diff --git a/api/config/settings/common.py b/api/config/settings/common.py
index f3b3fbf617e8c8b27fd158ce5074272da118d0b7..3dc2ea23b18fe29ec2b88c27c208f37bbc9abe13 100644
--- a/api/config/settings/common.py
+++ b/api/config/settings/common.py
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ CACHES["default"]["OPTIONS"] = {
     "IGNORE_EXCEPTIONS": True,  # mimics memcache behavior.
     # http://niwinz.github.io/django-redis/latest/#_memcached_exceptions_behavior
 }
-CACHEOPS_DURATION = env("CACHEOPS_DURATION", default=100)
+CACHEOPS_DURATION = env("CACHEOPS_DURATION", default=0)
 CACHEOPS_ENABLED = bool(CACHEOPS_DURATION)
 
 if CACHEOPS_ENABLED: