diff --git a/packages/kurt-cache/spec/KurtCache.spec.ts b/packages/kurt-cache/spec/KurtCache.spec.ts
index 79e55e9..8d7eb9c 100644
--- a/packages/kurt-cache/spec/KurtCache.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/kurt-cache/spec/KurtCache.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { describe, test, expect } from "@jest/globals"
-import { existsSync, readFileSync, readdirSync, rmdirSync } from "node:fs"
+import {
+  existsSync,
+  readFileSync,
+  readdirSync,
+  rmSync,
+  rmdirSync,
+} from "node:fs"
 import { randomBytes } from "node:crypto"
 import {
   Kurt,
@@ -18,10 +24,52 @@ import { KurtCache } from "../src"
 import { zodToJsonSchema } from "zod-to-json-schema"
 import type { NonEmptyTuple } from "type-fest"
 
+// Define the cache directories that will be used by this test.
 const cacheDir = `${__dirname}/../.kurt-cache/test`
 const cacheDirRetain = `${cacheDir}-retain`
 
+// A convenience function to make the test cases succinct one-liners.
+const gen = async (kurt: Kurt, prompt: string) =>
+  (await kurt.generateNaturalLanguage({ prompt }).result).text
+
 describe("KurtCache", () => {
+  test("when cache misses, runs the adapter setup fn just once", async () => {
+    // Remove the cache dir first, to demonstrate that the cache dir will be
+    // automatically created by the KurtCache adapter.
+    if (existsSync(cacheDir)) rmdirSync(cacheDir, { recursive: true })
+
+    // Use a random string to ensure an initial cache miss for this test run.
+    const random = randomBytes(8).toString("hex")
+
+    // Use the cache adapter configured appropriately to find the cache entry.
+    let adapterFnCallCount = 0
+    const kurt = new Kurt(
+      new KurtCache(cacheDir, "stub", () => {
+        adapterFnCallCount++
+        return new StubAdapter([
+          ["World ", random],
+          ["bar ", random],
+          ["never ", random],
+        ])
+      })
+    )
+
+    // Expect the canned responses from the stub adapter to be returned,
+    // with cache misses on the first call for each prompt, but with
+    // cache hits on subsequent calls using a prior prompt.
+    expect(await gen(kurt, `Hello ${random}`)).toEqual(`World ${random}`)
+    expect(await gen(kurt, `foo ${random}`)).toEqual(`bar ${random}`)
+    expect(await gen(kurt, `Hello ${random}`)).toEqual(`World ${random}`)
+    expect(await gen(kurt, `foo ${random}`)).toEqual(`bar ${random}`)
+    expect(await gen(kurt, `foo ${random}`)).toEqual(`bar ${random}`)
+
+    // Expect that the adapter setup function was called just once.
+    expect(adapterFnCallCount).toEqual(1)
+
+    // Expect that the cache dir contains exactly two files.
+    expect(readdirSync(cacheDir)).toHaveLength(2)
+  })
+
   test("when cache hits, works without running the adapter fn", async () => {
     // We compare with a hard-coded hash here to test that the hash function is
     // stable/deterministic across library versions of KurtCache.
@@ -31,10 +79,11 @@ describe("KurtCache", () => {
     // change for users of KurtCache who rely on it for their test suites.
     const hash =
       "ad557ba1818e8013f9e2fbc9598c034e263c96c5fe7edd491e75be8ce450f5c9"
+    const filePath = `${cacheDirRetain}/stub-${hash}.yaml`
 
     // Assert that the cache file entry already exists (it has been
     // committed into the repo and retained there)
-    const cached = readFileSync(`${cacheDirRetain}/stub-${hash}.yaml`, "utf8")
+    const cached = readFileSync(filePath, "utf8")
     expect(cached).toContain("text: This was cached on disk")
 
     // Use the cache adapter configured appropriately to find the cache entry.
@@ -42,65 +91,28 @@ describe("KurtCache", () => {
     const kurt = new Kurt(
       new KurtCache(cacheDirRetain, "stub", () => {
         adapterFnCallCount++
-        // If you need to replace the cache entry, comment out the below error,
-        // and un-comment the line below it that sets up the stub adapter.
-        throw new Error("This should not be called")
-        // return new StubAdapter([["This was cached", " on disk"]])
+        return new StubAdapter([["This was cached", " on disk"]])
       })
     )
 
     // Expect the cache hit to return the result text from the file.
-    const stream = kurt.generateNaturalLanguage({ prompt: "Was this cached?" })
-    expect((await stream.result).text).toEqual("This was cached on disk")
+    expect(await gen(kurt, "Was this cached?")).toEqual(
+      "This was cached on disk"
+    )
 
     // Expect that the adapter setup function was never called.
     expect(adapterFnCallCount).toEqual(0)
 
     // Expect that the cache file entry was not modified.
-    expect(readFileSync(`${cacheDirRetain}/stub-${hash}.yaml`, "utf8")).toEqual(
-      cached
-    )
-  })
-
-  test("when cache misses, runs the adapter setup fn just once", async () => {
-    // Remove the cache dir first, to demonstrate that the cache dir will be
-    // automatically created by the KurtCache adapter.
-    if (existsSync(cacheDir)) rmdirSync(cacheDir, { recursive: true })
+    expect(readFileSync(filePath, "utf8")).toEqual(cached)
 
-    // Use a random string to ensure an initial cache miss for this test run.
-    const random = randomBytes(8).toString("hex")
-
-    // Use the cache adapter configured appropriately to find the cache entry.
-    let adapterFnCallCount = 0
-    const kurt = new Kurt(
-      new KurtCache(cacheDir, "stub", () => {
-        adapterFnCallCount++
-        return new StubAdapter([
-          ["World ", random],
-          ["bar ", random],
-          ["never ", random],
-        ])
-      })
+    // Delete the cache file and prove that it regenerates exactly the same.
+    rmSync(filePath)
+    expect(await gen(kurt, "Was this cached?")).toEqual(
+      "This was cached on disk"
     )
-
-    // A convenience function to make the test cases succinct one-liners.
-    const gen = async (prompt: string) =>
-      (await kurt.generateNaturalLanguage({ prompt }).result).text
-
-    // Expect the canned responses from the stub adapter to be returned,
-    // with cache misses on the first call for each prompt, but with
-    // cache hits on subsequent calls using a prior prompt.
-    expect(await gen(`Hello ${random}`)).toEqual(`World ${random}`)
-    expect(await gen(`foo ${random}`)).toEqual(`bar ${random}`)
-    expect(await gen(`Hello ${random}`)).toEqual(`World ${random}`)
-    expect(await gen(`foo ${random}`)).toEqual(`bar ${random}`)
-    expect(await gen(`foo ${random}`)).toEqual(`bar ${random}`)
-
-    // Expect that the adapter setup function was called just once.
     expect(adapterFnCallCount).toEqual(1)
-
-    // Expect that the cache dir contains exactly two files.
-    expect(readdirSync(cacheDir)).toHaveLength(2)
+    expect(readFileSync(filePath, "utf8")).toEqual(cached)
   })
 })