diff --git a/src/CacheQueryServiceProvider.php b/src/CacheQueryServiceProvider.php
index 660019f..01b221f 100644
--- a/src/CacheQueryServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/CacheQueryServiceProvider.php
@@ -87,12 +87,16 @@ protected function macro(): Closure
                 $this->connection = $this->connection->connection;
             }
 
+            $cache = new Cache();
+
+            match (true) {
+                $ttl instanceof Closure => $ttl($cache),
+                ! $ttl instanceof Cache => $cache->ttl($ttl),
+                default => $cache = $ttl
+            };
+
             // Normalize the TTL argument to a Cache instance.
-            $this->connection = Proxy::crateNewInstance($this->connection, match (true) {
-                $ttl instanceof Closure => $ttl(new Cache),
-                ! $ttl instanceof Cache => (new Cache)->ttl($ttl),
-                default => $ttl
-            });
+            $this->connection = Proxy::crateNewInstance($this->connection, $cache);
 
             return $this;
         };
diff --git a/tests/ProxyTest.php b/tests/ProxyTest.php
index b0f5602..a13faec 100644
--- a/tests/ProxyTest.php
+++ b/tests/ProxyTest.php
@@ -71,13 +71,6 @@ protected function defineDatabaseMigrations(): void
         });
     }
 
-    public function test_passes_through_method_calls(): void
-    {
-        $query = $this->app->make('db')->table('users')->cache()->where('id', 1);
-
-        static::assertSame([], $query->getConnection()->getQueryLog());
-    }
-
     public function test_caches_base_query_into_default_store(): void
     {
         $get = $this->app->make('db')->table('users')->cache()->where('id', 1)->get();
@@ -874,6 +867,10 @@ public function test_pass_through_methods_to_wrapped_connection(): void
         $connection->setDatabaseName('foo');
 
         static::assertSame('foo', $connection->getDatabaseName());
+
+        $query = $this->app->make('db')->table('users')->cache()->where('id', 1);
+
+        static::assertSame([], $query->getConnection()->getQueryLog());
     }
 
     public function test_pass_through_properties_set_and_get(): void
@@ -916,6 +913,24 @@ public function test_sets_custom_query_hasher(): void
 
         static::assertTrue($this->app->make('cache')->has('cache-query|test_hash'));
     }
+
+    public function test_base_query_uses_cache_callback(): void
+    {
+        $hash = 'cache-query|fj8Xyz4K1Zh0tdAamPbG1A';
+
+        $repository = $this->mock(Repository::class);
+        $repository->expects('flexible')->never();
+        $repository->expects('put')->with($hash, Mockery::type('array'), [5, 300])->once();
+        $repository->expects('getMultiple')->with([$hash, ''])->times(1)->andReturn(['' => null, $hash => null]);
+
+        $this->mock('cache')->expects('store')->with(null)->andReturn($repository);
+
+        $this->app->make('db')->table('users')->where('id', 1)->cache(function ($cache) {
+            static::assertInstanceOf(Cache::class, $cache);
+
+            $cache->ttl([5, 300]);
+        })->first();
+    }
 }
 
 class User extends Authenticatable