diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 82d9784..a377bc5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/blockai/cloud-cache.git"
   },
-  "keywords": ["cache", "caching", "s3", "abstract-blob-store"],
+  "keywords": [
+    "cache",
+    "caching",
+    "s3",
+    "abstract-blob-store"
+  ],
   "author": "Oli Lalonde <olalonde@gmail.com> (https://syskall.com)",
   "license": "MIT",
   "bugs": {
@@ -40,6 +45,7 @@
     "cz-conventional-changelog": "^1.2.0",
     "eslint-config-blockai": "^1.0.1",
     "fs-blob-store": "^5.2.1",
+    "mem": "^0.1.1",
     "nodemon": "^1.10.2",
     "randomstring": "^1.1.5",
     "request": "^2.74.0",
@@ -62,4 +68,4 @@
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
     "duplexify": "^3.4.5"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index eefe48e..5e94335 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -95,13 +95,20 @@ export default (store, {
       .catch(reject)
   })
 
-  const getOrSet = (key, fn, opts) => get(key)
-    .catch((err) => {
-      if (!(err instanceof KeyNotExistsError)) throw err
-      // evaluate function as promise
-      return Promise.resolve().then(() => fn())
-        .then((value) => set(key, value, opts).then(() => value))
-    })
+  const getOrSet = (key, fn, opts = {}) => {
+    const doCacheMiss = () => Promise.resolve()
+      .then(() => fn())
+      .then((value) => set(key, value, opts).then(() => value))
+
+    if (opts.refresh) return doCacheMiss()
+
+    return get(key)
+      .catch((err) => {
+        if (!(err instanceof KeyNotExistsError)) throw err
+        // evaluate function as promise
+        return doCacheMiss()
+      })
+  }
 
   // Streaming API
   const getStream = (key) => {
@@ -133,7 +140,12 @@ export default (store, {
     const onError = (err) => {
       proxy.destroy(err)
     }
-    get(key, { stream: true })
+
+    const getKey = opts.refresh
+      ? () => Promise.reject(new KeyNotExistsError(key))
+      : () => get(key, { stream: true })
+
+    getKey()
       .then((rs) => {
         proxy.setReadable(rs)
       })
diff --git a/test/promise.test.js b/test/promise.test.js
index ad0189e..9cb6dd6 100644
--- a/test/promise.test.js
+++ b/test/promise.test.js
@@ -86,3 +86,19 @@ test('ttl works', (t) => {
     })
   }, 300)
 })
+
+test('cache.getOrSet (refresh works)', (t) => {
+  const getLeet = () => new Promise((resolve) => {
+    setTimeout(() => resolve(1337), 100)
+  })
+  const getEleet = () => new Promise((resolve) => {
+    setTimeout(() => resolve(31337), 100)
+  })
+  return cache.getOrSet('refresh', getLeet).then((val) => {
+    t.equal(val, 1337)
+    return cache.getOrSet('refresh', getEleet, { refresh: true }).then((val2) => {
+      t.equal(val2, 31337)
+    })
+  })
+})
+
diff --git a/test/stream.test.js b/test/stream.test.js
index 72b7474..a797663 100644
--- a/test/stream.test.js
+++ b/test/stream.test.js
@@ -1,18 +1,26 @@
 import test from 'blue-tape'
 import fs from 'fs'
 import concat from 'concat-stream'
+import mem from 'mem'
 
 import getCloudCache from './utils'
 
 const cache = getCloudCache('stream')
 
-const poemPath = `${__dirname}/files/poem.txt`
-const poem = () => fs.createReadStream(poemPath)
-const poemStr = fs.readFileSync(poemPath)
+const file = mem((name) => {
+  const filepath = `${__dirname}/files/${name}`
+  const rs = () => fs.createReadStream(filepath)
+  const buf = fs.readFileSync(filepath)
+  return { path: filepath, rs, buf }
+})
+
+const poem = file('poem.txt')
+const image = file('large.jpg')
+
 // const devnull = () => fs.createWriteStream('/dev/null')
 
 test('cache.sets', (t) => {
-  poem().pipe(cache.sets('poem')).on('finish', () => {
+  poem.rs().pipe(cache.sets('poem')).on('finish', () => {
     t.end()
   })
 })
@@ -21,8 +29,8 @@ test('cache.gets', (t) => {
   cache
     .gets('poem')
     .on('error', t.fail)
-    .pipe(concat((str) => {
-      t.equal(str.toString(), poemStr.toString())
+    .pipe(concat((buf) => {
+      t.equal(buf.toString(), poem.buf.toString())
       t.end()
     }))
 })
@@ -31,11 +39,11 @@ test('cache.getOrSets', (t) => {
   let callCount = 0
   const getPoemStream = () => {
     callCount++
-    return poem()
+    return poem.rs()
   }
 
-  const check = (str) => {
-    t.equal(str.toString(), poemStr.toString())
+  const check = (buf) => {
+    t.equal(buf.toString(), poem.buf.toString())
     t.equal(callCount, 1)
   }
 
@@ -56,11 +64,11 @@ test('cache.getOrSets, pipe later', (t) => {
   let callCount = 0
   const getPoemStream = () => {
     callCount++
-    return poem()
+    return poem.rs()
   }
 
   const check = (str) => {
-    t.equal(str.toString(), poemStr.toString())
+    t.equal(str.toString(), poem.buf.toString())
     t.equal(callCount, 1)
   }
 
@@ -79,3 +87,33 @@ test('cache.getOrSets, pipe later', (t) => {
     }))
   }, 300)
 })
+
+test('cache.getOrSets, refresh=true', (t) => {
+  const check = ({ buf }, buf2) => {
+    t.ok(Buffer.compare(buf, buf2) === 0)
+  }
+
+  const refresh = () => {
+    cache.getOrSets('refresh', image.rs, { refresh: true })
+      .on('error', t.fail)
+      .pipe(concat((buf) => {
+        check(image, buf)
+      }))
+      .on('finish', () => {
+        cache.gets('refresh').pipe(concat((buf2) => {
+          check(image, buf2)
+          t.end()
+        }))
+      })
+  }
+
+  cache.getOrSets('refresh', poem.rs)
+    .on('error', t.fail)
+    .on('data', () => {}) // make sure poem.rs is consumed
+    .on('end', () => {
+      cache.gets('refresh').pipe(concat((buf) => {
+        check(poem, buf)
+        refresh()
+      }))
+    })
+})