diff --git a/pkg/api/souin.go b/pkg/api/souin.go
index 2c32eddea..4d415a4d3 100644
--- a/pkg/api/souin.go
+++ b/pkg/api/souin.go
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ func (s *SouinAPI) purgeMapping() {
 			var mapping types.StorageMapper
 			e := gob.NewDecoder(bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(v))).Decode(&mapping)
 			if e != nil {
+				current.Delete(storage.MappingKeyPrefix + k)
 				continue
 			}
 
diff --git a/plugins/tyk/go.mod b/plugins/tyk/go.mod
index 9b528bb86..a86e69441 100644
--- a/plugins/tyk/go.mod
+++ b/plugins/tyk/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ toolchain go1.21.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk v1.9.2-0.20230330071232-370295d796b5
-	github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0
 	github.com/darkweak/souin v1.6.47
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.21
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/buraksezer/consistent v0.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/buraksezer/olric v0.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/bwmarrin/snowflake v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/clbanning/mxj v1.8.4 // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 // indirect
diff --git a/plugins/tyk/main.go b/plugins/tyk/main.go
index 27c78568b..d24beb9a6 100644
--- a/plugins/tyk/main.go
+++ b/plugins/tyk/main.go
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/ctx"
-	"github.com/cespare/xxhash"
+	"github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2"
 	"github.com/darkweak/souin/context"
 	"github.com/darkweak/souin/pkg/middleware"
 	"github.com/darkweak/souin/pkg/rfc"
-	"github.com/darkweak/souin/pkg/storage"
 	"github.com/darkweak/souin/pkg/storage/types"
 	"github.com/pquerna/cachecontrol/cacheobject"
 )
@@ -176,6 +175,7 @@ func SouinRequestHandler(rw http.ResponseWriter, baseRq *http.Request) {
 
 	requestCc, coErr := cacheobject.ParseRequestCacheControl(rq.Header.Get("Cache-Control"))
 
+	modeContext := rq.Context().Value(context.Mode).(*context.ModeContext)
 	if coErr != nil || requestCc == nil {
 		rw.Header().Set("Cache-Status", cacheName+"; fwd=bypass; detail=CACHE-CONTROL-EXTRACTION-ERROR")
 
@@ -199,12 +199,13 @@ func SouinRequestHandler(rw http.ResponseWriter, baseRq *http.Request) {
 			fresh, stale = currentStorer.GetMultiLevel(finalKey, rq, validator)
 
 			if fresh != nil || stale != nil {
-				s.Configuration.GetLogger().Sugar().Debugf("Found at least one valid response in the %s storage", currentStorer.Name())
+				fmt.Printf("Found at least one valid response in the %s storage\n", currentStorer.Name())
 				break
 			}
 		}
 
-		if response != nil && rfc.ValidateCacheControl(response, requestCc) {
+		if fresh != nil && (!modeContext.Strict || rfc.ValidateCacheControl(fresh, requestCc)) {
+			response := fresh
 			rfc.SetCacheStatusHeader(response)
 			if rfc.ValidateMaxAgeCachedResponse(requestCc, response) != nil {
 				for hn, hv := range response.Header {
@@ -214,13 +215,9 @@ func SouinRequestHandler(rw http.ResponseWriter, baseRq *http.Request) {
 
 				return
 			}
-		} else if response == nil && (requestCc.MaxStaleSet || requestCc.MaxStale > -1) {
-			for _, currentStorer := range s.SouinBaseHandler.Storers {
-				response = currentStorer.Prefix(storage.StalePrefix+cachedKey, rq, validator)
-				if response != nil {
-					break
-				}
-			}
+		} else if !requestCc.OnlyIfCached && (requestCc.MaxStaleSet || requestCc.MaxStale > -1) {
+			response := stale
+
 			if nil != response && rfc.ValidateCacheControl(response, requestCc) {
 				addTime, _ := time.ParseDuration(response.Header.Get(rfc.StoredTTLHeader))
 				rfc.SetCacheStatusHeader(response)
diff --git a/plugins/tyk/override/middleware/middleware.go b/plugins/tyk/override/middleware/middleware.go
index ff68a8f6d..3fc69a742 100644
--- a/plugins/tyk/override/middleware/middleware.go
+++ b/plugins/tyk/override/middleware/middleware.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2"
 	"github.com/darkweak/souin/configurationtypes"
 	"github.com/darkweak/souin/context"
 	"github.com/darkweak/souin/helpers"
@@ -272,15 +273,22 @@ func (s *SouinBaseHandler) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, baseRq *http.Reques
 	if !requestCc.NoCache {
 		validator := rfc.ParseRequest(rq)
 		var response *http.Response
+		var fresh, stale *http.Response
+		finalKey := cachedKey
+		if rq.Context().Value(context.Hashed).(bool) {
+			finalKey = fmt.Sprint(xxhash.Sum64String(finalKey))
+		}
 		for _, currentStorer := range s.Storers {
-			response = currentStorer.Prefix(cachedKey, rq, validator)
-			if response != nil {
-				s.Configuration.GetLogger().Sugar().Debugf("Found response in the %s storage", currentStorer.Name())
+			fresh, stale = currentStorer.GetMultiLevel(finalKey, rq, validator)
+
+			if fresh != nil || stale != nil {
+				s.Configuration.GetLogger().Sugar().Debugf("Found at least one valid response in the %s storage", currentStorer.Name())
 				break
 			}
 		}
 
-		if response != nil && rfc.ValidateCacheControl(response, requestCc) {
+		if rfc.ValidateCacheControl(response, requestCc) {
+			response := fresh
 			rfc.SetCacheStatusHeader(response)
 			if rfc.ValidateMaxAgeCachedResponse(requestCc, response) != nil {
 				customWriter.Headers = response.Header
@@ -290,13 +298,9 @@ func (s *SouinBaseHandler) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, baseRq *http.Reques
 
 				return nil
 			}
-		} else if response == nil && (requestCc.MaxStaleSet || requestCc.MaxStale > -1) {
-			for _, currentStorer := range s.Storers {
-				response = currentStorer.Prefix(storage.StalePrefix+cachedKey, rq, validator)
-				if response != nil {
-					break
-				}
-			}
+		} else if requestCc.MaxStaleSet || requestCc.MaxStale > -1 {
+			response := stale
+
 			if nil != response && rfc.ValidateCacheControl(response, requestCc) {
 				addTime, _ := time.ParseDuration(response.Header.Get(rfc.StoredTTLHeader))
 				rfc.SetCacheStatusHeader(response)