diff --git a/views_content/plugins/views/views_content_plugin_display_panel_pane.inc b/views_content/plugins/views/views_content_plugin_display_panel_pane.inc
index bfc77e0..2373f47 100644
--- a/views_content/plugins/views/views_content_plugin_display_panel_pane.inc
+++ b/views_content/plugins/views/views_content_plugin_display_panel_pane.inc
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ class views_content_plugin_display_panel_pane extends views_plugin_display {
   function set_pane_conf($conf = array(), $set_cache = TRUE) {
     $this->set_option('pane_conf', $conf);
     $this->view->dom_id = !empty($this->view->dom_id) ? $this->view->dom_id : md5($this->view->name . REQUEST_TIME . rand());
+    $cache_time = '+1 hour';
+    $expire = strtotime($cache_time, time());
     if ($set_cache) {
-      cache_set('view_panel_pane_' . $this->view->dom_id, $conf);
+      cache_set('view_panel_pane_' . $this->view->dom_id, $conf, 'cache', $expire);
     }
     $this->has_pane_conf = TRUE;
   }