diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index bbd7863..8b5ec4e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -3,19 +3,28 @@
  * routing logic for proxying and mutating results from a Docker registry
  */
 
-const express = require('express');
-const fs      = require('fs');
-const path    = require('path');
-const request = require('request');
-const rp      = require('request-promise');
+const express   = require('express');
+const fs        = require('fs');
+const NodeCache = require('node-cache');
+const path      = require('path');
+const request   = require('request');
+const rp        = require('request-promise');
 
 const { LAYERS_CHECKSUM_CACHE, Layer } = require('./src/layers');
-const logger  = require('./src/logger');
+const logger    = require('./src/logger');
 
 const UPSTREAM_REGISTRY = process.env.UPSTREAM_REGISTRY || 'https://registry-1.docker.io';
 const LAYERS_DIR = path.resolve(process.env.LAYERS_DIR || './layers.d/');
 logger.info(`Using the layers directory: ${LAYERS_DIR}`);
 
+/*
+ * This cache is to be used for any of the digests we spot in manifests fetched
+ * from the upstream. For the caches where these digests will represent
+ * something which needs to be overridden, we need to know such that the blob
+ * response handler can trigger the appropriate override behavior
+ */
+const OVERRIDDEN_BLOB_CACHE = new NodeCache({ stdTTL: 86400 });
+
 
 /**
  * Return the computed override path for the given image:tag
@@ -52,13 +61,13 @@ function collectLayersFor(org, image, tag) {
     .map((filename) => {
       const key = Layer.keyFor(org, image, tag, filename);
 
-      if (!LAYERS_CHECKSUM_CACHE[key]) {
+      if (!LAYERS_CHECKSUM_CACHE.get(key)) {
         logger.debug(`Computing a new layer for key ${key}`);
         const layer = new Layer(org, image, tag, path.join(computedPath, filename));
         layer.process();
-        LAYERS_CHECKSUM_CACHE[key] = layer;
+        LAYERS_CHECKSUM_CACHE.set(key, layer);
       }
-      return LAYERS_CHECKSUM_CACHE[key];
+      return LAYERS_CHECKSUM_CACHE.get(key);
     });
 }
 
@@ -79,6 +88,7 @@ function proxyToUpstream(req, res) {
         * the upstream repository might complain that we're not authorized
         */
       'Authorization' : req.get('Authorization'),
+      'Accept' : req.get('Accept'),
     },
   }).pipe(res);
 }
@@ -105,6 +115,35 @@ app.get('/v2/:org/:image/manifests/:digest', (req, res) => {
     return proxyToUpstream(req, res);
   }
 
+  /*
+   * Begin request to upstream in order to get the original manifest which Ahab
+   * will then manipulate
+   */
+  const manifestReq = rp({
+    url: `${UPSTREAM_REGISTRY}${req.originalUrl}`,
+    headers: {
+      'Authorization' : req.get('Authorization'),
+      'Accept' : req.get('Accept'),
+    },
+  }).then((response) => {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(response);
+    if (parsed.manifests) {
+      // This is a manifest list!
+      logger.info('Received manifest list, caching and returning');
+
+      parsed.manifests.map((manifest) => {
+        /*
+         * Shove this into the cache
+         */
+      })
+      return res.send(response);
+    } else {
+      // This is just a manifest then
+    }
+  });
+
+  return;
+
   /*
    * If we don't explicitly set the content type here, the client will think
    * that we're sending back a v1 manifest schema and complain about a "missing
@@ -117,6 +156,13 @@ app.get('/v2/:org/:image/manifests/:digest', (req, res) => {
   const layers = collectLayersFor(org, image, digest);
   logger.info(layers);
 
+  /*
+   * if we get a manifest list, we basically need to cache all the referenced
+   * digests in relation to our current image:tag reference since the client
+   * will be quickly making subsequent requests for those digests, which must
+   * themselves be overwritten
+   */
+
   res.status(500);
   res.send('Fail');
   return
diff --git a/src/layers.js b/src/layers.js
index 3fa2574..16f84ba 100644
--- a/src/layers.js
+++ b/src/layers.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const fs            = require('fs');
+const NodeCache     = require('node-cache');
 const path          = require('path');
 const zlib          = require('zlib');
 
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ module.exports = {};
  * class
  *
  */
-module.exports.LAYERS_CHECKSUM_CACHE = {};
+module.exports.LAYERS_CHECKSUM_CACHE = new NodeCache({ stdTTL: 300 });
 
 class Layer {
   constructor(org, image, tag, filePath) {