diff --git a/src/program/apis/trakt_api.py b/src/program/apis/trakt_api.py
index 31ffafe3..b93ba19e 100644
--- a/src/program/apis/trakt_api.py
+++ b/src/program/apis/trakt_api.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import re
+import os
+import re
 from datetime import datetime
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from typing import List, Optional, Union
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ def __init__(self, settings: TraktModel):
         self.oauth_redirect_uri = self.settings.oauth.oauth_redirect_uri
         rate_limit_params = get_rate_limit_params(max_calls=1000, period=300)
         trakt_cache = get_cache_params("trakt", 86400)
-        session = create_service_session(rate_limit_params=rate_limit_params, use_cache=True, cache_params=trakt_cache)
+        use_cache = not os.environ.get("SKIP_TRAKT_CACHE", False)
+        session = create_service_session(rate_limit_params=rate_limit_params, use_cache=use_cache, cache_params=trakt_cache)
         self.headers = {
             "Content-type": "application/json",
             "trakt-api-key": self.CLIENT_ID,