, 'cache_auto', False)
+        cache_urls = getattr(request, 'cache_urls', [])
+        cache_max_age = getattr(request, 'cache_max_age', None)
+
+        # Check if we are wanting to cache responses from specific urls only
         cache_url = self.cache_url(request.url)
-        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 cache_urls:
-            if not any(s in cache_url for s in cache_urls):
+        if len(cache_urls) > 0 and 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)
-
-            if getattr(resp.headers, 'expires', None) is None:
-                expires = datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(days=(1))
-                expires = expires.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT")
-                headers = {'Expires': expires}
-                resp.headers.update(headers)
-
         cc_req = self.parse_cache_control(request.headers)
         cc = self.parse_cache_control(resp.headers)
 
@@ -218,6 +206,18 @@ class CacheController(object):
         if self.cache_etags and 'etag' in resp.headers:
             self.cache.set(cache_url, resp)
 
+        # If we want to cache sites not setup with cache headers then add the proper headers and keep the response
+        elif cache_auto and not cc and resp.headers:
+            headers = {'Cache-Control': 'public,max-age=%d' % int(cache_max_age or 900)}
+            resp.headers.update(headers)
+
+            if 'expires' not in resp.headers:
+                if getattr(resp.headers, 'expires', None) is None:
+                    expires = datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(days=(1))
+                    expires = expires.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT")
+                    headers = {'Expires': expires}
+                    resp.headers.update(headers)
+
         # Add to the cache if the response headers demand it. If there
         # is no date header then we can't do anything about expiring
         # the cache.
@@ -225,14 +225,15 @@ 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 cache_max_age:
+                    if isinstance(cache_max_age, (int, long)):
                         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 getattr(resp.headers, 'expires', None) is None:
+            elif 'expires' in resp.headers:
+                if getattr(resp.headers, 'expires', None) is not None:
                     self.cache.set(cache_url, resp)
 
     def update_cached_response(self, request, response):
diff --git a/lib/cachecontrol/patch_requests.py b/lib/cachecontrol/patch_requests.py
index cad60e17..a5563531 100644
--- a/lib/cachecontrol/patch_requests.py
+++ b/lib/cachecontrol/patch_requests.py
@@ -52,5 +52,4 @@ def make_responses_pickleable():
         raise
         pass
 
-
-make_responses_pickleable()
+make_responses_pickleable()
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diff --git a/lib/cachecontrol/session.py b/lib/cachecontrol/session.py
index a4b0759a..99337991 100644
--- a/lib/cachecontrol/session.py
+++ b/lib/cachecontrol/session.py
@@ -1,23 +1,34 @@
 from requests.sessions import Session
 
 class CacheControlSession(Session):
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
-        super(CacheControlSession, self).__init__(*args, **kw)
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(CacheControlSession, self).__init__()
 
-    def request(self, *args, **kw):
+    def get(self, *args, **kw):
         # auto-cache response
         self.cache_auto = False
         if kw.has_key('cache_auto'):
             self.cache_auto = kw.pop('cache_auto')
 
         # urls allowed to cache
-        self.cache_urls = None
+        self.cache_urls = []
         if kw.has_key('cache_urls'):
-            self.cache_urls = [str(args[1])] + kw.pop('cache_urls')
+            self.cache_urls = [str(args[0])] + kw.pop('cache_urls')
 
         # 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'))
 
-        return super(CacheControlSession, self).request(*args, **kw)
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+        return super(CacheControlSession, self).get(*args, **kw)
+
+    def prepare_request(self, *args, **kw):
+        # get response
+        req = super(CacheControlSession, self).prepare_request(*args, **kw)
+
+        # attach params to request
+        req.cache_auto = self.cache_auto
+        req.cache_urls = self.cache_urls
+        req.cache_max_age = self.cache_max_age
+
+        return req
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diff --git a/lib/cachecontrol/wrapper.py b/lib/cachecontrol/wrapper.py
index 5e0d4ce3..88dc2c97 100644
--- a/lib/cachecontrol/wrapper.py
+++ b/lib/cachecontrol/wrapper.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-from cachecontrol.session import CacheControlSession
 from cachecontrol.adapter import CacheControlAdapter
 from cachecontrol.cache import DictCache
+from cachecontrol.session import CacheControlSession
 
 def CacheControl(sess=None, cache=None, cache_etags=True):
     sess = sess or CacheControlSession()
     cache = cache or DictCache()
-    adapter = CacheControlAdapter(sess, cache, cache_etags=cache_etags)
+    adapter = CacheControlAdapter(cache, cache_etags=cache_etags)
     sess.mount('http://', adapter)
 
     return sess