diff --git a/lib/middlewares/populateSettings.js b/lib/middlewares/populateSettings.js
index 9c4e6ec2..5f36fa69 100644
--- a/lib/middlewares/populateSettings.js
+++ b/lib/middlewares/populateSettings.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const populateSettings = function (req, res, next) {
 
     const operatorSettings = settingsCache.get(`${operatorId}-latest`)
 
-    if (!versionId && (!!needsSettingsReload[operatorId] || !operatorSettings)) {
+    if (!!needsSettingsReload[operatorId] || !operatorSettings) {
       !!needsSettingsReload[operatorId]
         ? logger.debug('Fetching and caching a new latest config value, as a reload was requested')
         : logger.debug('Fetching the latest config version because there\'s no cached value')
@@ -97,11 +97,9 @@ const populateSettings = function (req, res, next) {
         .catch(next)
     }
 
-    if (!versionId && operatorSettings) {
-      logger.debug('Fetching the latest config value from cache')
-      req.settings = operatorSettings
-      return next()
-    }
+    logger.debug('Fetching the latest config value from cache')
+    req.settings = operatorSettings
+    return next()
   } catch (e) {
     logger.error(e)
   }