diff --git a/client-report/src/components/app.jsx b/client-report/src/components/app.jsx
index f83dd5e9c..42d97f226 100644
--- a/client-report/src/components/app.jsx
+++ b/client-report/src/components/app.jsx
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ const App = (props) => {
       ? window.location.search.split("model=")[1]?.split("&")[0]
       : "openai"
   );
+  const [searchParamsCache, setSearchParamCache] = useState(
+    window.location.search.includes("noCache=")
+      ? window.location.search.split("noCache=")[1]?.split("&")[0]
+      : "false"
+  );
 
   let corMatRetries;
 
@@ -101,6 +106,7 @@ const App = (props) => {
     const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(queryString);
     if (urlParams.get("section")) setSearchParamsSection(urlParams.get("section"));
     if (urlParams.get("model")) setSearchParamModel(urlParams.get("model"));
+    if (urlParams.get("noCache")) setSearchParamCache(urlParams.get("noCache"));
   }, [window.location?.pathname, window.location?.search]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -173,7 +179,7 @@ const App = (props) => {
       const response = await fetch(
         `${urlPrefix}api/v3/reportNarrative?report_id=${report_id}${
           searchParamsSection ? `&section=${searchParamsSection}` : ``
-        }${searchParamsModel ? `&model=${searchParamsModel}` : ``}`,
+        }${searchParamsModel ? `&model=${searchParamsModel}` : ``}${searchParamsCache ? `&noCache=${searchParamsCache}` : ``}`,
         {
           credentials: "include",
           method: "get",
diff --git a/server/src/routes/reportNarrative.ts b/server/src/routes/reportNarrative.ts
index 068299483..c7cbcf0bd 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/reportNarrative.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/reportNarrative.ts
@@ -652,8 +652,9 @@ export async function handle_GET_topics(
           "polis-comments-and-group-demographics",
           json
         );
+        res.write(`POLIS-PING: calling topic timeout`);
         setTimeout(async () => {
-          console.log("CALLING TOPIC");
+          res.write(`POLIS-PING: calling topic`);
           const resp = await getModelResponse(
             model,
             system_lore,
@@ -708,7 +709,8 @@ export async function handle_GET_reportNarrative(
   if (process.env.AWS_REGION && process.env.AWS_REGION?.trim().length > 0) {
     storage = new DynamoStorageService(
       process.env.AWS_REGION,
-      "report_narrative_store"
+      "report_narrative_store",
+      req.query.noCache === "true",
     );
   }
   const modelParam = req.query.model || "openai";
diff --git a/server/src/utils/storage.ts b/server/src/utils/storage.ts
index f1e921370..cdba0446f 100644
--- a/server/src/utils/storage.ts
+++ b/server/src/utils/storage.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ import {
 export default class DynamoStorageService {
   private client: DynamoDBClient;
   private tableName: string;
+  private cacheDisabled: boolean;
 
-  constructor(region: string, tableName: string) {
+  constructor(region: string, tableName: string, disableCache?: boolean) {
     const dynamoClient = new DynamoDBClient({ region });
     this.client = dynamoClient;
     this.tableName = tableName;
+    this.cacheDisabled = disableCache || false;
   }
 
   async putItem(item: Record<string, unknown> | undefined) {
@@ -42,6 +44,10 @@ export default class DynamoStorageService {
     };
   
     const command = new QueryCommand(params);
+
+    if (this.cacheDisabled) {
+      return []
+    }
   
     try {
       const data = await this.client.send(command);