diff --git a/li.strolch.rest/src/main/java/li/strolch/rest/RestfulStrolchComponent.java b/li.strolch.rest/src/main/java/li/strolch/rest/RestfulStrolchComponent.java
index d994503dd..65f0115b6 100644
--- a/li.strolch.rest/src/main/java/li/strolch/rest/RestfulStrolchComponent.java
+++ b/li.strolch.rest/src/main/java/li/strolch/rest/RestfulStrolchComponent.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import li.strolch.agent.api.ComponentContainer;
 import li.strolch.agent.api.StrolchComponent;
 import li.strolch.rest.filters.AccessControlResponseFilter;
+import li.strolch.rest.filters.HttpCacheResponseFilter;
 import li.strolch.runtime.configuration.ComponentConfiguration;
 
 import org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerProperties;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ public class RestfulStrolchComponent extends StrolchComponent {
 	private static final String PARAM_CORS_ORIGIN = "corsOrigin"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String PARAM_REST_LOGGING = "restLogging"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String PARAM_REST_LOGGING_ENTITY = "restLoggingEntity"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final String PARAM_HTTP_CACHE_MODE = "httpCacheMode"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
 	/**
 	 * Allowed values:
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ public class RestfulStrolchComponent extends StrolchComponent {
 	private String corsOrigin;
 	private boolean restLogging;
 	private boolean restLoggingEntity;
+	private String cacheMode;
 
 	/**
 	 * @param container
@@ -140,6 +143,10 @@ public class RestfulStrolchComponent extends StrolchComponent {
 		String msg = "Set restLogging={0} with logEntities={1} restTracing={2} with threshold={3}"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 		logger.info(MessageFormat.format(msg, this.restLogging, this.restLoggingEntity, this.restTracing,
 				this.restTracingThreshold));
+		
+		// set http cache mode
+		this.cacheMode = configuration.getString(PARAM_HTTP_CACHE_MODE, HttpCacheResponseFilter.NO_CACHE);
+		logger.info("HTTP header cache mode is set to {}",cacheMode);
 
 		super.initialize(configuration);
 	}
diff --git a/li.strolch.rest/src/main/java/li/strolch/rest/filters/HttpCacheResponseFilter.java b/li.strolch.rest/src/main/java/li/strolch/rest/filters/HttpCacheResponseFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65acbb67d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/li.strolch.rest/src/main/java/li/strolch/rest/filters/HttpCacheResponseFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package li.strolch.rest.filters;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.annotation.Priority;
+import javax.ws.rs.Priorities;
+import javax.ws.rs.container.ContainerRequestContext;
+import javax.ws.rs.container.ContainerResponseContext;
+import javax.ws.rs.container.ContainerResponseFilter;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
+
+@Provider
+@Priority(Priorities.HEADER_DECORATOR)
+public class HttpCacheResponseFilter implements ContainerResponseFilter {
+
+	public static final String NO_CACHE = "no-cache"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+	private static String cacheMode = NO_CACHE;
+	
+	@Override
+	public void filter(ContainerRequestContext requestContext, ContainerResponseContext responseContext)
+			throws IOException {
+
+		MultivaluedMap<String, Object> headers = responseContext.getHeaders();
+		headers.add(HttpHeaders.CACHE_CONTROL, cacheMode);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the cacheMode
+	 */
+	public static String getCacheMode() {
+		return cacheMode;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param cacheMode
+	 *            the cacheMode to set
+	 */
+	public static void setCacheMode(String cacheMode) {
+		HttpCacheResponseFilter.cacheMode = cacheMode;
+	}
+}
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