diff --git a/app/Http/Kernel.php b/app/Http/Kernel.php
index f900f9170..5756af407 100644
--- a/app/Http/Kernel.php
+++ b/app/Http/Kernel.php
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class Kernel extends HttpKernel
         \App\Http\Middleware\SecurityHTTPHeadersWriterMiddleware::class,
         \App\Http\Middleware\ParseMultipartFormDataInputForNonPostRequests::class,
         \App\Http\Middleware\DoctrineMiddleware::class,
-        \App\Http\Middleware\RequestScopedCacheMiddleware::class,
     ];
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/RequestScopedCacheMiddleware.php b/app/Http/Middleware/RequestScopedCacheMiddleware.php
deleted file mode 100644
index c8a27eb06..000000000
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/RequestScopedCacheMiddleware.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-<?php namespace App\Http\Middleware;
-/*
- * Copyright 2022 OpenStack Foundation
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- **/
-
-use App\ModelSerializers\Traits\RequestScopedCache;
-use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
-use Closure;
-/**
- * Class RequestScopedCacheMiddleware
- * @package App\Http\Middleware
- */
-final class RequestScopedCacheMiddleware
-{
-    /**
-     * @param $request
-     * @param Closure $next
-     * @param $cache_lifetime
-     * @return JsonResponse
-     */
-    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
-    {
-        $scope = RequestScopedCache::getScopeId();
-
-        //Log::debug(sprintf('RequestScopedCacheMiddleware::handle scope %s', $scope));
-        if ($request->getMethod() !== 'GET') {
-            // short circuit
-            //Log::debug('RequestScopedCacheMiddleware::handle method is not GET');
-            return $next($request);
-        }
-
-        $response = $next($request);
-
-        // clear all related to current session
-        //Log::debug(sprintf( 'RequestScopedCacheMiddleware::handle clearing cache scope %s', $scope));
-        Cache::tags($scope)->flush();
-        return $response;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/ModelSerializers/Summit/Registration/SummitTicketTypeSerializer.php b/app/ModelSerializers/Summit/Registration/SummitTicketTypeSerializer.php
index a9b7a06c7..f388a2837 100644
--- a/app/ModelSerializers/Summit/Registration/SummitTicketTypeSerializer.php
+++ b/app/ModelSerializers/Summit/Registration/SummitTicketTypeSerializer.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
  **/
 
 use App\ModelSerializers\Traits\RequestScopedCache;
-use Libs\ModelSerializers\AbstractSerializer;
 use models\summit\SummitTicketType;
 
 /**
@@ -76,4 +75,4 @@ public function serialize($expand = null, array $fields = [], array $relations =
         });
 
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/app/ModelSerializers/Traits/RequestScopedCache.php b/app/ModelSerializers/Traits/RequestScopedCache.php
index 6d3e3d1d5..751627e96 100644
--- a/app/ModelSerializers/Traits/RequestScopedCache.php
+++ b/app/ModelSerializers/Traits/RequestScopedCache.php
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 trait RequestScopedCache
 {
 
+    static function store(){
+        return  Cache::store(config('cache.request_scope_cache_store', 'array'));
+    }
     /**
      * @return string
      */
@@ -36,34 +39,12 @@ static function getScopeId():string{
             $time = time();
             $sessionId = Session::getId();
             $uuid = Uuid::uuid4()->toString();
-            /*Log::debug
-            (
-                sprintf
-                (
-                    "RequestScopedCache::getScopeId scope is empty ip %s time %s sessionId %s uuid%s .",
-                    $ip , $time, $sessionId, $uuid
-                )
-            );*/
-
             $requestId = md5(sprintf("%s.%s.%s.%s", $ip, $time, $sessionId, $uuid));
-
-            /*Log::debug
-            (
-                sprintf
-                (
-                    "RequestScopedCache::getScopeId setting request id %s.",
-                    $requestId
-                )
-            );*/
-
             $request->headers->set('X-Request-ID', $requestId);
-
             $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUEST_ID'] = $requestId;
 
         }
 
-        //Log::debug(sprintf("RequestScopedCache::getScopeId retrieving request id %s" , $requestId));
-
         return $requestId;
     }
 
@@ -86,23 +67,21 @@ function getRequestKey(string $serializeName, int $id, ?string $expand = null, a
      * @return mixed
      */
     function cache(string $key, Closure $callback){
+        $key   = self::getScopeId().':'.$key;
+        $store = self::store();
 
-        $scope = self::getScopeId();
+        $computed = false;
 
-        //Log::debug(sprintf("RequestScopedCache::cache scope %s key %s.", $scope, $key));
+        $value = $store->remember($key, now()->addSeconds(30), function () use ($callback, &$computed, $key) {
+            $computed = true; // closure ran => MISS
+            Log::debug('RequestScopedCache MISS', ['key' => $key]);
+            return $callback();
+        });
 
-        $res = Cache::tags($scope)->get($key);
-        if(!empty($res)){
-            $json_res = gzinflate($res);
-            $res = json_decode($json_res,true);
-            //Log::debug(sprintf("RequestScopedCache::cache scope %s key %s cache hit res %s.", $scope, $key, $json_res));
-            return $res;
+        if (!$computed) {
+            Log::debug('RequestScopedCache HIT', ['key' => $key]);
         }
 
-        $res = $callback();
-        $json = json_encode($res);
-        //Log::debug(sprintf("RequestScopedCache::cache scope %s key %s res %s adding to cache.", $scope, $key, $json));
-        Cache::tags($scope)->add($key, gzdeflate($json, 9));
-        return $res;
+        return $value;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/config/cache.php b/config/cache.php
index 1e63fd530..0e5a7f57a 100644
--- a/config/cache.php
+++ b/config/cache.php
@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@
     */
 
     'prefix' => 'laravel',
-
+    'request_scope_cache_store' => env('REQUEST_SCOPE_CACHE_STORE', 'array'),
 ];