diff --git a/offloading-cacher/cache.hpp b/offloading-cacher/cache.hpp
index c96c468..2980a28 100644
--- a/offloading-cacher/cache.hpp
+++ b/offloading-cacher/cache.hpp
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ namespace dsacache {
 
     constexpr uint64_t FLAG_WAIT_WEAK = 0b1ULL << 63;
     constexpr uint64_t FLAG_HANDLE_PF = 0b1ULL << 62;
+    constexpr uint64_t FLAG_ACCESS_WEAK = 0b1ULL << 61;
+    constexpr uint64_t FLAG_DEFAULT = 0ULL;
 
     class Cache;
 
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@ namespace dsacache {
         uint8_t* GetSource() const { return src_; }
         int32_t GetRefCount() const { return active_->load(); }
         void SetTaskHandlerAndCache(uint8_t* cache, dml_handler* handler);
+        void SetCacheToSource() { cache_->store(src_); delete_ = false; }
 
         // initializes the class after which it is thread safe
         // but may only be destroyed safely after setting handlers
@@ -277,8 +280,13 @@ namespace dsacache {
         // only after this is it safe to use in a threaded environment
         void Init(CachePolicy* cache_policy_function, CopyPolicy* copy_policy_function);
 
-        // function to perform data access through the cache
-        std::unique_ptr<CacheData> Access(uint8_t* data, const size_t size);
+        // function to perform data access through the cache, behaviour depends
+        // on flags, by default will also perform prefetch, otherwise with
+        // FLAG_ACCESS_WEAK set will not perform prefetch and instead return
+        // a cache entry with the data source as cache location on cache miss,
+        // this flag must be set for each invocation, the flags set for the
+        // entire cache will not be evaluated for this
+        std::unique_ptr<CacheData> Access(uint8_t* data, const size_t size, const uint64_t flags = FLAG_DEFAULT);
 
         // flushes the cache of inactive entries
         // if node is -1 then the whole cache is
@@ -334,7 +342,7 @@ inline void dsacache::Cache::Init(CachePolicy* cache_policy_function, CopyPolicy
     }
 }
 
-inline std::unique_ptr<dsacache::CacheData> dsacache::Cache::Access(uint8_t* data, const size_t size) {
+inline std::unique_ptr<dsacache::CacheData> dsacache::Cache::Access(uint8_t* data, const size_t size, const uint64_t flags) {
     // get destination numa node for the cache
 
     int dst_node = -1;
@@ -342,10 +350,6 @@ inline std::unique_ptr<dsacache::CacheData> dsacache::Cache::Access(uint8_t* dat
 
     GetCacheNode(data, size, &dst_node, &src_node);
 
-    // TODO: at this point it could be beneficial to check whether
-    // TODO: the given destination node is present as an entry
-    // TODO: in the cache state to see if it is valid
-
     // check whether the data is already cached
 
     std::unique_ptr<CacheData> task = GetFromCache(data, size, dst_node);
@@ -360,6 +364,22 @@ inline std::unique_ptr<dsacache::CacheData> dsacache::Cache::Access(uint8_t* dat
     task = std::make_unique<CacheData>(data, size);
     task->SetFlags(flags_);
 
+    // when the ACCESS_WEAK flag is set for the flags parameter (!)
+    // and we have reached this point, there was no cache entry
+    // present for the requested data and therefore we abort
+    // but to keep validity, we return the previously created
+    // CacheData struct, setting the cache variable to the
+    // data source location
+
+    if (CheckFlag(flags, FLAG_ACCESS_WEAK)) {
+        std::cerr << "[!] CacheAccess with WEAK set encountered miss!" << std::endl;
+        task->SetCacheToSource();
+        return std::move(task);
+    }
+
+    // the following operation adds the task to the cache state
+    // which requires unique locking of the current nodes entry
+
     {
         LockedNodeCacheState* local_cache_state = cache_state_[dst_node];