diff --git a/stockcli/utils.py b/stockcli/utils.py
--- a/stockcli/utils.py
+++ b/stockcli/utils.py
@@ -11,9 +11,15 @@ from .console import error_console
 UNALLOWED_CHARACTERS = str.maketrans(dict((c, None) for c in string.whitespace))
 
 
-def make_request(method: str, url_path: str, data: Optional[Any] = None) -> Any:
+def make_request(
+    method: str, url_path: str, data: Optional[Any] = None, *, cached: bool = False
+) -> Any:
     obj = click.get_current_context().obj
-    session = obj["request_session"]
+
+    if cached:
+        session = obj["cached_session"]
+    else:
+        session = obj["request_session"]
     base_url = obj["base_url"]
     requested_url = base_url + url_path
 
@@ -49,19 +55,22 @@ def make_request(method: str, url_path: 
         error_console.print("Too many redirects!")
         raise
     else:
-        return response.json()
-
-
-def get_request(url_path: str) -> Any:
-    return make_request("get", url_path)
+        try:
+            return response.json()
+        except requests.JSONDecodeError:
+            return response
 
 
-def post_request(url_path: str, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
-    return make_request("post", url_path, data)
+def get_request(url_path: str, *, cached: bool = False) -> Any:
+    return make_request("get", url_path, cached=cached)
 
 
-def put_request(url_path: str, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
-    return make_request("put", url_path, data)
+def post_request(url_path: str, data: Dict[str, Any], *, cached: bool = False) -> Any:
+    return make_request("post", url_path, data, cached=cached)
+
+
+def put_request(url_path: str, data: Dict[str, Any], *, cached: bool = False) -> Any:
+    return make_request("put", url_path, data, cached=cached)
 
 
 def prepare_barcode(barcode: str) -> str: