diff --git a/pkg/cleaning/purge.go b/pkg/cleaning/purge.go
index 9db99fbe7f..e30870faf9 100644
--- a/pkg/cleaning/purge.go
+++ b/pkg/cleaning/purge.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type purgeManager struct {
 
 func (m *purgeManager) run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if err := logboek.Context(ctx).Default().LogProcess("Deleting stages").DoError(func() error {
-		stages, err := m.StorageManager.GetStageDescriptionList(ctx)
+		stages, err := m.StorageManager.GetStageDescriptionListWithCache(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/cleaning/stage_manager/manager.go b/pkg/cleaning/stage_manager/manager.go
index e96d058e79..a017845541 100644
--- a/pkg/cleaning/stage_manager/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/cleaning/stage_manager/manager.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (m *Manager) newImageMetadata(imageName string, stageID string) *imageMetad
 }
 
 func (m *Manager) InitStages(ctx context.Context, storageManager manager.StorageManagerInterface) error {
-	stageDescriptionList, err := storageManager.GetStageDescriptionList(ctx)
+	stageDescriptionList, err := storageManager.GetStageDescriptionListWithCache(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/manager/storage_manager.go b/pkg/storage/manager/storage_manager.go
index 6dddcf899c..5c771160a8 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/manager/storage_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/manager/storage_manager.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ type StorageManagerInterface interface {
 	GetStagesByDigest(ctx context.Context, stageName, stageDigest string) ([]*image.StageDescription, error)
 	GetStagesByDigestFromStagesStorage(ctx context.Context, stageName, stageDigest string, stagesStorage storage.StagesStorage) ([]*image.StageDescription, error)
 	GetStageDescriptionList(ctx context.Context) ([]*image.StageDescription, error)
+	GetStageDescriptionListWithCache(ctx context.Context) ([]*image.StageDescription, error)
 	GetFinalStageDescriptionList(ctx context.Context) ([]*image.StageDescription, error)
 
 	FetchStage(ctx context.Context, containerRuntime container_runtime.ContainerRuntime, stg stage.Interface) error
@@ -214,8 +215,16 @@ func (m *StorageManager) MaxNumberOfWorkers() int {
 	return 1
 }
 
+func (m *StorageManager) GetStageDescriptionListWithCache(ctx context.Context) ([]*image.StageDescription, error) {
+	return m.getStageDescriptionList(ctx, storage.WithCache())
+}
+
 func (m *StorageManager) GetStageDescriptionList(ctx context.Context) ([]*image.StageDescription, error) {
-	stageIDs, err := m.StagesStorage.GetStagesIDs(ctx, m.ProjectName)
+	return m.getStageDescriptionList(ctx)
+}
+
+func (m *StorageManager) getStageDescriptionList(ctx context.Context, opts ...storage.Option) ([]*image.StageDescription, error) {
+	stageIDs, err := m.StagesStorage.GetStagesIDs(ctx, m.ProjectName, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting stages ids from %s: %s", m.StagesStorage, err)
 	}