diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4321c19..afe2af8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1.3.35: May 19, 2008
+ * Potential fix for bug where caching of Notebook objects can cause
+   read-write notebooks to display as read-only.
+
 1.3.34: May 19, 2008
  * Improved performance of searching multiple notebooks.
 
diff --git a/controller/Database.py b/controller/Database.py
index be958f1..e83c8a6 100644
--- a/controller/Database.py
+++ b/controller/Database.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import psycopg2 as psycopg
 from psycopg2.pool import PersistentConnectionPool
 import random
 from model.Persistent import Persistent
+from model.Notebook import Notebook
 
 
 class Connection_wrapper( object ):
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ class Database( object ):
   ID_BITS = 128 # number of bits within an id
   ID_DIGITS = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
 
+  # caching Notebooks causes problems because different users have different read_write/owner values
+  CLASSES_NOT_TO_CACHE = ( Notebook, )
+
   def __init__( self, connection = None, cache = None, host = None, ssl_mode = None ):
     """
     Create a new database and return it.
@@ -103,7 +107,10 @@ class Database( object ):
     else:
       cursor.execute( obj.sql_create() )
 
-    cache = self.__get_cache_connection()
+    if isinstance( obj, self.CLASSES_NOT_TO_CACHE ):
+      cache = None
+    else:
+      cache = self.__get_cache_connection()
 
     if commit:
       connection.commit()
@@ -145,10 +152,10 @@ class Database( object ):
     @rtype: Object_type or NoneType
     @return: loaded object, or None if no match
     """
-    if revision is None:
-      cache = self.__get_cache_connection()
-    else:
+    if revision or Object_type in self.CLASSES_NOT_TO_CACHE:
       cache = None
+    else:
+      cache = self.__get_cache_connection()
 
     if cache: # don't bother caching old revisions
       obj = cache.get( Persistent.make_cache_key( Object_type, object_id ) )
@@ -175,10 +182,10 @@ class Database( object ):
     @rtype: Object_type or NoneType
     @return: loaded object, or None if no match
     """
-    if use_cache:
-      cache = self.__get_cache_connection()
-    else:
+    if not use_cache or Object_type in self.CLASSES_NOT_TO_CACHE:
       cache = None
+    else:
+      cache = self.__get_cache_connection()
 
     if cache:
       cache_key = sha.new( sql_command ).hexdigest()