diff --git a/src/fastapi_redis_cache/cache.py b/src/fastapi_redis_cache/cache.py
index 5257a14..7fc84bb 100644
--- a/src/fastapi_redis_cache/cache.py
+++ b/src/fastapi_redis_cache/cache.py
@@ -19,16 +19,18 @@
 )
 
 
-def cache(*, expire: Union[int, timedelta] = ONE_YEAR_IN_SECONDS):
+def cache(*, expire: Union[int, timedelta] = ONE_YEAR_IN_SECONDS, fastapi_route: bool = True):
     """Enable caching behavior for the decorated function.
 
     Args:
         expire (Union[int, timedelta], optional): The number of seconds
             from now when the cached response should expire. Defaults to 31,536,000
             seconds (i.e., the number of seconds in one year).
+        fastapi_route (bool): True if this is caching a FastAPI route function or
+            False if caching a standard Python function.
     """
 
-    def outer_wrapper(func):
+    def fastapi_route_wrapper(func):
         @wraps(func)
         async def inner_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
             """Return cached value if one exists, otherwise evaluate the wrapped function and cache the result."""
@@ -80,7 +82,54 @@ async def inner_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
 
         return inner_wrapper
 
-    return outer_wrapper
+    def standard_wrapper(func):
+        @wraps(func)
+        async def inner_wrapper_async(*args, **kwargs):
+            """Return cached value if one exists, otherwise evaluate the wrapped function and cache the result."""
+
+            func_kwargs = kwargs.copy()
+            redis_cache = FastApiRedisCache()
+            if redis_cache.not_connected:
+                # if the redis client is not connected or request is not cacheable, no caching behavior is performed.
+                return await func(*args, **kwargs)
+            key = redis_cache.get_cache_key(func, *args, **kwargs)
+            ttl, in_cache = redis_cache.check_cache(key)
+            if in_cache:
+                return deserialize_json(in_cache)
+
+            response_data = await func(*args, **kwargs)
+            ttl = calculate_ttl(expire)
+            redis_cache.add_to_cache(key, response_data, ttl)
+            return response_data
+
+        @wraps(func)
+        def inner_wrapper_sync(*args, **kwargs):
+            """Return cached value if one exists, otherwise evaluate the wrapped function and cache the result."""
+
+            func_kwargs = kwargs.copy()
+            redis_cache = FastApiRedisCache()
+            if redis_cache.not_connected:
+                # if the redis client is not connected or request is not cacheable, no caching behavior is performed.
+                return func(*args, **kwargs)
+            key = redis_cache.get_cache_key(func, *args, **kwargs)
+            ttl, in_cache = redis_cache.check_cache(key)
+            if in_cache:
+                return deserialize_json(in_cache)
+
+            response_data = func(*args, **kwargs)
+            ttl = calculate_ttl(expire)
+            redis_cache.add_to_cache(key, response_data, ttl)
+            return response_data
+
+        if asyncio.iscoroutinefunction(func):
+            return inner_wrapper_async
+        else:
+            return inner_wrapper_sync
+
+    if fastapi_route:
+        return fastapi_route_wrapper
+    else:
+        return standard_wrapper
 
 
 async def get_api_response_async(func, *args, **kwargs):