diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/RSS.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/RSS.php
index 50cefa769..49637406c 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/RSS.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/RSS.php
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ use App\Models\UserMovie;
 use App\Models\UserSerie;
 use Blacklight\NZB;
 use Blacklight\Releases;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
@@ -30,10 +28,7 @@ class RSS extends ApiController
         $this->releases = new Releases;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return Release[]|Collection|mixed
-     */
-    public function getRss($cat, $videosId, $aniDbID, int $userID = 0, int $airDate = -1, int $limit = 100, int $offset = 0)
+    public function getRss($cat, $videosId, $aniDbID, int $userID = 0, int $airDate = -1, int $limit = 100, int $offset = 0): mixed
     {
         $catSearch = $cartSearch = '';
         $catLimit = 'AND r.categories_id BETWEEN '.Category::TV_ROOT.' AND '.Category::TV_OTHER;
@@ -86,22 +81,12 @@ class RSS extends ApiController
                 $limit === -1 ? '' : ' LIMIT '.$limit.' OFFSET '.$offset
             );
 
-        $expiresAt = now()->addMinutes(config('nntmux.cache_expiry_medium'));
-        $result = Cache::get(md5($sql));
-        if ($result !== null) {
-            return $result;
-        }
-
-        $result = Release::fromQuery($sql);
-        Cache::put(md5($sql), $result, $expiresAt);
-
-        return $result;
+        return Cache::flexible(md5($sql), [config('nntmux.cache_expiry_medium'), config('nntmux.cache_expiry_long')], function () use ($sql) {
+            return Release::fromQuery($sql);
+        });
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return Builder|Collection
-     */
-    public function getShowsRss(int $limit, int $userID = 0, array $excludedCats = [], int $airDate = -1)
+    public function getShowsRss(int $limit, int $userID = 0, array $excludedCats = [], int $airDate = -1): mixed
     {
         $sql = sprintf(
             "
@@ -140,22 +125,12 @@ class RSS extends ApiController
             ! empty($limit) ? sprintf(' LIMIT %d OFFSET 0', $limit > 100 ? 100 : $limit) : ''
         );
 
-        $expiresAt = now()->addMinutes(config('nntmux.cache_expiry_medium'));
-        $result = Cache::get(md5($sql));
-        if ($result !== null) {
-            return $result;
-        }
-
-        $result = Release::fromQuery($sql);
-        Cache::put(md5($sql), $result, $expiresAt);
-
-        return $result;
+        return Cache::flexible(md5($sql), [config('nntmux.cache_expiry_medium'), config('nntmux.cache_expiry_long')], function () use ($sql) {
+            return Release::fromQuery($sql);
+        });
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return Release[]|Collection|mixed
-     */
-    public function getMyMoviesRss(int $limit, int $userID = 0, array $excludedCats = [])
+    public function getMyMoviesRss(int $limit, int $userID = 0, array $excludedCats = []): mixed
     {
         $sql = sprintf(
             "
@@ -192,17 +167,9 @@ class RSS extends ApiController
             ! empty($limit) ? sprintf(' LIMIT %d OFFSET 0', $limit > 100 ? 100 : $limit) : ''
         );
 
-        $expiresAt = now()->addMinutes(config('nntmux.cache_expiry_medium'));
-        $result = Cache::get(md5($sql));
-        if ($result !== null) {
-            return $result;
-        }
-
-        $result = Release::fromQuery($sql);
-
-        Cache::put(md5($sql), $result, $expiresAt);
-
-        return $result;
+        return Cache::flexible(md5($sql), [config('nntmux.cache_expiry_medium'), config('nntmux.cache_expiry_long')], function () use ($sql) {
+            return Release::fromQuery($sql);
+        });
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Models/Category.php b/app/Models/Category.php
index 990d13f78..87dbfdb14 100644
--- a/app/Models/Category.php
+++ b/app/Models/Category.php
@@ -363,16 +363,9 @@ class Category extends Model
      */
     public static function getChildren($categoryId)
     {
-        $expiresAt = now()->addMinutes(config('nntmux.cache_expiry_long'));
-        $result = Cache::get(md5($categoryId));
-        if ($result !== null) {
-            return $result;
-        }
-
-        $result = RootCategory::find($categoryId)->categories;
-        Cache::put(md5($categoryId), $result, $expiresAt);
-
-        return $result;
+        return Cache::flexible(md5($categoryId), [config('nntmux.cache_expiry_medium'), config('nntmux.cache_expiry_long')], function () use ($categoryId) {
+            return RootCategory::find($categoryId)->categories;
+        });
     }
 
     /**
@@ -406,16 +399,9 @@ class Category extends Model
     public static function getByIds($ids)
     {
         if (\count($ids) > 0) {
-            $expiresAt = now()->addMinutes(config('nntmux.cache_expiry_long'));
-            $result = Cache::get(md5(implode(',', $ids)));
-            if ($result !== null) {
-                return $result;
-            }
-            $result = self::query()->whereIn('id', $ids)->get();
-
-            Cache::put(md5(md5(implode(',', $ids))), $result, $expiresAt);
-
-            return $result;
+            return Cache::flexible(md5(md5(implode(',', $ids))), [config('nntmux.cache_expiry_medium'), config('nntmux.cache_expiry_long')], function () use ($ids) {
+                return self::query()->whereIn('id', $ids)->get();
+            });
         }
 
         return false;
@@ -477,21 +463,13 @@ class Category extends Model
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return mixed
+     * Get categories for the API.
      */
     public static function getForApi()
     {
-        $expiresAt = now()->addMinutes(config('nntmux.cache_expiry_long'));
-        $result = Cache::get(md5('ForApi'));
-        if ($result !== null) {
-            return $result;
-        }
-
-        $result = RootCategory::query()->select(['id', 'title'])->where('status', '=', self::STATUS_ACTIVE)->get();
-
-        Cache::put(md5('ForApi'), $result, $expiresAt);
-
-        return $result;
+        return Cache::flexible('ForApi', [config('nntmux.cache_expiry_medium'), config('nntmux.cache_expiry_long')], function () {
+            return RootCategory::query()->select(['id', 'title'])->where('status', '=', self::STATUS_ACTIVE)->get();
+        });
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Models/Release.php b/app/Models/Release.php
index 655a966a1..8a35fc55f 100644
--- a/app/Models/Release.php
+++ b/app/Models/Release.php
@@ -333,70 +333,44 @@ class Release extends Model
         return self::whereAnidbid($anidbID)->update(['anidbid' => -1]);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder[]|\Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection|\Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder[]|\Illuminate\Support\Collection|mixed
-     */
-    public static function getReleases()
+    public static function getReleases(): mixed
     {
-        $expiresAt = now()->addMinutes(config('nntmux.cache_expiry_long'));
-        $releases = Cache::get(md5('releases'));
-        if ($releases !== null) {
-            return $releases;
-        }
-
-        $releases = self::query()
-
-            ->where('nzbstatus', '=', NZB::NZB_ADDED)
-            ->select(['releases.*', 'g.name as group_name', 'c.title as category_name'])
-            ->leftJoin('categories as c', 'c.id', '=', 'releases.categories_id')
-            ->leftJoin('usenet_groups as g', 'g.id', '=', 'releases.groups_id')
-            ->get();
-
-        Cache::put(md5('releases'), $releases, $expiresAt);
-
-        return $releases;
+        return Cache::flexible('Releases', [config('nntmux.cache_expiry_medium'), config('nntmux.cache_expiry_long')], function () {
+            return self::query()
+                ->where('nzbstatus', '=', NZB::NZB_ADDED)
+                ->select(['releases.*', 'g.name as group_name', 'c.title as category_name'])
+                ->leftJoin('categories as c', 'c.id', '=', 'releases.categories_id')
+                ->leftJoin('usenet_groups as g', 'g.id', '=', 'releases.groups_id')
+                ->get();
+        });
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Used for admin page release-list.
-     *
-     *
-     * @return LengthAwarePaginator|mixed
-     */
-    public static function getReleasesRange()
+    public static function getReleasesRange(): mixed
     {
-        $expiresAt = now()->addMinutes(config('nntmux.cache_expiry_long'));
-        $releases = Cache::get(md5('releasesRange'));
-        if ($releases !== null) {
-            return $releases;
-        }
-
-        $releases = self::query()
-            ->where('nzbstatus', '=', NZB::NZB_ADDED)
-            ->select(
-                [
-                    'releases.id',
-                    'releases.name',
-                    'releases.searchname',
-                    'releases.size',
-                    'releases.guid',
-                    'releases.totalpart',
-                    'releases.postdate',
-                    'releases.adddate',
-                    'releases.grabs',
-                    'cp.title as parent_category',
-                    'c.title as sub_category',
-                    DB::raw('CONCAT(cp.title, ' > ', c.title) AS category_name'),
-                ]
-            )
-            ->leftJoin('categories as c', 'c.id', '=', 'releases.categories_id')
-            ->leftJoin('root_categories as cp', 'cp.id', '=', 'c.root_categories_id')
-            ->orderByDesc('releases.postdate')
-            ->paginate(config('nntmux.items_per_page'));
-
-        Cache::put(md5('releasesRange'), $releases, $expiresAt);
-
-        return $releases;
+        return Cache::flexible('releasesRange', [config('nntmux.cache_expiry_medium'), config('nntmux.cache_expiry_long')], function () {
+            return self::query()
+                ->where('nzbstatus', '=', NZB::NZB_ADDED)
+                ->select(
+                    [
+                        'releases.id',
+                        'releases.name',
+                        'releases.searchname',
+                        'releases.size',
+                        'releases.guid',
+                        'releases.totalpart',
+                        'releases.postdate',
+                        'releases.adddate',
+                        'releases.grabs',
+                        'cp.title as parent_category',
+                        'c.title as sub_category',
+                        DB::raw('CONCAT(cp.title, ' > ', c.title) AS category_name'),
+                    ]
+                )
+                ->leftJoin('categories as c', 'c.id', '=', 'releases.categories_id')
+                ->leftJoin('root_categories as cp', 'cp.id', '=', 'c.root_categories_id')
+                ->orderByDesc('releases.postdate')
+                ->paginate(config('nntmux.items_per_page'));
+        });
     }
 
     /**