diff --git a/plextraktsync/factory/Factory.py b/plextraktsync/factory/Factory.py
index 10bd6e8df5..d6d1b2f350 100644
--- a/plextraktsync/factory/Factory.py
+++ b/plextraktsync/factory/Factory.py
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ def session(self):
             # Plex sends "Cache-Control: no-cache" headers to requests we want to cache
             cache_control=False,
             urls_expire_after=self.urls_expire_after,
+            # https://requests-cache.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user_guide/expiration.html#expiration-and-error-handling
+            stale_if_error=True,
+            # https://requests-cache.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user_guide/expiration.html#asynchronous-revalidation
+            stale_while_revalidate=True,
             # Plex doesn't Send Vary: X-Plex-Container-Start
             match_headers=["X-Plex-Container-Start"],
         )