diff --git a/packages/objectloader2/src/core/objectLoader2.ts b/packages/objectloader2/src/core/objectLoader2.ts
index 21938153c..2e16fe056 100644
--- a/packages/objectloader2/src/core/objectLoader2.ts
+++ b/packages/objectloader2/src/core/objectLoader2.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,14 @@ export class ObjectLoader2 {
     this.#downloader = options.downloader
     this.#cacheReader = new CacheReader(this.#database, this.#deferments, cacheOptions)
     this.#cacheReader.initializeQueue(this.#gathered, this.#downloader)
-    this.#cacheWriter = new CacheWriter(this.#database, cacheOptions)
+    this.#cacheWriter = new CacheWriter(
+      this.#database,
+      cacheOptions,
+      this.#deferments,
+      (id: string) => {
+        this.#cacheReader.requestItem(id)
+      }
+    )
   }
 
   async disposeAsync(): Promise<void> {
@@ -126,7 +133,6 @@ export class ObjectLoader2 {
     this.#cacheReader.requestAll(children)
     let count = 0
     for await (const item of this.#gathered.consume()) {
-      this.#deferments.undefer(item, (id: string) => this.#cacheReader.requestItem(id))
       yield item.base! //always defined, as we add it to the queue
       count++
       if (count >= total) {
diff --git a/packages/objectloader2/src/core/stages/cacheReader.spec.ts b/packages/objectloader2/src/core/stages/cacheReader.spec.ts
index 2b1fbf9db..66d5cebff 100644
--- a/packages/objectloader2/src/core/stages/cacheReader.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/objectloader2/src/core/stages/cacheReader.spec.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ import { DefermentManager } from '../../deferment/defermentManager.js'
 import { Item, Base } from '../../types/types.js'
 import { CacheReader } from './cacheReader.js'
 import { MemoryDatabase } from './memory/memoryDatabase.js'
+import { MemoryCache } from '../../deferment/MemoryCache.js'
 
 describe('CacheReader testing', () => {
   test('deferred getObject', async () => {
     const i1: Item = { baseId: 'id1', base: { id: 'id', speckle_type: 'type' } }
 
-    const deferments = new DefermentManager({ maxSizeInMb: 1, ttlms: 1 })
+    const cache = new MemoryCache({ maxSizeInMb: 1, ttlms: 1 }, () => {})
+    const deferments = new DefermentManager(cache, () => {})
     const cacheReader = new CacheReader(
       new MemoryDatabase({
         items: new Map<string, Base>([[i1.baseId, i1.base!]])
@@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ describe('CacheReader testing', () => {
     const objPromise = cacheReader.getObject({
       id: i1.baseId
     })
-    deferments.undefer(i1)
+    deferments.undefer(i1, (id: string) => {
+      throw new Error(`Requesting item ${id} not implemented`)
+    })
     const base = await objPromise
 
     expect(base).toMatchSnapshot()
diff --git a/packages/objectloader2/src/core/stages/cacheWriter.ts b/packages/objectloader2/src/core/stages/cacheWriter.ts
index 445a829ec..2a2f3a441 100644
--- a/packages/objectloader2/src/core/stages/cacheWriter.ts
+++ b/packages/objectloader2/src/core/stages/cacheWriter.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { DefermentManager } from '../../deferment/defermentManager.js'
 import BatchingQueue from '../../queues/batchingQueue.js'
 import Queue from '../../queues/queue.js'
 import { CustomLogger } from '../../types/functions.js'
@@ -8,14 +9,23 @@ import { CacheOptions } from '../options.js'
 export class CacheWriter implements Queue<Item> {
   #writeQueue: BatchingQueue<Item> | undefined
   #database: Database
+  #defermentManager: DefermentManager
+  #requestItem: (id: string) => void
   #logger: CustomLogger
   #options: CacheOptions
   #disposed = false
 
-  constructor(database: Database, options: CacheOptions) {
+  constructor(
+    database: Database,
+    options: CacheOptions,
+    defermentManager: DefermentManager,
+    requestItem: (id: string) => void
+  ) {
     this.#database = database
     this.#options = options
     this.#logger = options.logger || ((): void => {})
+    this.#defermentManager = defermentManager
+    this.#requestItem = requestItem
   }
 
   add(item: Item): void {
@@ -29,6 +39,7 @@ export class CacheWriter implements Queue<Item> {
       })
     }
     this.#writeQueue.add(item.baseId, item)
+    this.#defermentManager.undefer(item, this.#requestItem)
   }
 
   async writeAll(items: Item[]): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/objectloader2/src/deferment/MemoryCache.test.ts b/packages/objectloader2/src/deferment/MemoryCache.test.ts
index c0ec8fc7c..4c67ae64e 100644
--- a/packages/objectloader2/src/deferment/MemoryCache.test.ts
+++ b/packages/objectloader2/src/deferment/MemoryCache.test.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ describe('MemoryCache', () => {
 
     const now = 1
     cache.add(item1, requestItem, now - 200)
-    cache.cleanDeferments(now)
+    cache.cleanCache(now)
     cache.add(item2, requestItem, now + 100)
 
     expect(cache.get('1')).toBeUndefined()
diff --git a/packages/objectloader2/src/deferment/MemoryCache.ts b/packages/objectloader2/src/deferment/MemoryCache.ts
index d76c34e11..2f60325e7 100644
--- a/packages/objectloader2/src/deferment/MemoryCache.ts
+++ b/packages/objectloader2/src/deferment/MemoryCache.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class MemoryCache {
 
   private resetGlobalTimer(): void {
     const run = (): void => {
-      this.cleanDeferments()
+      this.cleanCache()
       this.timer = setTimeout(run, this.options.ttlms)
     }
     this.timer = setTimeout(run, this.options.ttlms)
@@ -126,13 +126,11 @@ export class MemoryCache {
     return Date.now()
   }
 
-  cleanDeferments(testNow?: number): void {
+  cleanCache(testNow?: number): void {
     const maxSizeBytes = this.options.maxSizeInMb * 1024 * 1024
     if (this.currentSize < maxSizeBytes) {
       this.logger(
-        'deferments size is ok, no need to clean',
-        this.currentSize,
-        maxSizeBytes
+        `cache size (${this.currentSize} < ${maxSizeBytes}) is ok, no need to clean`
       )
       return
     }
@@ -161,10 +159,9 @@ export class MemoryCache {
       }
     }
     this.logger(
-      'cleaned deferments: cleaned, cached, time',
-      cleaned,
-      this.cache.size,
-      performance.now() - start
+      `cleaned cache: cleaned ${cleaned}, cached ${this.cache.size}, time ${
+        performance.now() - start
+      }`
     )
     return
   }
diff --git a/packages/objectloader2/src/queues/batchingQueue.test.ts b/packages/objectloader2/src/queues/batchingQueue.test.ts
index ff368ee93..027435e52 100644
--- a/packages/objectloader2/src/queues/batchingQueue.test.ts
+++ b/packages/objectloader2/src/queues/batchingQueue.test.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ describe('BatchingQueue', () => {
       expect(processSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
       expect(processSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['item1', 'item2'])
 
-      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 200))
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))
 
       expect(processSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
       expect(processSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['item3'])