diff --git a/lmq.py b/lmq.py
index e7ceb78..cbfbc13 100644
--- a/lmq.py
+++ b/lmq.py
@@ -22,19 +22,38 @@ cache_expiry = {}
 class FutureJSON():
     """Class for making a LMQ JSON RPC request that uses a future to wait on the result, and caches
     the results for a set amount of time so that if the same endpoint with the same arguments is
-    requested again the cache will be used instead of repeating the request."""
+    requested again the cache will be used instead of repeating the request.
 
-    def __init__(self, lmq, lokid, endpoint, cache_seconds=3, *, args=[], fail_okay=False, timeout=10):
+    Cached values are indexed by endpoint and optional key, and require matching arguments to the
+    previous call.  The cache_key should generally be a fixed value (*not* an argument-dependent
+    value) and can be used to provide multiple caches for different uses of the same endpoint.
+    Cache entries are *not* purged, they are only replaced, so using dynamic data in the key would
+    result in unbounded memory growth.
+
+    lmq - the lmq object
+    lokid - the lokid lmq connection id object
+    endpoint - the lmq endpoint, e.g. 'rpc.get_info'
+    cache_seconds - how long to cache the response; can be None to not cache it at all
+    cache_key - fixed string to enable different caches of the same endpoint
+    args - if not None, a value to pass (after converting to JSON) as the request parameter. Typically a dict.
+    fail_okay - can be specified as True to make failures silent (i.e. if failures are sometimes expected for this request)
+    timeout - maximum time to spend waiting for a reply
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, lmq, lokid, endpoint, cache_seconds=3, *, cache_key='', args=None, fail_okay=False, timeout=10):
         self.endpoint = endpoint
+        self.cache_key = self.endpoint + cache_key
         self.fail_okay = fail_okay
-        if self.endpoint in cached and cached_args[self.endpoint] == args and cache_expiry[self.endpoint] >= datetime.now():
-            self.json = cached[self.endpoint]
+        if args is not None:
+            args = json.dumps(args).encode()
+        if self.cache_key in cached and cached_args[self.cache_key] == args and cache_expiry[self.cache_key] >= datetime.now():
+            self.json = cached[self.cache_key]
             self.args = None
             self.future = None
         else:
             self.json = None
             self.args = args
-            self.future = lmq.request_future(lokid, self.endpoint, self.args, timeout=timeout)
+            self.future = lmq.request_future(lokid, self.endpoint, [] if self.args is None else [self.args], timeout=timeout)
         self.cache_seconds = cache_seconds
 
     def get(self):
@@ -47,9 +66,10 @@ class FutureJSON():
                 if result[0] != b'200':
                     raise RuntimeError("Request for {} failed: got {}".format(self.endpoint, result))
                 self.json = json.loads(result[1])
-                cached[self.endpoint] = self.json
-                cached_args[self.endpoint] = self.args
-                cache_expiry[self.endpoint] = datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=self.cache_seconds)
+                if self.cache_seconds is not None:
+                    cached[self.cache_key] = self.json
+                    cached_args[self.cache_key] = self.args
+                    cache_expiry[self.cache_key] = datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=self.cache_seconds)
             except RuntimeError as e:
                 if not self.fail_okay:
                     print("Something getting wrong: {}".format(e), file=sys.stderr)