diff --git a/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf b/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf
index e4f85e5b..8a68f603 100644
--- a/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf
+++ b/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ server {
 	location ~ "^/([a-zA-Z0-9-_]{46}(/.*)?)$" {
 		include /etc/nginx/conf.d/include/cors;
 		include /etc/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy-buffer;
+		include /etc/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy-cache-downloads;
 
 		limit_conn downloads_by_ip 100; # ddos protection: max 100 downloads at a time
 		add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=86400"; # allow consumer to cache response
@@ -186,19 +187,12 @@ server {
 		proxy_set_header User-Agent: Sia-Agent;
 		# proxy this call to siad /skynet/skylink/ endpoint (make sure the ip is correct)
 		proxy_pass http://siad/skynet/skylink/$skylink$is_args$args;
-
-		# cache frequent (> 10) downloads for 24 hours
-		proxy_cache skynet;
-		proxy_cache_key $uri;
-		proxy_cache_min_uses 10;
-		proxy_cache_valid 200 1440m;
-		proxy_cache_bypass $cookie_nocache $arg_nocache; # add cache bypass option
-		add_header X-Proxy-Cache $upstream_cache_status;
 	}
 
 	location ~ "^/file/([a-zA-Z0-9-_]{46}(/.*)?)$" {
 		include /etc/nginx/conf.d/include/cors;
 		include /etc/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy-buffer;
+		include /etc/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy-cache-downloads;
 
 		limit_conn downloads_by_ip 100; # ddos protection: max 100 downloads at a time
 		add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=86400"; # allow consumer to cache response
@@ -212,13 +206,5 @@ server {
 		# proxy this call to siad /skynet/skylink/ endpoint (make sure the ip is correct)
 		# this alias also adds attachment=true url param to force download the file
 		proxy_pass http://siad/skynet/skylink/$skylink?attachment=true&$args;
-		
-		# cache frequent (> 10) downloads for 24 hours
-		proxy_cache skynet;
-		proxy_cache_key $uri;
-		proxy_cache_min_uses 10;
-		proxy_cache_valid 200 1440m;
-		proxy_cache_bypass $cookie_nocache $arg_nocache; # add cache bypass option
-		add_header X-Proxy-Cache $upstream_cache_status;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/docker/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy-cache-downloads b/docker/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy-cache-downloads
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79ae2cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy-cache-downloads
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+proxy_cache skynet;
+slice 1m;
+proxy_http_version 1.1; # upgrade if necessary because 1.0 does not support byte-range requests
+proxy_set_header Range $slice_range; # pass slice range to proxy
+proxy_cache_key $uri$slice_range; # include $slice_range in the cache key
+proxy_cache_min_uses 3; # cache responses after 3 requests of the same file
+proxy_cache_valid 200 206 24h; # cache 200 and 206 responses for 24 hours
+proxy_cache_bypass $cookie_nocache $arg_nocache; # add cache bypass option
+add_header X-Proxy-Cache $upstream_cache_status; # add response header to indicate cache hits and misses