diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index 914f3d2..810cd88 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -2783,6 +2783,8 @@ int html_get_handler(const xs_dict *req, const char *q_path,
/* get a possible error message */
const char *error = xs_dict_get(q_vars, "error");
+ if (error != NULL)
+ cache = 0;
/* a show of 0 has no sense */
if (show == 0)