diff --git a/services/cache/mecache/cache.js b/services/cache/mecache/cache.js
index 3a785991..cb86e64c 100644
--- a/services/cache/mecache/cache.js
+++ b/services/cache/mecache/cache.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const properties = PropertiesReader('./properties.file');
 const environment = properties.get("environment");
 const preloadRequests = properties.get("preloadRequests").split(',');;
 
-const cacheMaxSize = 300;
+const cacheMaxSize = 1000;
 let cors = require('cors');
 app.use(cors());
 const lruCache = new LRUCache({ max: cacheMaxSize });
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ let cache = () => {
                     const end = histogram.startTimer({scheme: scheme, target: target, cache: 'miss'});
                     res.sendResponse = res.send;
                     res.send = (body) => {
-                        if(isAllowedToBeCached(scheme, target)) {
+                        if(isAllowedToBeCached(decodeURI(scheme), decodeURI(target))) {
                             let alreadyCached = lruCache.has(key);
                             entries.set(lruCache.size);
                             if (!alreadyCached) {
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ let cache = () => {
 };
 function isAllowedToBeCached(scheme, target){
     if(environment != "development"){
-        return scheme.indexOf("https%3A%2F%2F")!=-1 && ( target.indexOf(".openaire.eu%2F") !=-1 || target.indexOf(".zenodo.org%2Fapi%2F") !=-1 || target.indexOf("lab.idiap.ch%2Fenermaps" != -1))
+        return scheme.indexOf("https")!=-1 && ( target.indexOf(".openaire.eu/") !=-1 || target.indexOf(".zenodo.org/api/") !=-1 || target.indexOf("lab.idiap.ch/enermaps" != -1))
     } else if(environment == "development"){
-        return target.indexOf(".openaire.eu%2F") !=-1 || target.indexOf(".di.uoa.gr") !=-1 ||  target.indexOf("dev-openaire.d4science.org") !=-1 || target.indexOf("lab.idiap.ch%2Fenermaps") != -1
+        return target.indexOf(".openaire.eu/") !=-1 || target.indexOf(".di.uoa.gr") !=-1 ||  target.indexOf("dev-openaire.d4science.org") !=-1 || target.indexOf("lab.idiap.ch/enermaps") != -1
     }
     return true;
 }