diff --git a/lib/Controller/PodcastController.php b/lib/Controller/PodcastController.php
index fb3a26e..4edbec7 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/PodcastController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/PodcastController.php
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ use OCA\RePod\AppInfo\Application;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Controller;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\JSONResponse;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
+use OCP\ICacheFactory;
 use OCP\IRequest;
 
 class PodcastController extends Controller
 {
 	public function __construct(
 		IRequest $request,
+		private ICacheFactory $cacheFactory,
 		private IClientService $clientService,
 		private PodcastDataReader $podcastDataReader
 	) {
@@ -27,10 +29,12 @@ class PodcastController extends Controller
 	 * @NoCSRFRequired
 	 */
 	public function index(string $url): JSONResponse {
-		try {
-			$podcast = $this->podcastDataReader->tryGetCachedPodcastData($url);
-		} catch (\Exception $e) {
-			$podcast = null;
+		if ($this->cacheFactory->isLocalCacheAvailable()) {
+			try {
+				$podcast = $this->podcastDataReader->tryGetCachedPodcastData($url);
+			} catch (\Exception $e) {
+				$podcast = null;
+			}
 		}
 
 		if ($podcast) {
@@ -41,9 +45,11 @@ class PodcastController extends Controller
 		$feed = $client->get($url);
 		$podcast = PodcastData::parseRssXml((string) $feed->getBody());
 
-		try {
-			$this->podcastDataReader->trySetCachedPodcastData($url, $podcast);
-		} catch (\Exception $e) {
+		if ($this->cacheFactory->isLocalCacheAvailable()) {
+			try {
+				$this->podcastDataReader->trySetCachedPodcastData($url, $podcast);
+			} catch (\Exception $e) {
+			}
 		}
 
 		return new JSONResponse($podcast, $feed->getStatusCode());