diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index aa694e28..6079d79f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Enhancements:
  - Respond with a permission denied on attempt to access map tiles waiving
    signature of someone who had not left any (#170)
 
+Bug fixes:
+
+ - Do not cache map creation responses (#176)
+
 1.8.4 -- 2014-03-03
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
index 349f3189..ad51767e 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ var CartodbWindshaft = function(serverOptions) {
         callback(err, req);
     }
 
+    // This is for Templated maps
+    //
+    // "named" is the official, "template" is for backward compatibility up to 1.6.x
+    //
+    var template_baseurl = global.environment.base_url_templated || '(?:/maps/named|/tiles/template)';
+
     serverOptions.signedMaps = new SignedMaps(redisPool);
     var templateMapsOpts = {
       max_user_templates: global.environment.maxUserTemplates
@@ -58,6 +64,13 @@ var CartodbWindshaft = function(serverOptions) {
     }
 
     var ws_sendResponse = ws.sendResponse;
+    // Routes used to create maps with GET,
+    // for which we don't want to request any caching.
+    // POST requests are never cached
+    var mapCreateRoutesGET = [
+      serverOptions.base_url_mapconfig,
+      template_baseurl + '/:template_id/jsonp'
+    ];
     ws.sendResponse = function(res, args) {
       var that = this;
       var thatArgs = arguments;
@@ -85,9 +98,18 @@ var CartodbWindshaft = function(serverOptions) {
             // unsuccessful responses
             return false;
           }
+          if ( _.contains(mapCreateRoutesGET, req.route.path) ) {
+            // We do not want to cache
+            // map creation responses
+            // See https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/issues/176
+//console.log("Skipping cache channel in route:\n" + req.route.path);
+            return false;
+          }
+//console.log("Adding cache channel to route\n" + req.route.path + " not matching any in:\n" + mapCreateRoutes.join("\n"));
           serverOptions.addCacheChannel(that, req, this);
         },
         function sendResponse(err, added) {
+          if ( err ) console.log(err + err.stack);
           ws_sendResponse.apply(that, thatArgs);
         }
       );
@@ -170,12 +192,6 @@ var CartodbWindshaft = function(serverOptions) {
         return serverOptions.userByReq(req);
     }
 
-    // This is for Templated maps
-    //
-    // "named" is the official, "template" is for backward compatibility up to 1.6.x
-    //
-    var template_baseurl = global.environment.base_url_templated || '(?:/maps/named|/tiles/template)';
-
     // Add a template
     ws.post(template_baseurl, function(req, res) {
       ws.doCORS(res);
diff --git a/test/acceptance/multilayer.js b/test/acceptance/multilayer.js
index 7236e6a1..afc5c622 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/multilayer.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/multilayer.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var strftime    = require('strftime');
 var SQLAPIEmu   = require(__dirname + '/../support/SQLAPIEmu.js');
 var redis_stats_db = 5;
 
-require(__dirname + '/../support/test_helper');
+var helper = require(__dirname + '/../support/test_helper');
 
 var windshaft_fixtures = __dirname + '/../../node_modules/windshaft/test/fixtures';
 
@@ -20,14 +20,6 @@ serverOptions = ServerOptions();
 var server = new CartodbWindshaft(serverOptions);
 server.setMaxListeners(0);
 
-// Check that the response headers do not request caching
-// Throws on failure
-function checkNoCache(res) {
-  assert.ok(!res.headers.hasOwnProperty('x-cache-channel'));
-  assert.ok(!res.headers.hasOwnProperty('cache-control')); // is this correct ?
-  assert.ok(!res.headers.hasOwnProperty('last-modified')); // is this correct ?
-}
-
 suite('multilayer', function() {
 
     var redis_client = redis.createClient(global.environment.redis.port);
@@ -200,6 +192,59 @@ suite('multilayer', function() {
       );
     });
 
+    // See https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/issues/176
+    // NOTE: another test like this is in templates.js
+    test("get creation requests no cache", function(done) {
+
+      var layergroup =  {
+        version: '1.0.0',
+        layers: [
+           { options: {
+               sql: 'select cartodb_id, ST_Translate(the_geom_webmercator, 5e6, 0) as the_geom_webmercator from test_table limit 2',
+               cartocss: '#layer { marker-fill:red; marker-width:32; marker-allow-overlap:true; }', 
+               cartocss_version: '2.0.1'
+             } }
+        ]
+      };
+
+      var expected_token; 
+      Step(
+        function do_create_get()
+        {
+          var next = this;
+          assert.response(server, {
+              url: '/tiles/layergroup?config=' + encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(layergroup)),
+              method: 'GET',
+              headers: {host: 'localhost'} 
+          }, {}, function(res, err) { next(err, res); });
+        },
+        function do_check_create(err, res) {
+          if ( err ) throw err;
+          assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200, res.body);
+          var parsedBody = JSON.parse(res.body);
+          expected_token = parsedBody.layergroupid.split(':')[0];
+          helper.checkNoCache(res);
+          return null;
+        },
+        function finish(err) {
+          var errors = [];
+          if ( err ) {
+            errors.push(err.message);
+            console.log("Error: " + err);
+          }
+          redis_client.keys("map_cfg|" + expected_token, function(err, matches) {
+              if ( err ) errors.push(err.message);
+              assert.equal(matches.length, 1, "Missing expected token " + expected_token + " from redis: " + matches);
+              redis_client.del(matches, function(err) {
+                if ( err ) errors.push(err.message);
+                if ( errors.length ) done(new Error(errors));
+                else done(null);
+              });
+          });
+        }
+      );
+    });
+
 
     test("layergroup can hold substitution tokens", function(done) {
 
@@ -515,7 +560,7 @@ suite('multilayer', function() {
           var parsed = JSON.parse(res.body);
           var msg = parsed.errors[0];
           assert.ok(msg.match(/bogus.*exist/), msg);
-          checkNoCache(res);
+          helper.checkNoCache(res);
           done();
       });
     });
diff --git a/test/acceptance/templates.js b/test/acceptance/templates.js
index 563f5330..37754b76 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/templates.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/templates.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 var assert      = require('../support/assert');
-var tests       = module.exports = {};
 var _           = require('underscore');
 var redis       = require('redis');
 var querystring = require('querystring');
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ var redis_stats_db = 5;
 process.env['PGPORT'] = '666';
 process.env['PGHOST'] = 'fake';
 
-require(__dirname + '/../support/test_helper');
+var helper = require(__dirname + '/../support/test_helper');
 
 var windshaft_fixtures = __dirname + '/../../node_modules/windshaft/test/fixtures';
 
@@ -1445,6 +1444,7 @@ suite('template_api', function() {
               headers: {host: 'localhost', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
               data: JSON.stringify(template_params)
           }
+          helper.checkNoCache(res);
           var next = this;
           assert.response(server, post_request, {},
             function(res) { next(null, res); });
@@ -1516,13 +1516,16 @@ suite('template_api', function() {
           assert.response(server, post_request, {},
             function(res) { next(null, res); });
         },
-        function instanciateAuth(err, res)
+        function checkInstanciation(err, res)
         {
           if ( err ) throw err;
-          assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200,
-            'Unexpected success instanciating template with no auth: '
-            + res.statusCode + ': ' + res.body);
-          done();
+          assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200, res.statusCode + ': ' + res.body);
+          // See https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/issues/176
+          helper.checkNoCache(res);
+          return null;
+        },
+        function finish(err) {
+          done(err);
         }
       );
     });
@@ -1587,12 +1590,12 @@ suite('template_api', function() {
           assert.response(server, post_request, {},
             function(res) { next(null, res); });
         },
-        function instanciateAuth(err, res)
+        function checkInstanciation(err, res)
         {
           if ( err ) throw err;
-          assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200,
-            'Unexpected success instanciating template with no auth: '
-            + res.statusCode + ': ' + res.body);
+          assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200, res.statusCode + ': ' + res.body);
+          // See https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/issues/176
+          helper.checkNoCache(res);
           return null;
         },
         function finish(err) {
diff --git a/test/support/test_helper.js b/test/support/test_helper.js
index 89873c6b..1e7f86ce 100644
--- a/test/support/test_helper.js
+++ b/test/support/test_helper.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 var _ = require('underscore');
+var assert = require('assert');
 var LZMA  = require('lzma/lzma_worker.js').LZMA;
 
 // set environment specific variables
@@ -29,7 +30,17 @@ function lzma_compress_to_base64(payload, mode, callback) {
   );
 }
 
-module.exports = {
-  lzma_compress_to_base64: lzma_compress_to_base64
+// Check that the response headers do not request caching
+// Throws on failure
+function checkNoCache(res) {
+  assert.ok(!res.headers.hasOwnProperty('x-cache-channel'));
+  assert.ok(!res.headers.hasOwnProperty('cache-control')); // is this correct ?
+  assert.ok(!res.headers.hasOwnProperty('last-modified')); // is this correct ?
+}
+
+
+module.exports = {
+  lzma_compress_to_base64: lzma_compress_to_base64,
+  checkNoCache: checkNoCache
 }