diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
index 69bd7523953..393a6db8784 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
@@ -1237,16 +1237,21 @@ void ModelEntityRenderer::doRenderUpdateAsynchronousTyped(const TypedEntityPoint
     render::Transaction transaction;
 
     // Check for removal
-    if (!_hasModel) {
+    bool shouldReloadModelURL = entity->shouldForceReloadModelURL();
+    if (!_hasModel || shouldReloadModelURL) {
         if (model) {
             model->removeFromScene(scene, transaction);
             entity->bumpAncestorChainRenderableVersion();
             emit DependencyManager::get<scriptable::ModelProviderFactory>()->
                 modelRemovedFromScene(entity->getEntityItemID(), NestableType::Entity, model);
             withWriteLock([&] { _model.reset(); });
+            scene->enqueueTransaction(transaction);
         }
         _didLastVisualGeometryRequestSucceed = false;
         setKey(_didLastVisualGeometryRequestSucceed, model);
+        if (shouldReloadModelURL) {
+            emit requestRenderUpdate();
+        }
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp
index 90c521215e9..d87691a3e81 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp
@@ -1329,6 +1329,13 @@ ParabolaToEntityIntersectionResult EntityScriptingInterface::evalParabolaInterse
     return result;
 }
 
+void EntityScriptingInterface::reloadModelURL(const QUuid& entityID) {
+    if (auto entity = checkForTreeEntityAndTypeMatch(entityID, EntityTypes::Model)) {
+        auto modelEntity = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<ModelEntityItem>(entity);
+        modelEntity->forceReloadModelURL();
+    }
+}
+
 bool EntityScriptingInterface::reloadServerScripts(const QUuid& entityID) {
     auto client = DependencyManager::get<EntityScriptClient>();
     return client->reloadServerScript(entityID);
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.h b/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.h
index 5db278f51e9..a36fabd1002 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.h
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.h
@@ -837,10 +837,18 @@ public slots:
             const QScriptValue& entityIdsToInclude = QScriptValue(), const QScriptValue& entityIdsToDiscard = QScriptValue(),
             bool visibleOnly = false, bool collidableOnly = false) const;
 
-    /*@jsdoc
-     * Reloads an entity's server entity script such that the latest version re-downloaded.
+
+    /**jsdoc
+     * Reloads an entity's model URL such that the latest version is re-downloaded.
+     * @function Entities.reloadModelURL
+     * @param {Uuid} entityID - The ID of the entity for which to reload the modelURL.
+     */
+    Q_INVOKABLE void reloadModelURL(const QUuid& entityID);
+
+    /**jsdoc
+     * Reloads an entity's server entity script such that the latest version is re-downloaded.
      * @function Entities.reloadServerScripts
-     * @param {Uuid} entityID - The ID of the entity to reload the server entity script of.
+     * @param {Uuid} entityID - The ID of the entity for which to reload the server entity script.
      * @returns {boolean} <code>true</code> if the reload request was successfully sent to the server, otherwise 
      *     <code>false</code>.
      */
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/ModelEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/ModelEntityItem.cpp
index 321e92b9f0d..8607e37cef3 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/ModelEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/ModelEntityItem.cpp
@@ -754,3 +754,19 @@ bool ModelEntityItem::getUseOriginalPivot() const {
         return _useOriginalPivot;
     });
 }
+
+void ModelEntityItem::forceReloadModelURL() {
+    withWriteLock([&] {
+        _forceReloadModelURL = true;
+        _needsRenderUpdate = true;
+    });
+    somethingChangedNotification();
+}
+
+bool ModelEntityItem::shouldForceReloadModelURL() {
+    return resultWithWriteLock<bool>([&] {
+        bool toReturn = _forceReloadModelURL;
+        _forceReloadModelURL = false; // we also reset this here so we don't need to lock + unlock multiple times
+        return toReturn;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/ModelEntityItem.h b/libraries/entities/src/ModelEntityItem.h
index a00327251c7..fe72619faab 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/ModelEntityItem.h
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/ModelEntityItem.h
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ class ModelEntityItem : public EntityItem {
     bool getUseOriginalPivot() const;
     void setUseOriginalPivot(bool useOriginalPivot);
 
+    void forceReloadModelURL();
+    bool shouldForceReloadModelURL();
+
 private:
     void setAnimationSettings(const QString& value); // only called for old bitstream format
     bool applyNewAnimationProperties(AnimationPropertyGroup newProperties);
@@ -157,6 +160,7 @@ class ModelEntityItem : public EntityItem {
     bool _groupCulled { false };
     QVariantMap _blendshapeCoefficientsMap;
     bool _useOriginalPivot { false };
+    bool _forceReloadModelURL { false };
 
     ThreadSafeValueCache<QString> _compoundShapeURL;
 
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.cpp
index 9c0bb846f76..a76d55b98f1 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <QtScript/QScriptEngine>
 #include <QtNetwork/QNetworkDiskCache>
 
-#include <shared/GlobalAppProperties.h>
 #include <shared/MiniPromises.h>
 
 #include "AssetRequest.h"
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@
 MessageID AssetClient::_currentID = 0;
 
 AssetClient::AssetClient() {
-    _cacheDir = qApp->property(hifi::properties::APP_LOCAL_DATA_PATH).toString();
     setCustomDeleter([](Dependency* dependency){
         static_cast<AssetClient*>(dependency)->deleteLater();
     });
@@ -57,34 +55,6 @@ AssetClient::AssetClient() {
             this, &AssetClient::handleNodeClientConnectionReset);
 }
 
-void AssetClient::initCaching() {
-    Q_ASSERT(QThread::currentThread() == thread());
-
-    // Setup disk cache if not already
-    auto& networkAccessManager = NetworkAccessManager::getInstance();
-    if (!networkAccessManager.cache()) {
-        if (_cacheDir.isEmpty()) {
-#ifdef Q_OS_ANDROID
-            QString cachePath = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::CacheLocation);
-#else
-            QString cachePath = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DataLocation);
-#endif
-            _cacheDir = !cachePath.isEmpty() ? cachePath : "interfaceCache";
-        }
-        QNetworkDiskCache* cache = new QNetworkDiskCache();
-        cache->setMaximumCacheSize(MAXIMUM_CACHE_SIZE);
-        cache->setCacheDirectory(_cacheDir);
-        networkAccessManager.setCache(cache);
-        qInfo() << "ResourceManager disk cache setup at" << _cacheDir
-                 << "(size:" << MAXIMUM_CACHE_SIZE / BYTES_PER_GIGABYTES << "GB)";
-    } else {
-        auto cache = qobject_cast<QNetworkDiskCache*>(networkAccessManager.cache());
-        qInfo() << "ResourceManager disk cache already setup at" << cache->cacheDirectory()
-                << "(size:" << cache->maximumCacheSize() / BYTES_PER_GIGABYTES << "GB)";
-    }
-
-}
-
 namespace {
     const QString& CACHE_ERROR_MESSAGE{ "AssetClient::Error: %1 %2" };
 }
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.h b/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.h
index 1860a1744aa..a12eee0fb1a 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.h
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ class AssetClient : public QObject, public Dependency {
     Q_INVOKABLE AssetUpload* createUpload(const QByteArray& data);
 
 public slots:
-    void initCaching();
-
     void cacheInfoRequest(QObject* reciever, QString slot);
     MiniPromise::Promise cacheInfoRequestAsync(MiniPromise::Promise deferred = nullptr);
     MiniPromise::Promise queryCacheMetaAsync(const QUrl& url, MiniPromise::Promise deferred = nullptr);
@@ -117,8 +115,6 @@ private slots:
     std::unordered_map<SharedNodePointer, std::unordered_map<MessageID, GetInfoCallback>> _pendingInfoRequests;
     std::unordered_map<SharedNodePointer, std::unordered_map<MessageID, UploadResultCallback>> _pendingUploads;
 
-    QString _cacheDir;
-
     friend class AssetRequest;
     friend class AssetUpload;
     friend class MappingRequest;
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.cpp
index d7d14496baf..03fd91128f4 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.cpp
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ bool BaseAssetScriptingInterface::initializeCache() {
         return true; // cache is ready
     }
 
-    // attempt to initialize the cache
-    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(assetClient().data(), "initCaching");
-
     Promise deferred = makePromise("BaseAssetScriptingInterface--queryCacheStatus");
     deferred->then([this](QVariantMap result) {
         _cacheReady = !result.value("cacheDirectory").toString().isEmpty();
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/HTTPResourceRequest.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/HTTPResourceRequest.cpp
index b13b66f7408..51216094737 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/HTTPResourceRequest.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/HTTPResourceRequest.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void HTTPResourceRequest::doSend() {
     networkRequest.setHeader(QNetworkRequest::UserAgentHeader, NetworkingConstants::VIRCADIA_USER_AGENT);
 
     if (_cacheEnabled) {
-        networkRequest.setAttribute(QNetworkRequest::CacheLoadControlAttribute, QNetworkRequest::PreferCache);
+        networkRequest.setAttribute(QNetworkRequest::CacheLoadControlAttribute, QNetworkRequest::PreferNetwork);
     } else {
         networkRequest.setAttribute(QNetworkRequest::CacheLoadControlAttribute, QNetworkRequest::AlwaysNetwork);
     }
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/NetworkAccessManager.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/NetworkAccessManager.cpp
index f73243e6754..0cf1a3bcb9d 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/NetworkAccessManager.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/NetworkAccessManager.cpp
@@ -11,18 +11,42 @@
 
 #include "NetworkAccessManager.h"
 
-#include <QThreadStorage>
-
 #include "AtpReply.h"
+#include "ResourceCache.h"
+
+#include <QStandardPaths>
+#include <QThreadStorage>
 #include <QtNetwork/QNetworkProxy>
+#include <QtNetwork/QNetworkDiskCache>
+
+#include <shared/GlobalAppProperties.h>
 
 QThreadStorage<QNetworkAccessManager*> networkAccessManagers;
 
 QNetworkAccessManager& NetworkAccessManager::getInstance() {
     if (!networkAccessManagers.hasLocalData()) {
-        networkAccessManagers.setLocalData(new QNetworkAccessManager());
+        auto networkAccessManager = new QNetworkAccessManager();
+        // Setup disk cache if not already
+        if (!networkAccessManager->cache()) {
+            QString cacheDir = qApp->property(hifi::properties::APP_LOCAL_DATA_PATH).toString();
+            if (cacheDir.isEmpty()) {
+#ifdef Q_OS_ANDROID
+                QString cachePath = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::CacheLocation);
+#else
+                QString cachePath = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DataLocation);
+#endif
+                cacheDir = !cachePath.isEmpty() ? cachePath : "interfaceCache";
+            }
+            QNetworkDiskCache* cache = new QNetworkDiskCache();
+            cache->setMaximumCacheSize(MAXIMUM_CACHE_SIZE);
+            cache->setCacheDirectory(cacheDir);
+            networkAccessManager->setCache(cache);
+            qInfo() << "NetworkAccessManager disk cache set up at" << cacheDir
+                     << "(size:" << MAXIMUM_CACHE_SIZE / BYTES_PER_GIGABYTES << "GB)";
+        }
+        networkAccessManagers.setLocalData(networkAccessManager);
     }
-    
+
     return *networkAccessManagers.localData();
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.cpp
index f4e4cca482d..44dc277e226 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.cpp
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 
 #include <mutex>
 
-#include <QNetworkDiskCache>
-#include <QStandardPaths>
-#include <QThread>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 
 #include <SharedUtil.h>
@@ -37,7 +34,6 @@ ResourceManager::ResourceManager(bool atpSupportEnabled) : _atpSupportEnabled(at
         assetClient->moveToThread(&_thread);
         QObject::connect(&_thread, &QThread::started, assetClient.data(), [assetClient, name] {
             setThreadName(name.toStdString());
-            assetClient->initCaching();
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/scripts/system/create/edit.js b/scripts/system/create/edit.js
index 614bd5fd597..f87ae11e9dd 100644
--- a/scripts/system/create/edit.js
+++ b/scripts/system/create/edit.js
@@ -2601,6 +2601,12 @@ var PropertiesTool = function (opts) {
                     pushCommandForSelections();
                     selectionManager._update(false, this);
                 }
+            } else if (data.action === "reloadModelURL") {
+                if (selectionManager.hasSelection()) {
+                    for (i = 0; i < selectionManager.selections.length; i++) {
+                        Entities.reloadModelURL(selectionManager.selections[i]);
+                    }
+                }
             } else if (data.action === "reloadClientScripts") {
                 if (selectionManager.hasSelection()) {
                     var timestamp = Date.now();
diff --git a/scripts/system/create/entityProperties/html/js/entityProperties.js b/scripts/system/create/entityProperties/html/js/entityProperties.js
index 65e14d7203e..8b9fa859156 100644
--- a/scripts/system/create/entityProperties/html/js/entityProperties.js
+++ b/scripts/system/create/entityProperties/html/js/entityProperties.js
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ const GROUPS = [
                 type: "string",
                 placeholder: "URL",
                 propertyID: "modelURL",
+                buttons: [ { id: "reload", label: "F", className: "glyph", onClick: reloadModelURL } ],
                 hideIfCertified: true,
             },
             {
@@ -3224,6 +3225,13 @@ function resetToNaturalDimensions() {
     }));
 }
 
+function reloadModelURL() {
+    EventBridge.emitWebEvent(JSON.stringify({
+        type: "action",
+        action: "reloadModelURL"
+    }));
+}
+
 function reloadScripts() {
     EventBridge.emitWebEvent(JSON.stringify({
         type: "action",
diff --git a/tools/atp-client/src/ATPClientApp.cpp b/tools/atp-client/src/ATPClientApp.cpp
index a4b95432577..d530edd4006 100644
--- a/tools/atp-client/src/ATPClientApp.cpp
+++ b/tools/atp-client/src/ATPClientApp.cpp
@@ -197,9 +197,6 @@ ATPClientApp::ATPClientApp(int argc, char* argv[]) :
         accountManager->requestAccessToken(_username, _password);
     }
 
-    auto assetClient = DependencyManager::set<AssetClient>();
-    assetClient->initCaching();
-
     if (_verbose) {
         qDebug() << "domain-server address is" << _domainServerAddress;
     }