diff --git a/sanoid b/sanoid
index 6373c35..a22bc87 100755
--- a/sanoid
+++ b/sanoid
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html on 2014-11-17.  A copy should also be available in this
 # project's Git repository at https://github.com/jimsalterjrs/sanoid/blob/master/LICENSE.
 
-$::VERSION = '2.2.1';
+$::VERSION = '2.2.0';
 my $MINIMUM_DEFAULTS_VERSION = 2;
 
 use strict;
@@ -34,13 +34,17 @@ if (keys %args < 4) {
 	$args{'cron'} = 1;
 	$args{'verbose'} = 1;
 }
-my $no_need_for_cache_update = 0;
-# Do not update the snapshot cache file if _only_ "--monitor-*" action commands are given (ignore "--verbose", "--configdir" etc)
+
+
+my $cacheTTL = 900; # 15 minutes
+
+# Allow a much older snapshot cache file than default if _only_ "--monitor-*" action commands are given
+# (ignore "--verbose", "--configdir" etc)
 if (($args{'monitor-snapshots'} || $args{'monitor-health'} || $args{'monitor-capacity'}) && ! ($args{'cron'} || $args{'force-update'} || $args{'take-snapshots'} || $args{'prune-snapshots'} || $args{'force-prune'})) {
 	# The command combination above must not assert true for any command that takes or prunes snapshots
 	# As long as no snapshots are taken, no conflict with the $forcecacheupdate variable below should occur
-	$no_need_for_cache_update = 1;
-	if ($args{'debug'}) { print "DEBUG: command combo means that the cache file (provided it exists) will not be updated regardless of age.\n"; }
+	$cacheTTL = 18000; # 5 hours
+	if ($args{'debug'}) { print "DEBUG: command combo means that the cache file (provided it exists) will be allowed to be older than default.\n"; }
 }
 
 # for compatibility reasons, older versions used hardcoded command paths
@@ -66,7 +70,6 @@ make_path($run_dir);
 # if we call getsnaps(%config,1) it will forcibly update the cache, TTL or no TTL
 my $forcecacheupdate = 0;
 my $cache = "$cache_dir/snapshots.txt";
-my $cacheTTL = 900; # 15 minutes
 my %snaps = getsnaps( \%config, $cacheTTL, $forcecacheupdate );
 my %pruned;
 my %capacitycache;
@@ -821,42 +824,31 @@ sub getsnaps {
 	my ($dev, $ino, $mode, $nlink, $uid, $gid, $rdev, $size, $atime, $mtime, $ctime, $blksize, $blocks) = stat($cache);
 
 	if ( $forcecacheupdate || ! -f $cache || (time() - $mtime) > $cacheTTL ) {
-		if ( -f $cache && ! $forcecacheupdate && $no_need_for_cache_update ) {
-			# Even though $forcecacheupdate and $no_need_for_cache_update should never be true at the same time, let $forcecacheupdate take precedence
-			if ($args{'debug'}) { print "DEBUG: no need to update cache even though it's expired, so don't.\n"; }
+		if (checklock('sanoid_cacheupdate')) {
+			writelock('sanoid_cacheupdate');
+			if ($args{'verbose'}) {
+				if ($args{'force-update'}) {
+					print "INFO: cache forcibly expired - updating from zfs list.\n";
+				} else {
+					print "INFO: cache expired - updating from zfs list.\n";
+				}
+			}
+			open FH, "$zfs get -Hrpt snapshot creation |";
+			@rawsnaps = <FH>;
+			close FH;
+
+			open FH, "> $cache" or die 'Could not write to $cache!\n';
+			print FH @rawsnaps;
+			close FH;
+			removelock('sanoid_cacheupdate');
+		} else {
+			if ($args{'verbose'}) { print "INFO: deferring cache update - valid cache update lock held by another sanoid process.\n"; }
 			open FH, "< $cache";
 			@rawsnaps = <FH>;
 			close FH;
-		} else {
-			if (checklock('sanoid_cacheupdate')) {
-				writelock('sanoid_cacheupdate');
-				if ($args{'verbose'}) {
-					if ($args{'force-update'}) {
-						print "INFO: cache forcibly expired - updating from zfs list.\n";
-					} else {
-						print "INFO: cache expired - updating from zfs list.\n";
-					}
-				}
-				open FH, "$zfs get -Hrpt snapshot creation |";
-				@rawsnaps = <FH>;
-				close FH;
-
-				open FH, "> $cache" or die 'Could not write to $cache!\n';
-				print FH @rawsnaps;
-				close FH;
-				removelock('sanoid_cacheupdate');
-			} else {
-				if ($args{'verbose'}) { print "INFO: deferring cache update - valid cache update lock held by another sanoid process.\n"; }
-				open FH, "< $cache";
-				@rawsnaps = <FH>;
-				close FH;
-			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		# if ($args{'debug'}) { print "DEBUG: cache not expired (" . (time() - $mtime) . " seconds old with TTL of $cacheTTL): pulling snapshot list from cache.\n"; }
-		if ( $no_need_for_cache_update ) {
-			if ($args{'debug'}) { print "DEBUG: cache has not expired, so will not update it, but wouldn't have even if it had.\n"; }
-		}
 		open FH, "< $cache";
 		@rawsnaps = <FH>;
 		close FH;