diff --git a/modules/minigl/src/main/java/org/jpos/gl/GLSession.java b/modules/minigl/src/main/java/org/jpos/gl/GLSession.java
index 04700cbeea..368cff719e 100644
--- a/modules/minigl/src/main/java/org/jpos/gl/GLSession.java
+++ b/modules/minigl/src/main/java/org/jpos/gl/GLSession.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class GLSession {
     public static final BigDecimal ZERO = new BigDecimal ("0.00");
     public static final BigDecimal Z    = new BigDecimal ("0");
     private long SAFE_WINDOW = 1000L;
+    private boolean ignoreBalanceCache = false;
 
     /**
      * Construct a GLSession for a given user.
@@ -1067,7 +1068,7 @@ else if (acct.isFinalAccount()) {
                     balance[0] = chkp.getBalance();
                     txnCrit.add (Restrictions.gt ("postDate", chkp.getDate()));
                 }
-            } else {
+            } else if (!ignoreBalanceCache) {
                 BalanceCache bcache = getBalanceCache (journal, acct, layersCopy);
                 if (bcache != null && bcache.getRef() <= maxId) {
                     balance[0] = bcache.getBalance();
@@ -1458,6 +1459,14 @@ else if (entry.isDecrease()) {
         return balance;
     }
 
+    public boolean isIgnoreBalanceCache() {
+        return ignoreBalanceCache;
+    }
+
+    public void setIgnoreBalanceCache(boolean ignoreBalanceCache) {
+        this.ignoreBalanceCache = ignoreBalanceCache;
+    }
+
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     // PUBLIC HELPERS 
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------