diff --git a/flight/net/Response.php b/flight/net/Response.php
index 1798de51..362fe5d6 100644
--- a/flight/net/Response.php
+++ b/flight/net/Response.php
@@ -288,13 +288,7 @@ public function cache($expires): self
     {
         if ($expires === false) {
             $this->headers['Expires'] = 'Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT';
-
-            $this->headers['Cache-Control'] = [
-                'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate',
-                'post-check=0, pre-check=0',
-                'max-age=0',
-            ];
-
+            $this->headers['Cache-Control'] = 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0';
             $this->headers['Pragma'] = 'no-cache';
         } else {
             $expires = \is_int($expires) ? $expires : strtotime($expires);
@@ -437,8 +431,13 @@ public function send(): void
             $this->processResponseCallbacks();
         }
 
-        if (headers_sent() === false) {
-            $this->sendHeaders(); // @codeCoverageIgnore
+        if ($this->headersSent() === false) {
+            // If you haven't set a Cache-Control header, we'll assume you don't want caching
+            if ($this->getHeader('Cache-Control') === null) {
+                $this->cache(false);
+            }
+
+            $this->sendHeaders();
         }
 
         echo $this->body;
@@ -446,6 +445,17 @@ public function send(): void
         $this->sent = true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Headers have been sent
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     * @codeCoverageIgnore
+     */
+    public function headersSent(): bool
+    {
+        return headers_sent();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Adds a callback to process the response body before it's sent. These are processed in the order
      * they are added
diff --git a/tests/FlightTest.php b/tests/FlightTest.php
index 5d196d6f..cf0c9f01 100644
--- a/tests/FlightTest.php
+++ b/tests/FlightTest.php
@@ -361,8 +361,7 @@ public function testDoesNotPreserveVarsWhenFlagIsDisabled(
         string $output,
         array $renderParams,
         string $regexp
-    ): void
-    {
+    ): void {
         Flight::view()->preserveVars = false;
 
         $this->expectOutputString($output);
diff --git a/tests/ResponseTest.php b/tests/ResponseTest.php
index a163e7ea..b6462943 100644
--- a/tests/ResponseTest.php
+++ b/tests/ResponseTest.php
@@ -164,11 +164,7 @@ public function testCacheFalseExpiresValue()
         $response->cache(false);
         $this->assertEquals([
             'Expires' => 'Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT',
-            'Cache-Control' => [
-                'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate',
-                'post-check=0, pre-check=0',
-                'max-age=0',
-            ],
+            'Cache-Control' => 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0',
             'Pragma' => 'no-cache'
         ], $response->headers());
     }
@@ -239,6 +235,46 @@ public function setRealHeader(string $header_string, bool $replace = true, int $
         $this->assertTrue($response->sent());
     }
 
+    public function testSendWithNoHeadersSent()
+    {
+        $response = new class extends Response {
+            protected $test_sent_headers = [];
+
+            public function setRealHeader(string $header_string, bool $replace = true, int $response_code = 0): self
+            {
+                $this->test_sent_headers[] = $header_string;
+                return $this;
+            }
+
+            public function getSentHeaders(): array
+            {
+                return $this->test_sent_headers;
+            }
+
+            public function headersSent(): bool
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        };
+        $response->header('Content-Type', 'text/html');
+        $response->header('X-Test', 'test');
+        $response->write('Something');
+
+        $this->expectOutputString('Something');
+
+        $response->send();
+        $sent_headers = $response->getSentHeaders();
+        $this->assertEquals([
+            'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
+            'Content-Type: text/html',
+            'X-Test: test',
+            'Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT',
+            'Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0',
+            'Pragma: no-cache',
+            'Content-Length: 9'
+        ], $sent_headers);
+    }
+
     public function testClearBody()
     {
         $response = new Response();