diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/ingest/Ingest.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/ingest/Ingest.scala
index b5b242d0da..adbe9c601f 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/ingest/Ingest.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/ingest/Ingest.scala
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ object Ingest {
       case _ => sourceTiles.collectMetadata(FloatingLayoutScheme(256))
     }
 
-    val contextRdd = sourceTiles.tileToLayout(tileLayerMetadata, resampleMethod).cache()
+    val contextRdd = sourceTiles.tileToLayout(tileLayerMetadata, resampleMethod).persist(cacheLevel)
 
     val (zoom, tileLayerRdd) = (layoutScheme, maxZoom) match {
       case (layoutScheme: ZoomedLayoutScheme, Some(mz)) =>
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/ingest/MultibandIngest.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/ingest/MultibandIngest.scala
index bd42812ba0..2ad2fac4ad 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/ingest/MultibandIngest.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/ingest/MultibandIngest.scala
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ object MultibandIngest {
       case _ => sourceTiles.collectMetadata(FloatingLayoutScheme(256))
     }
 
-    val contextRdd = sourceTiles.tileToLayout(tileLayerMetadata, resampleMethod).cache()
+    val contextRdd = sourceTiles.tileToLayout(tileLayerMetadata, resampleMethod).persist(cacheLevel)
 
     val (zoom, tileLayerRdd) = (layoutScheme, maxZoom) match {
       case (layoutScheme: ZoomedLayoutScheme, Some(mz)) =>