diff --git a/bridges/ItakuBridge.php b/bridges/ItakuBridge.php
index 6b0ebcb2..62a130ff 100644
--- a/bridges/ItakuBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/ItakuBridge.php
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ class ItakuBridge extends BridgeAbstract
         // Debug::log($url);
         if ($getJSON) { //get JSON object
             if ($cache) {
-                $data = $this->loadCacheValue($url, 86400); // 24 hours
+                $data = $this->loadCacheValue($url);
                 if (is_null($data)) {
                     $data = getContents($url, $httpHeaders, $curlOptions) or returnServerError("Could not load $url");
                     $this->saveCacheValue($url, $data);
diff --git a/bridges/MastodonBridge.php b/bridges/MastodonBridge.php
index 81401be9..54ac55bd 100644
--- a/bridges/MastodonBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/MastodonBridge.php
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ class MastodonBridge extends BridgeAbstract
                 // We fetch the boosted content.
                 try {
                     $rtContent = $this->fetchAP($content['object']);
+                    if (!$rtContent) {
+                        // Sometimes fetchAP returns null. Someone should figure out why. json_decode failure?
+                        break;
+                    }
                     $rtUser = $this->loadCacheValue($rtContent['attributedTo']);
                     if (!isset($rtUser)) {
                         // We fetch the author, since we cannot always assume the format of the URL.
@@ -277,6 +281,10 @@ class MastodonBridge extends BridgeAbstract
                 array_push($headers, $sig);
             }
         }
-        return json_decode(getContents($url, $headers), true);
+        try {
+            return Json::decode(getContents($url, $headers));
+        } catch (\JsonException $e) {
+            return null;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/bridges/PixivBridge.php b/bridges/PixivBridge.php
index 5549c609..c4f5277f 100644
--- a/bridges/PixivBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/PixivBridge.php
@@ -353,10 +353,12 @@ class PixivBridge extends BridgeAbstract
     private function getCookie()
     {
         // checks if cookie is set, if not initialise it with the cookie from the config
-        $value = $this->loadCacheValue('cookie', 2678400 /* 30 days + 1 day to let cookie chance to renew */);
+        $value = $this->loadCacheValue('cookie');
         if (!isset($value)) {
             $value = $this->getOption('cookie');
-            $this->saveCacheValue('cookie', $this->getOption('cookie'));
+
+            // 30 days + 1 day to let cookie chance to renew
+            $this->saveCacheValue('cookie', $this->getOption('cookie'), 2678400);
         }
         return $value;
     }
@@ -370,7 +372,7 @@ class PixivBridge extends BridgeAbstract
         }
 
         if ($cache) {
-            $data = $this->loadCacheValue($url, 86400); // 24 hours
+            $data = $this->loadCacheValue($url);
             if (!$data) {
                 $data = getContents($url, $httpHeaders, $curlOptions, true) or returnServerError("Could not load $url");
                 $this->saveCacheValue($url, $data);
diff --git a/caches/SQLiteCache.php b/caches/SQLiteCache.php
index beb33e88..09689566 100644
--- a/caches/SQLiteCache.php
+++ b/caches/SQLiteCache.php
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
+/**
+ * The storage table has a column `updated` which is incorrectly named.
+ * It should have been named `expiration` and the code treats it as an expiration date (in unix timestamp)
+ */
 class SQLiteCache implements CacheInterface
 {
     private \SQLite3 $db;