diff --git a/lib/helpers.js b/lib/helpers.js
index 2c8286a..c13629d 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/helpers.js
@@ -107,39 +107,38 @@ function store_cape(rid, userId, profile, cache_details, callback) {
 
 // used by store_images to queue simultaneous requests for identical userId
 // the first request has to be completed until all others are continued
-var currently_running = [];
-// calls back all queued requests that match userId and type
-function callback_for(userId, type, err, hash) {
-  var req_count = 0;
-  for (var i = 0; i < currently_running.length; i++) {
-    var current = currently_running[i];
-    if (current.userid === userId && current.type === type) {
-      req_count++;
-      if (req_count !== 1) {
-        // otherwise this would show up on single/first requests, too
-        logging.debug(current.rid, "queued", type + " request continued");
-      }
-      currently_running.splice(i, 1); // remove from array
-      current.callback(err, hash);
-      i--;
-    }
-  }
-  if (req_count > 1) {
-    logging.debug(req_count + " simultaneous requests for", userId);
+// otherwise we risk running into Mojang's rate limit and deleting the cached skin
+var requests = {
+  skin: {},
+  cape: {}
+};
+
+function push_request(userId, type, fun) {
+  if (!requests[type][userId]) {
+    requests[type][userId] = [];
   }
+  requests[type][userId].push(fun);
 }
 
-// returns true if any object in +arr+ has a +property+ that matches +value+
-//
-//    deep_property_check([{foo: "bar"}, {foo: "baz"}], "foo", "baz");
-//
-function deep_property_check(arr, property, value) {
-  for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
-    if (arr[i][property] === value) {
-      return true;
+// calls back all queued requests that match userId and type
+function resume(userId, type, err, hash) {
+  var callbacks = requests[type][userId];
+  if (callbacks) {
+    if (callbacks.length > 1) {
+      logging.debug(callbacks.length, "simultaneous requests for", userId);
     }
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < callbacks.length; i++) {
+      // continue the request
+      callbacks[i](err, hash);
+      // remove from array
+      callbacks.splice(i, 1);
+      i--;
+    }
+
+    // it's still an empty array
+    delete requests[type][userId];
   }
-  return false;
 }
 
 // downloads the images for +userId+ while checking the cache
@@ -148,14 +147,13 @@ function deep_property_check(arr, property, value) {
 // callback: error, image hash
 function store_images(rid, userId, cache_details, type, callback) {
   var is_uuid = userId.length > 16;
-  var new_hash = {
-    rid: rid,
-    userid: userId,
-    type: type,
-    callback: callback
-  };
-  if (!deep_property_check(currently_running, "userid", userId)) {
-    currently_running.push(new_hash);
+  if (requests[type][userId]) {
+    logging.log(rid, "adding to request queue");
+    push_request(userId, type, callback);
+  } else {
+    // add request to the queue
+    push_request(userId, type, callback);
+
     networking.get_profile(rid, (is_uuid ? userId : null), function(err, profile) {
       if (err || (is_uuid && !profile)) {
         // error or uuid without profile
@@ -163,40 +161,37 @@ function store_images(rid, userId, cache_details, type, callback) {
           // no error, but uuid without profile
           cache.save_hash(rid, userId, null, null, function(cache_err) {
             // we have no profile, so we have neither skin nor cape
-            callback_for(userId, "skin", cache_err, null);
-            callback_for(userId, "cape", cache_err, null);
+            resume(userId, "skin", cache_err, null);
+            resume(userId, "cape", cache_err, null);
           });
         } else {
           // an error occured, not caching. we can try in 60 seconds
-          callback_for(userId, type, err, null);
+          resume(userId, type, err, null);
         }
       } else {
         // no error and we have a profile (if it's a uuid)
         store_skin(rid, userId, profile, cache_details, function(store_err, skin_hash) {
           if (store_err && !skin_hash) {
             // an error occured, not caching. we can try in 60 seconds
-            callback_for(userId, "skin", store_err, null);
+            resume(userId, "skin", store_err, null);
           } else {
             cache.save_hash(rid, userId, skin_hash, undefined, function(cache_err) {
-              callback_for(userId, "skin", (store_err || cache_err), skin_hash);
+              resume(userId, "skin", (store_err || cache_err), skin_hash);
             });
           }
         });
         store_cape(rid, userId, profile, cache_details, function(store_err, cape_hash) {
           if (store_err && !cape_hash) {
             // an error occured, not caching. we can try in 60 seconds
-            callback_for(userId, "cape", (store_err), cape_hash);
+            resume(userId, "cape", (store_err), cape_hash);
           } else {
             cache.save_hash(rid, userId, undefined, cape_hash, function(cache_err) {
-              callback_for(userId, "cape", (store_err || cache_err), cape_hash);
+              resume(userId, "cape", (store_err || cache_err), cape_hash);
             });
           }
         });
       }
     });
-  } else {
-    logging.log(rid, "ID already being processed, adding to queue");
-    currently_running.push(new_hash);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/networking.js b/lib/networking.js
index f0821ea..b1d46f3 100644
--- a/lib/networking.js
+++ b/lib/networking.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ exp.get_from_options = function(rid, url, options, callback) {
     // log url + code + description
     var code = response && response.statusCode;
     if (error) {
-      logging.error(url, error);
+      logging.error(rid, url, error);
     } else {
       var logfunc = code && code < 405 ? logging.log : logging.warn;
       logfunc(rid, url, code, http_code[code]);
diff --git a/lib/response.js b/lib/response.js
index fe4704b..75a6967 100644
--- a/lib/response.js
+++ b/lib/response.js
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ module.exports = function(request, response, result) {
   };
 
   if (result.err) {
-    logging.error(result.err);
-    logging.error(result.err.stack);
+    logging.error(request.id, result.err);
+    logging.error(request.id, result.err.stack);
     result.status = -1;
   }