diff --git a/backend/cache/cache.go b/backend/cache/cache.go
index 708b41fc8..4bd27deed 100644
--- a/backend/cache/cache.go
+++ b/backend/cache/cache.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/backend/crypt"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs"
+	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/cache"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/config"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/config/configmap"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/config/configstruct"
@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ func NewFs(name, rootPath string, m configmap.Mapper) (fs.Fs, error) {
 			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create cache directory %v", f.opt.TempWritePath)
 		}
 		f.opt.TempWritePath = filepath.ToSlash(f.opt.TempWritePath)
-		f.tempFs, err = fs.NewFs(f.opt.TempWritePath)
+		f.tempFs, err = cache.Get(f.opt.TempWritePath)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create temp fs: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/backend/union/union.go b/backend/union/union.go
index bca6a0b78..8fcd3361d 100644
--- a/backend/union/union.go
+++ b/backend/union/union.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs"
+	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/cache"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/config/configmap"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/config/configstruct"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/hash"
@@ -342,7 +343,7 @@ func NewFs(name, root string, m configmap.Mapper) (fs.Fs, error) {
 		if configName != "local" {
 			rootString = configName + ":" + rootString
 		}
-		myFs, err := fs.NewFs(rootString)
+		myFs, err := cache.Get(rootString)
 		if err != nil {
 			if err == fs.ErrorIsFile {
 				return myFs, err
diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 439c68ef3..ab8ecc5b2 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/accounting"
+	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/cache"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/config/configflags"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/config/flags"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/filter"
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ func NewFsFile(remote string) (fs.Fs, string) {
 		fs.CountError(err)
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to create file system for %q: %v", remote, err)
 	}
-	f, err := fs.NewFs(remote)
+	f, err := cache.Get(remote)
 	switch err {
 	case fs.ErrorIsFile:
 		return f, path.Base(fsPath)
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ func NewFsSrc(args []string) fs.Fs {
 //
 // This must point to a directory
 func newFsDir(remote string) fs.Fs {
-	f, err := fs.NewFs(remote)
+	f, err := cache.Get(remote)
 	if err != nil {
 		fs.CountError(err)
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to create file system for %q: %v", remote, err)
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ func NewFsSrcDstFiles(args []string) (fsrc fs.Fs, srcFileName string, fdst fs.Fs
 			log.Fatalf("%q is a directory", args[1])
 		}
 	}
-	fdst, err := fs.NewFs(dstRemote)
+	fdst, err := cache.Get(dstRemote)
 	switch err {
 	case fs.ErrorIsFile:
 		fs.CountError(err)
diff --git a/fs/sync/sync.go b/fs/sync/sync.go
index 122a03335..2970efa37 100644
--- a/fs/sync/sync.go
+++ b/fs/sync/sync.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/accounting"
+	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/cache"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/filter"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/fserrors"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/hash"
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ func newSyncCopyMove(fdst, fsrc fs.Fs, deleteMode fs.DeleteMode, DoMove bool, de
 	// Make Fs for --backup-dir if required
 	if fs.Config.BackupDir != "" {
 		var err error
-		s.backupDir, err = fs.NewFs(fs.Config.BackupDir)
+		s.backupDir, err = cache.Get(fs.Config.BackupDir)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fserrors.FatalError(errors.Errorf("Failed to make fs for --backup-dir %q: %v", fs.Config.BackupDir, err))
 		}
diff --git a/vfs/cache.go b/vfs/cache.go
index 1bab888fb..d4bdffd4f 100644
--- a/vfs/cache.go
+++ b/vfs/cache.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/djherbis/times"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs"
+	fscache "github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/cache"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/config"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ func newCache(ctx context.Context, f fs.Fs, opt *Options) (*cache, error) {
 	root := filepath.Join(config.CacheDir, "vfs", f.Name(), fRoot)
 	fs.Debugf(nil, "vfs cache root is %q", root)
 
-	f, err := fs.NewFs(root)
+	f, err := fscache.Get(root)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create cache remote")
 	}