diff --git a/lib/ExpressRedisCache/add.js b/lib/ExpressRedisCache/add.js
index 4f5b225..7962e64 100644
--- a/lib/ExpressRedisCache/add.js
+++ b/lib/ExpressRedisCache/add.js
@@ -54,24 +54,24 @@ module.exports = (function () {
       var prefix = self.prefix.match(/:$/) ? self.prefix.replace(/:$/, '')
         : self.prefix;
 
-      /* Save as a Redis hash */
+      /** Serialize the entry to JSON so it can be stored as a regular key's value. */
       var redisKey = prefix + ':' + name;
-      self.client.hmset(redisKey, entry,
+      var args = [redisKey, JSON.stringify(entry)];
+
+      /** If @expire then tell Redis to expire **/
+      if (typeof entry.expire === 'number' && entry.expire > 0) {
+        args.push('EX', entry.expire);
+      }
+
+      self.client.set(args,
         domain.intercept(function (res) {
           var calculated_size = (size / 1024).toFixed(2);
-          /** If @expire then tell Redis to expire **/
-          if ( typeof entry.expire === 'number' && entry.expire > 0 ) {
-            self.client.expire(redisKey, +entry.expire,
-              domain.intercept(function () {
-                self.emit('message', require('util').format('SET %s ~%d Kb %d TTL (sec)', redisKey, calculated_size, +entry.expire));
-                callback(null, name, entry, res);
-              }));
-          }
-          else
-          {
-            self.emit('message', require('util').format('SET %s ~%d Kb', redisKey, calculated_size));
-            callback(null, name, entry, res);
+          var msg = require('util').format('SET %s ~%d Kb', redisKey, calculated_size);
+          if (typeof entry.expire === 'number' && entry.expire > 0) {
+            msg += require('util').format(' %d TTL (sec)', +entry.expire);
           }
+          self.emit('message', msg);
+          callback(null, name, entry, res);
         }));
     });
   }
diff --git a/lib/ExpressRedisCache/get.js b/lib/ExpressRedisCache/get.js
index dac1ffa..9cb084c 100644
--- a/lib/ExpressRedisCache/get.js
+++ b/lib/ExpressRedisCache/get.js
@@ -40,11 +40,15 @@ module.exports = (function () {
       var hasWildcard = redisKey.indexOf('*') >= 0;
 
       var fetchKey = function (key, cb) {
-        self.client.hgetall(key, domain.intercept(function (result) {
+        self.client.get(key, domain.intercept(function (result) {
           if ( result ) {
+            /** Deserialize the result from JSON. */
+            result = JSON.parse(result);
+
             var names = key.split(':');
             result.name = names[1];
             result.prefix = names[0];
+
             self.emit('message', require('util').format('GET %s ~%d Kb', key,
               (require('../sizeof')(result) / 1024).toFixed(2)));
           }
diff --git a/test/add.js b/test/add.js
index 9844e1d..6278502 100644
--- a/test/add.js
+++ b/test/add.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   var host      =   process.env.EX_RE_CA_HOST || 'localhost';
   var port      =   process.env.EX_RE_CA_PORT || 6379;
 
+  var _noexpire =   "i don't expire";
   var _name     =   'test1';
   var _body     =   'test1 test1 test1';
   var _type     =   'text/plain';
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@
     });
 
     it ( 'should allow for zero expiration', function(done) {
-      cache.add(_name, _body, { expire: 0 },
+      cache.add(_noexpire, _body, { expire: 0 },
         function($error, $name, $entry) {
           var resp;
           if($entry.expire !== 0) {