diff --git a/server/src/storage/backend.rs b/server/src/storage/backend.rs
index 0b15ee8a..90b30f54 100644
--- a/server/src/storage/backend.rs
+++ b/server/src/storage/backend.rs
@@ -276,20 +276,22 @@ impl Store {
                     None => None,
                 };
 
-                let reader = match cached {
-                    Some(file) => super::codec::Reader::File(file),
+                let (reader, hit) = match cached {
+                    Some(file) => (super::codec::Reader::File(file), cache.as_ref()),
                     None => {
                         if let Some(cache) = cache {
                             fill_behind(cache.clone(), (**bucket).clone(), oid.to_owned(), size);
                         }
 
-                        super::codec::Reader::Bucket {
-                            bucket: (**bucket).clone(),
-                            oid: oid.to_owned(),
-                        }
+                        (
+                            super::codec::Reader::Bucket {
+                                bucket: (**bucket).clone(),
+                                oid: oid.to_owned(),
+                            },
+                            None,
+                        )
                     }
                 };
-                let from_cache = matches!(reader, super::codec::Reader::File(_));
 
                 match super::codec::Framed::open(
                     reader,
@@ -305,19 +307,21 @@ impl Store {
                     // A raw object that is cached is a plain local file, so
                     // it streams like one. `Framed::open` consumed the handle
                     // deciding it was not framed, hence the reopen.
-                    None if from_cache => match cache.as_ref().unwrap().reopen(oid).await {
-                        Some(file) => Ok(Object::Raw { file, size }),
-                        None => Ok(Object::Remote {
-                            bucket: (**bucket).clone(),
-                            oid: oid.to_owned(),
-                            size,
-                        }),
-                    },
-                    None => Ok(Object::Remote {
-                        bucket: (**bucket).clone(),
-                        oid: oid.to_owned(),
-                        size,
-                    }),
+                    None => {
+                        let reopened = match hit {
+                            Some(cache) => cache.reopen(oid).await,
+                            None => None,
+                        };
+
+                        match reopened {
+                            Some(file) => Ok(Object::Raw { file, size }),
+                            None => Ok(Object::Remote {
+                                bucket: (**bucket).clone(),
+                                oid: oid.to_owned(),
+                                size,
+                            }),
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/server/src/storage/backend/tests.rs b/server/src/storage/backend/tests.rs
index 47266987..994570c6 100644
--- a/server/src/storage/backend/tests.rs
+++ b/server/src/storage/backend/tests.rs
@@ -259,3 +259,80 @@ async fn a_bucket_holding_the_object_itself_still_redirects() {
 
     assert!(store.redirect(&oid).is_some());
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn a_raw_object_is_served_from_the_cache_once_it_has_been_copied_there() {
+    let root = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let cache_dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let (endpoint, _objects) = bucket().await;
+    let cache = crate::storage::cache::Cache::new(cache_dir.path().to_path_buf(), 1 << 20).unwrap();
+    let store = bucket_store(&root, &endpoint).with_cache(Some(cache));
+    let payload = b"a raw asset small enough for the cache ".repeat(16);
+    let oid = crate::oid::Oid::parse(&hex::encode(sha2::Sha256::digest(&payload))).unwrap();
+
+    store
+        .write(
+            &namespace(),
+            &oid,
+            Some(payload.len() as u64),
+            None,
+            futures_util::stream::iter([Ok::<_, std::io::Error>(axum::body::Bytes::from(
+                payload.clone(),
+            ))]),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let cold = store.open(&namespace(), &oid).await.unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        matches!(cold, Object::Remote { .. }),
+        "nothing is cached yet, so the first read comes from the bucket"
+    );
+
+    let copied = cache_dir.path().join(oid.as_str());
+    for _ in 0..200 {
+        if copied.exists() {
+            break;
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
+    }
+    assert!(
+        copied.exists(),
+        "the copy is filled in behind the first read"
+    );
+
+    let warm = store.open(&namespace(), &oid).await.unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        matches!(warm, Object::Raw { .. }),
+        "a raw object that is cached streams like a plain local file"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(read_back(&store, &namespace(), &oid).await, payload);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn without_a_cache_a_raw_object_is_always_read_from_the_bucket() {
+    let root = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let (endpoint, _objects) = bucket().await;
+    let store = bucket_store(&root, &endpoint);
+    let payload = b"a raw asset that nobody caches ".repeat(16);
+    let oid = crate::oid::Oid::parse(&hex::encode(sha2::Sha256::digest(&payload))).unwrap();
+
+    store
+        .write(
+            &namespace(),
+            &oid,
+            Some(payload.len() as u64),
+            None,
+            futures_util::stream::iter([Ok::<_, std::io::Error>(axum::body::Bytes::from(
+                payload.clone(),
+            ))]),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    for _ in 0..2 {
+        let object = store.open(&namespace(), &oid).await.unwrap();
+        assert!(matches!(object, Object::Remote { .. }));
+    }
+    assert_eq!(read_back(&store, &namespace(), &oid).await, payload);
+}