diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1d0cb57..76219a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ Available Commands:
   version     Print version
 
 Flags:
-  -c, --cache         only scan directories once, at startup (incompatible with --filter)
-  -f, --filter        enable filtering via query parameters (incompatible with --cache)
+  -c, --cache         only scan directories once, at startup (or when filters are applied)
+  -f, --filter        enable filtering via query parameters
   -h, --help          help for roulette
   -p, --port uint16   port to listen on (default 8080)
   -r, --recursive     recurse into subdirectories
diff --git a/cmd/files.go b/cmd/files.go
index 01a8b36..5109bfd 100644
--- a/cmd/files.go
+++ b/cmd/files.go
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ func prepareDirectories(files *Files, sort string) []string {
 func pickFile(args []string, filters *Filters, sort string, fileCache *[]string) (string, error) {
 	var fileList []string
 
-	if Cache && len(*fileCache) != 0 {
+	if Cache && filters.IsEmpty() && len(*fileCache) != 0 {
 		fileList = *fileCache
 	} else {
 		files := &Files{
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index fcd86c8..89f21a7 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ func Execute() {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&Cache, "cache", "c", false, "only scan directories once, at startup (incompatible with --filter)")
-	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&Filter, "filter", "f", false, "enable filtering via query parameters (incompatible with --cache)")
-	rootCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive("cache", "filter")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&Cache, "cache", "c", false, "only scan directories once, at startup (or when filters are applied)")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&Filter, "filter", "f", false, "enable filtering via query parameters")
 	rootCmd.Flags().Uint16VarP(&Port, "port", "p", 8080, "port to listen on")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&Recursive, "recursive", "r", false, "recurse into subdirectories")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&Sort, "sort", "s", false, "enable sorting via query parameters")
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 5c8ced3..8133d9b 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var Version = "0.29.1"
+var Version = "0.30.0"
 
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)