diff --git a/holmes_extractor/examples/example_search_DE_literature.py b/holmes_extractor/examples/example_search_DE_literature.py
index a593b9e..28d73a5 100644
--- a/holmes_extractor/examples/example_search_DE_literature.py
+++ b/holmes_extractor/examples/example_search_DE_literature.py
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ def on_get(self, req, resp):
             resp.body = \
                     json.dumps(holmes_manager.topic_match_documents_returning_dictionaries_against(
                     req.params['entry'][0:200], only_one_result_per_document=True))
+            resp.cache_control = ["s-maxage=31536000"]
 
     application = falcon.API()
     application.add_route('/german', RestHandler())
diff --git a/holmes_extractor/examples/example_search_EN_literature.py b/holmes_extractor/examples/example_search_EN_literature.py
index 88ee38b..68e7002 100644
--- a/holmes_extractor/examples/example_search_EN_literature.py
+++ b/holmes_extractor/examples/example_search_EN_literature.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ def on_get(self, req, resp):
             resp.body = \
                     json.dumps(holmes_manager.topic_match_documents_returning_dictionaries_against(
                     req.params['entry'][0:200]))
+            resp.cache_control = ["s-maxage=31536000"]
 
     application = falcon.API()
     application.add_route('/english', RestHandler())