diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 33d1cae92..ed4d29230 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+* Allow to set cache times through config. [#271](https://github.com/elastic/integrations-registry/pull/271)
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/categories.go b/categories.go
index ce7c448b3..afc604b3b 100644
--- a/categories.go
+++ b/categories.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"sort"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/package-registry/util"
 )
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ type Category struct {
 }
 
 // categoriesHandler is a dynamic handler as it will also allow filtering in the future.
-func categoriesHandler(packagesBasePath, cacheTime string) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func categoriesHandler(packagesBasePath string, cacheTime time.Duration) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		cacheHeaders(w, cacheTime)
 
diff --git a/config.yml b/config.yml
index 1ec710136..c7b0fde04 100644
--- a/config.yml
+++ b/config.yml
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 public_dir: "./public"
+
+cache_time.search: 10m
+cache_time.categories: 10m
+cache_time.catch_all: 10m
diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index ec0a6932c..3d78a8256 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
 )
 
 func notFound(w http.ResponseWriter, err error) {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ func notFound(w http.ResponseWriter, err error) {
 	http.Error(w, errString, http.StatusNotFound)
 }
 
-func catchAll(publicPath, cacheTime string) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func catchAll(publicPath string, cacheTime time.Duration) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		cacheHeaders(w, cacheTime)
 
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ func sendHeader(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
-func cacheHeaders(w http.ResponseWriter, cacheTime string) {
-	w.Header().Add("Cache-Control", "max-age="+cacheTime)
+func cacheHeaders(w http.ResponseWriter, cacheTime time.Duration) {
+	maxAge := fmt.Sprintf("max-age=%.0f", cacheTime.Seconds())
+	w.Header().Add("Cache-Control", maxAge)
 	w.Header().Add("Cache-Control", "public")
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e7a458f1d..78736e4aa 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
-	"strconv"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/package-registry/util"
 
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ var (
 	address          string
 	configPath       = "config.yml"
 
-	// Cache times for the different endpoints
-	searchCacheTime     = strconv.Itoa(10 * 60) // 10 min
-	categoriesCacheTime = strconv.Itoa(10 * 60) // 10 min
-	catchAllCacheTime   = strconv.Itoa(10 * 60) // 10 min
+	defaultConfig = Config{
+		PublicDir:           "config.yml",
+		CacheTimeSearch:     10 * time.Minute,
+		CacheTimeCategories: 10 * time.Minute,
+		CacheTimeCatchAll:   10 * time.Minute,
+	}
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -41,7 +43,10 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 type Config struct {
-	PublicDir string `config:"public_dir"`
+	PublicDir           string        `config:"public_dir"`
+	CacheTimeSearch     time.Duration `config:"cache_time.search"`
+	CacheTimeCategories time.Duration `config:"cache_time.categories"`
+	CacheTimeCatchAll   time.Duration `config:"cache_time.catch_all"`
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -90,22 +95,23 @@ func getConfig() (*Config, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	config := &Config{}
-	err = cfg.Unpack(config)
+	config := defaultConfig
+	err = cfg.Unpack(&config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return config, nil
+	log.Println(config)
+	return &config, nil
 }
 
 func getRouter(config Config, packagesBasePath string) *mux.Router {
 	router := mux.NewRouter().StrictSlash(true)
 
-	router.HandleFunc("/search", searchHandler(packagesBasePath, searchCacheTime))
-	router.HandleFunc("/categories", categoriesHandler(packagesBasePath, categoriesCacheTime))
+	router.HandleFunc("/search", searchHandler(packagesBasePath, config.CacheTimeSearch))
+	router.HandleFunc("/categories", categoriesHandler(packagesBasePath, config.CacheTimeCategories))
 	router.HandleFunc("/health", healthHandler)
-	router.PathPrefix("/").HandlerFunc(catchAll(config.PublicDir, catchAllCacheTime))
+	router.PathPrefix("/").HandlerFunc(catchAll(config.PublicDir, config.CacheTimeCatchAll))
 
 	return router
 }
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 4e49db406..2ae782392 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	generateFlag  = flag.Bool("generate", false, "Write golden files")
-	testCacheTime = "1"
+	testCacheTime = 1 * time.Second
 )
 
 func TestEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
@@ -82,5 +84,6 @@ func runEndpoint(t *testing.T, endpoint, path, file string, handler func(w http.
 	}
 
 	assert.Equal(t, string(data), recorder.Body.String())
-	assert.Equal(t, recorder.Header()["Cache-Control"], []string{"max-age=" + testCacheTime, "public"})
+	cacheTime := fmt.Sprintf("%.0f", testCacheTime.Seconds())
+	assert.Equal(t, recorder.Header()["Cache-Control"], []string{"max-age=" + cacheTime, "public"})
 }
diff --git a/search.go b/search.go
index 280570639..55eac68e7 100644
--- a/search.go
+++ b/search.go
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/package-registry/util"
 )
 
-func searchHandler(packagesBasePath, cacheTime string) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func searchHandler(packagesBasePath string, cacheTime time.Duration) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		cacheHeaders(w, cacheTime)