diff --git a/fanficfare/browsercache/browsercache_simple.py b/fanficfare/browsercache/browsercache_simple.py
index b5b97fb3..d54f7c42 100644
--- a/fanficfare/browsercache/browsercache_simple.py
+++ b/fanficfare/browsercache/browsercache_simple.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ class SimpleCacheException(BrowserCacheException):
 SIMPLE_EOF = struct.Struct('<QLLLL')   # magic_number, flags, crc32, stream_size, padding
 SIMPLE_EOF_SIZE = SIMPLE_EOF.size
 FLAG_HAS_SHA256 = 2
-META_HEADER = struct.Struct('<LLLQQL')
 ENTRY_MAGIC_NUMBER = 0xfcfb6d1ba7725c30
 EOF_MAGIC_NUMBER = 0xf4fa6f45970d41d8
 THE_REAL_INDEX_MAGIC_NUMBER = 0x656e74657220796f
@@ -51,11 +50,6 @@ class SimpleCache(BaseChromiumCache):
         super(SimpleCache,self).__init__(*args, **kargs)
         logger.debug("Using SimpleCache")
 
-        if self.getConfig("browser_cache_simple_header_old",False):
-            logger.warning("browser_cache_simple_header_old:true - Using older META_HEADER definition.")
-            global META_HEADER
-            META_HEADER = struct.Struct('<LLQQL')
-
         # self.scan_cache_keys()
         # 1/0
 
@@ -127,9 +121,9 @@ class SimpleCache(BaseChromiumCache):
                         continue
                     logger.debug("en_fl:%s"%en_fl)
                     (request_time, response_time, header_size) = _read_meta_headers(entry_file)
-                    headers = _read_headers(entry_file,header_size)
                     logger.debug("request_time:  %s (%s)"%(datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(self.make_age(request_time)),request_time))
                     logger.debug("response_time: %s (%s)"%(datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(self.make_age(response_time)),response_time))
+                    headers = _read_headers(entry_file,header_size)
                     logger.debug(headers)
                     ## seen both Location and location
                     location = headers.get('location','')
@@ -229,11 +223,33 @@ def _read_meta_headers(entry_file):
     ## actually know if info_size, flags, and new extra are correct.
     ## We didn't use them before, so this shouldn't hurt anything
 
+    ## Jan 2025
+    ## uint64 orig_response_time added to Simple cache
+    ## presence indicated by bit 2 in extra_flags.
+    ## https://www.gitclear.com/open_repos/chromium/chromium/release/132.0.6825.0
+    ## https://www.gitclear.com/open_repos/chromium/chromium/commits?sha=f5a004e60f7f00dcb0274780d74770d360c0660b&expanded=true#code_file_12568188
+
     # read stream 0 meta header:
-    #   uint32 info_size, uint32 flags, uint32 extra??, uint64 request_time, uint64 response_time, uint32 header_size
+    #   uint32 info_size, uint32 flags, uint32 extra_flags, uint64 request_time, uint64 response_time, uint64 orig_response_time, uint32 header_size
+    PRE_META_HEADER = struct.Struct('<LLL')
+    predata = entry_file.read(PRE_META_HEADER.size)
+    logger.debug(predata)
+    logger.debug(PRE_META_HEADER.unpack(predata))
+    extra_flags = PRE_META_HEADER.unpack(predata)[2]
+    RESPONSE_EXTRA_INFO_HAS_ORIGINAL_RESPONSE_TIME = 1 << 2
+    if ((extra_flags & RESPONSE_EXTRA_INFO_HAS_ORIGINAL_RESPONSE_TIME) != 0):
+        logger.debug("Including ORIGINAL_RESPONSE_TIME")
+        META_HEADER = struct.Struct('<QQQL')
+    else:
+        logger.debug("Excluding ORIGINAL_RESPONSE_TIME")
+        META_HEADER = struct.Struct('<QQL')
+
     data = entry_file.read(META_HEADER.size)
-    # logger.debug(data)
-    (request_time, response_time, header_size) = META_HEADER.unpack(data)[-3:]
+    logger.debug(data)
+    logger.debug(META_HEADER.unpack(data))
+    (request_time, response_time) = META_HEADER.unpack(data)[:2]
+    # not using original_response_time at this time.
+    header_size = META_HEADER.unpack(data)[-1]
     return (request_time, response_time, header_size)
 
 
@@ -244,8 +260,8 @@ def _read_headers(entry_file,header_size):
     # It is a series of null terminated strings, first is status code,e.g., "HTTP/1.1 200"
     # the rest are name:value pairs used to populate the headers dict.
     data = entry_file.read(header_size)
-    # logger.debug("header_size:%s"%header_size)
-    # logger.debug(data)
+    logger.debug("header_size:%s"%header_size)
+    logger.debug(data)
     strings = data.decode('utf-8').split('\0')
     headers = dict([ (y[0].lower(),y[1]) for y in [s.split(':', 1) for s in strings[1:] if ':' in s]])
     return headers
diff --git a/fanficfare/configurable.py b/fanficfare/configurable.py
index a49ddc07..9d616a1f 100644
--- a/fanficfare/configurable.py
+++ b/fanficfare/configurable.py
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ def get_valid_set_options():
                'browser_cache_path':(['defaults'],None,None),
                'use_browser_cache':(None,None,boollist),
                'use_browser_cache_only':(None,None,boollist),
-               'browser_cache_simple_header_old':(None,None,boollist),
                'open_pages_in_browser':(None,None,boollist),
 
                'continue_on_chapter_error':(None,None,boollist),
@@ -525,7 +524,6 @@ def get_valid_keywords():
                  'use_basic_cache',
                  'use_browser_cache',
                  'use_browser_cache_only',
-                 'browser_cache_simple_header_old',
                  'open_pages_in_browser',
                  'use_nsapa_proxy',
                  'nsapa_proxy_address',