diff --git a/src/interceptors/request.ts b/src/interceptors/request.ts
index feeb6db..3b02370 100644
--- a/src/interceptors/request.ts
+++ b/src/interceptors/request.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function defaultRequestInterceptor(axios: AxiosCacheInstance) {
       return config;
     }
 
-    const key = axios.generateKey(config);
+    const key = (config.id = axios.generateKey(config));
 
     // Assumes that the storage handled staled responses
     let cache = await axios.storage.get(key);
diff --git a/src/interceptors/response.ts b/src/interceptors/response.ts
index e2ff68a..db2ecd0 100644
--- a/src/interceptors/response.ts
+++ b/src/interceptors/response.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export function defaultResponseInterceptor(
   };
 
   const onFulfilled: ResponseInterceptor['onFulfilled'] = async (response) => {
-    response.id ??= axios.generateKey(response.config);
+    response.id = response.config.id ??= axios.generateKey(response.config);
     response.cached ??= false;
 
     // Response is already cached
diff --git a/test/interceptors/request.test.ts b/test/interceptors/request.test.ts
index 04cdf22..d4a64ad 100644
--- a/test/interceptors/request.test.ts
+++ b/test/interceptors/request.test.ts
@@ -117,14 +117,36 @@ describe('test request interceptor', () => {
   it("expect two requests with different body aren't cached", async () => {
     const axios = mockAxios();
 
-    const url = 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts';
-
-    const result = await axios.get(url, { data: { a: 1 } });
+    const result = await axios.get('url', { data: { a: 1 } });
 
     expect(result.cached).toBe(false);
 
-    const result2 = await axios.get(url, { data: { a: 2 } });
+    const result2 = await axios.get('url', { data: { a: 2 } });
 
     expect(result2.cached).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  it('tests a request with really long keys', async () => {
+    const axios = mockAxios();
+
+    const result = await axios.get('url', {
+      data: Array(5e3).fill({ rnd: Math.random() }),
+      params: Array(5e3).fill({ rnd: Math.random() })
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('expect keyGenerator is called once during a single request', async () => {
+    const axios = mockAxios();
+
+    const spy = jest.spyOn(axios, 'generateKey');
+
+    await axios.get('url', {
+      // generates a long key
+      data: Array(5e3).fill({ rnd: Math.random() })
+    });
+
+    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
 });