diff --git a/actions/DisplayAction.php b/actions/DisplayAction.php
index 6b599329..b223b757 100644
--- a/actions/DisplayAction.php
+++ b/actions/DisplayAction.php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class DisplayAction extends ActionAbstract {
 		);
 
 		// Initialize cache
-		$cache = Cache::create('FileCache');
+		$cache = Cache::create(Configuration::getConfig('cache', 'type'));
 		$cache->setPath(PATH_CACHE);
 		$cache->purgeCache(86400); // 24 hours
 		$cache->setParameters($cache_params);
diff --git a/bridges/ElloBridge.php b/bridges/ElloBridge.php
index 22f5d309..45d33a53 100644
--- a/bridges/ElloBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/ElloBridge.php
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class ElloBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 	}
 
 	private function getAPIKey() {
-		$cache = Cache::create('FileCache');
+		$cache = Cache::create(Configuration::getConfig('cache', 'type'));
 		$cache->setPath(PATH_CACHE);
 		$cache->setParameters(['key']);
 		$key = $cache->loadData();
diff --git a/bridges/WordPressPluginUpdateBridge.php b/bridges/WordPressPluginUpdateBridge.php
index 80b53eac..51ddd5b7 100644
--- a/bridges/WordPressPluginUpdateBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/WordPressPluginUpdateBridge.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class WordPressPluginUpdateBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 	private function getCachedDate($url){
 		Debug::log('getting pubdate from url ' . $url . '');
 		// Initialize cache
-		$cache = Cache::create('FileCache');
+		$cache = Cache::create(Configuration::getConfig('cache', 'type'));
 		$cache->setPath(PATH_CACHE . 'pages/');
 		$params = [$url];
 		$cache->setParameters($params);
diff --git a/config.default.ini.php b/config.default.ini.php
index 2d6fca12..394658d6 100644
--- a/config.default.ini.php
+++ b/config.default.ini.php
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 [cache]
 
+; Defines the cache type used by RSS-Bridge
+; "file" = FileCache (default)
+type = "file"
+
 ; Allow users to specify custom timeout for specific requests.
 ; true  = enabled
 ; false = disabled (default)
diff --git a/lib/Cache.php b/lib/Cache.php
index a0d2ac77..6826d4cc 100644
--- a/lib/Cache.php
+++ b/lib/Cache.php
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ class Cache {
 	 * @return object|bool The cache object or false if the class is not instantiable.
 	 */
 	public static function create($name){
+		$name = self::sanitizeCacheName($name) . 'Cache';
+
 		if(!self::isCacheName($name)) {
 			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Cache name invalid!');
 		}
@@ -137,4 +139,75 @@ class Cache {
 	public static function isCacheName($name){
 		return is_string($name) && preg_match('/^[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9-]*$/', $name) === 1;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a list of cache names from the working directory.
+	 *
+	 * The list is cached internally to allow for successive calls.
+	 *
+	 * @return array List of cache names
+	 */
+	public static function getCacheNames(){
+
+		static $cacheNames = array(); // Initialized on first call
+
+		if(empty($cacheNames)) {
+			$files = scandir(self::getWorkingDir());
+
+			if($files !== false) {
+				foreach($files as $file) {
+					if(preg_match('/^([^.]+)Cache\.php$/U', $file, $out)) {
+						$cacheNames[] = $out[1];
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $cacheNames;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the sanitized cache name.
+	 *
+	 * The cache name can be specified in various ways:
+	 * * The PHP file name (i.e. `FileCache.php`)
+	 * * The PHP file name without file extension (i.e. `FileCache`)
+	 * * The cache name (i.e. `file`)
+	 *
+	 * Casing is ignored (i.e. `FILE` and `fIlE` are the same).
+	 *
+	 * A cache file matching the given cache name must exist in the working
+	 * directory!
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name The cache name
+	 * @return string|null The sanitized cache name if the provided name is
+	 * valid, null otherwise.
+	 */
+	protected static function sanitizeCacheName($name) {
+
+		if(is_string($name)) {
+
+			// Trim trailing '.php' if exists
+			if(preg_match('/(.+)(?:\.php)/', $name, $matches)) {
+				$name = $matches[1];
+			}
+
+			// Trim trailing 'Cache' if exists
+			if(preg_match('/(.+)(?:Cache)/i', $name, $matches)) {
+				$name = $matches[1];
+			}
+
+			// The name is valid if a corresponding file is found on disk
+			if(in_array(strtolower($name), array_map('strtolower', self::getCacheNames()))) {
+				$index = array_search(strtolower($name), array_map('strtolower', self::getCacheNames()));
+				return self::getCacheNames()[$index];
+			}
+
+			Debug::log('Invalid cache name specified: "' . $name . '"!');
+
+		}
+
+		return null; // Bad parameter
+
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/Configuration.php b/lib/Configuration.php
index 63144d26..3a2a7bf3 100644
--- a/lib/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/Configuration.php
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ final class Configuration {
 		/** Name of the proxy server */
 		define('PROXY_NAME', self::getConfig('proxy', 'name'));
 
+		if(!is_string(self::getConfig('cache', 'type')))
+			die('Parameter [cache] => "type" is not a valid string! Please check "config.ini.php"!');
+
 		if(!is_bool(self::getConfig('cache', 'custom_timeout')))
 			die('Parameter [cache] => "custom_timeout" is not a valid Boolean! Please check "config.ini.php"!');
 
diff --git a/lib/contents.php b/lib/contents.php
index dc0ca517..976ecbee 100644
--- a/lib/contents.php
+++ b/lib/contents.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function getContents($url, $header = array(), $opts = array()){
 	Debug::log('Reading contents from "' . $url . '"');
 
 	// Initialize cache
-	$cache = Cache::create('FileCache');
+	$cache = Cache::create(Configuration::getConfig('cache', 'type'));
 	$cache->setPath(PATH_CACHE . 'server/');
 	$cache->purgeCache(86400); // 24 hours (forced)
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ $defaultSpanText = DEFAULT_SPAN_TEXT){
 	Debug::log('Caching url ' . $url . ', duration ' . $duration);
 
 	// Initialize cache
-	$cache = Cache::create('FileCache');
+	$cache = Cache::create(Configuration::getConfig('cache', 'type'));
 	$cache->setPath(PATH_CACHE . 'pages/');
 	$cache->purgeCache(86400); // 24 hours (forced)