diff --git a/lib/compiler/underscored.js b/lib/compiler/underscored.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/underscored.js
+++ b/lib/compiler/underscored.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function run(options) {
 	var streamliners = {
 		node: function (module, filename, code) {
 			var cachedTransform = require("streamline/lib/compiler/compile").cachedTransformSync;
-			streamlined = cachedTransform(code, filename, streamline, options);
+			streamlined = options.cache ? cachedTransform(code, filename, streamline, options) : streamline(code, options);
 			module._compile(streamlined, filename)
 		},
 		coffee: function (module, filename, code) {
introduced cache option to control caching of transformed files