diff --git a/executorlib/interactive/shared.py b/executorlib/interactive/shared.py
index 3eb79986..7fdc95f9 100644
--- a/executorlib/interactive/shared.py
+++ b/executorlib/interactive/shared.py
@@ -624,13 +624,20 @@ def _execute_task_with_cache(
     os.makedirs(cache_directory, exist_ok=True)
     file_name = os.path.join(cache_directory, task_key + ".h5out")
     if task_key + ".h5out" not in os.listdir(cache_directory):
-        _execute_task(
-            interface=interface,
-            task_dict=task_dict,
-            future_queue=future_queue,
-        )
-        data_dict["output"] = future.result()
-        dump(file_name=file_name, data_dict=data_dict)
+        f = task_dict.pop("future")
+        if f.set_running_or_notify_cancel():
+            try:
+                result = interface.send_and_receive_dict(input_dict=task_dict)
+                data_dict["output"] = result
+                dump(file_name=file_name, data_dict=data_dict)
+                f.set_result(result)
+            except Exception as thread_exception:
+                interface.shutdown(wait=True)
+                future_queue.task_done()
+                f.set_exception(exception=thread_exception)
+                raise thread_exception
+            else:
+                future_queue.task_done()
     else:
         _, result = get_output(file_name=file_name)
         future = task_dict["future"]
diff --git a/tests/test_executor_backend_mpi.py b/tests/test_executor_backend_mpi.py
index 9a002136..4876cbfc 100644
--- a/tests/test_executor_backend_mpi.py
+++ b/tests/test_executor_backend_mpi.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def tearDown(self):
     )
     def test_meta_executor_parallel_cache(self):
         with Executor(
-            max_cores=2,
+            max_workers=2,
             resource_dict={"cores": 2},
             backend="local",
             block_allocation=True,
diff --git a/tests/test_local_executor.py b/tests/test_local_executor.py
index 29c5e72b..a40803cf 100644
--- a/tests/test_local_executor.py
+++ b/tests/test_local_executor.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import importlib.util
 from queue import Queue
 from time import sleep
+import shutil
 import unittest
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -16,6 +17,12 @@
 from executorlib.standalone.interactive.backend import call_funct
 from executorlib.standalone.serialize import cloudpickle_register
 
+try:
+    import h5py
+
+    skip_h5py_test = False
+except ImportError:
+    skip_h5py_test = True
 
 skip_mpi4py_test = importlib.util.find_spec("mpi4py") is None
 
@@ -473,3 +480,45 @@ def test_execute_task_parallel(self):
         )
         self.assertEqual(f.result(), [np.array(4), np.array(4)])
         q.join()
+
+
+class TestFuturePoolCache(unittest.TestCase):
+    def tearDown(self):
+        shutil.rmtree("./cache")
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(
+        skip_h5py_test, "h5py is not installed, so the h5py tests are skipped."
+    )
+    def test_execute_task_cache(self):
+        f = Future()
+        q = Queue()
+        q.put({"fn": calc, "args": (), "kwargs": {"i": 1}, "future": f})
+        q.put({"shutdown": True, "wait": True})
+        cloudpickle_register(ind=1)
+        execute_parallel_tasks(
+            future_queue=q,
+            cores=1,
+            openmpi_oversubscribe=False,
+            spawner=MpiExecSpawner,
+            cache_directory="./cache",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(f.result(), 1)
+        q.join()
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(
+        skip_h5py_test, "h5py is not installed, so the h5py tests are skipped."
+    )
+    def test_execute_task_cache_failed_no_argument(self):
+        f = Future()
+        q = Queue()
+        q.put({"fn": calc_array, "args": (), "kwargs": {}, "future": f})
+        cloudpickle_register(ind=1)
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            execute_parallel_tasks(
+                future_queue=q,
+                cores=1,
+                openmpi_oversubscribe=False,
+                spawner=MpiExecSpawner,
+                cache_directory="./cache",
+            )
+        q.join()