diff --git a/app/Config/Cache.php b/app/Config/Cache.php
index a3b3bbcf..e5711a35 100644
--- a/app/Config/Cache.php
+++ b/app/Config/Cache.php
@@ -82,6 +82,21 @@ class Cache extends BaseConfig
 	 */
 	public $prefix = '';
 
+	/**
+	 * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	 * Default TTL
+	 * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	 *
+	 * The default number of seconds to save items when none is specified.
+	 *
+	 * WARNING: This is not used by framework handlers where 60 seconds is
+	 * hard-coded, but may be useful to projects and modules. This will replace
+	 * the hard-coded value in a future release.
+	 *
+	 * @var integer
+	 */
+	public $ttl = 60;
+
 	/**
 	 * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	 * File settings
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index cd60baeb..77373025 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 
 // Load our paths config file
 // This is the line that might need to be changed, depending on your folder structure.
-require realpath(FCPATH . '../app/Config/Paths.php') ?: FCPATH . '../app/Config/Paths.php';
+$pathsConfig = FCPATH . '../app/Config/Paths.php';
 // ^^^ Change this if you move your application folder
+require realpath($pathsConfig) ?: $pathsConfig;
 
 $paths = new Config\Paths();
 
diff --git a/spark b/spark
index c4ad645a..f62aeddb 100755
--- a/spark
+++ b/spark
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ if (strpos(PHP_SAPI, 'cgi') === 0)
 define('FCPATH', __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'public' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 
 // Load our paths config file
-require realpath('app/Config/Paths.php') ?: 'app/Config/Paths.php';
+$pathsConfig = 'app/Config/Paths.php';
 // ^^^ Change this line if you move your application folder
+require realpath($pathsConfig) ?: $pathsConfig;
 
 $paths = new Config\Paths();