diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index f7d3347..200d85b 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ S3method(llm_sentiment,data.frame)
 S3method(llm_summarize,"tbl_Spark SQL")
 S3method(llm_summarize,data.frame)
 S3method(llm_translate,data.frame)
-S3method(m_backend_prompt,mall_defaults)
+S3method(m_backend_prompt,mall_session)
 S3method(m_backend_submit,mall_ollama)
 S3method(m_backend_submit,mall_simulate_llm)
-S3method(print,mall_defaults)
+S3method(print,mall_session)
 export(llm_classify)
 export(llm_custom)
 export(llm_extract)
diff --git a/R/defaults.R b/R/defaults.R
deleted file mode 100644
index b687c5d..0000000
--- a/R/defaults.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-defaults_get <- function() {
-  .env_llm$defaults
-}
-
-defaults_set <- function(...) {
-  new_args <- list(...)
-  for (i in seq_along(new_args)) {
-    nm <- names(new_args[i])
-    .env_llm$defaults[[nm]] <- new_args[[i]]
-  }
-  obj_class <- clean_names(c(
-    .env_llm$defaults[["model"]],
-    .env_llm$defaults[["backend"]],
-    "defaults"
-  ))
-  class(.env_llm$defaults) <- paste0("mall_", obj_class)
-  defaults_get()
-}
-
-#' @export
-print.mall_defaults <- function(x, ...) {
-  cli_inform(glue("{col_green('Provider:')} {x$backend}"))
-  cli_inform(glue("{col_green('Model:')} {x$model}"))
-}
diff --git a/R/llm-use.R b/R/llm-use.R
index ad01c70..025879a 100644
--- a/R/llm-use.R
+++ b/R/llm-use.R
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #' character: `""`. 'It defaults to '_mall_cache'. If this argument is left
 #' `NULL` when calling this function, no changes to the path will be made.
 #'
-#' @returns A `mall_defaults` object
+#' @returns A `mall_session` object
 #'
 #' @export
 llm_use <- function(
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ llm_use <- function(
     .force = FALSE) {
   models <- list()
   supplied <- sum(!is.null(backend), !is.null(model))
-  not_init <- inherits(defaults_get(), "list")
+  not_init <- inherits(m_defaults_get(), "list")
   if (supplied == 2) {
     not_init <- FALSE
   }
@@ -56,21 +56,23 @@ llm_use <- function(
   }
 
   if (.force) {
-    .env_llm$cache <- .cache %||% "_mall_cache"
-    .env_llm$defaults <- list()
+    cache <- .cache %||% "_mall_cache"
+    m_defaults_reset()
   } else {
-    .env_llm$cache <- .cache %||% .env_llm$cache %||% "_mall_cache"
+    cache <- .cache %||% m_defaults_cache() %||% "_mall_cache"
   }
 
-  if (!is.null(backend) && !is.null(model)) {
-    defaults_set(
-      backend = backend,
-      model = model,
-      ...
-    )
-  }
+  backend <- backend %||% m_defaults_backend()
+  model <- model %||% m_defaults_model()
+
+  m_defaults_set(
+    backend = backend,
+    model = model,
+    .cache = cache,
+    ...
+  )
   if (!.silent || not_init) {
-    print(defaults_get())
+    print(m_defaults_get())
   }
-  invisible(defaults_get())
+  invisible(m_defaults_get())
 }
diff --git a/R/m-backend-prompt.R b/R/m-backend-prompt.R
index 1a9599c..8d87fd6 100644
--- a/R/m-backend-prompt.R
+++ b/R/m-backend-prompt.R
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ m_backend_prompt <- function(backend, additional) {
 }
 
 #' @export
-m_backend_prompt.mall_defaults <- function(backend, additional = "") {
+m_backend_prompt.mall_session <- function(backend, additional = "") {
   list(
     sentiment = function(options) {
       options <- process_labels(
diff --git a/R/m-backend-submit.R b/R/m-backend-submit.R
index 7ce10cc..7d23565 100644
--- a/R/m-backend-submit.R
+++ b/R/m-backend-submit.R
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #' Functions to integrate different back-ends
 #'
-#' @param backend An `mall_defaults` object
+#' @param backend An `mall_session` object
 #' @param x The body of the text to be submitted to the LLM
 #' @param prompt The additional information to add to the submission
 #' @param additional Additional text to insert to the `base_prompt`
@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@ m_backend_submit.mall_ollama <- function(backend, x, prompt, preview = FALSE) {
       .args <- c(
         messages = list(map(prompt, \(i) map(i, \(j) glue(j, x = x)))),
         output = "text",
-        backend
+        m_defaults_args(backend)
       )
       res <- NULL
       if (preview) {
-        .args$backend <- NULL
         res <- expr(ollamar::chat(!!!.args))
       }
       if (m_cache_use() && is.null(res)) {
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ m_backend_submit.mall_ollama <- function(backend, x, prompt, preview = FALSE) {
         res <- m_cache_check(hash_args)
       }
       if (is.null(res)) {
-        .args$backend <- NULL
         res <- exec("chat", !!!.args)
         m_cache_record(.args, res, hash_args)
       }
@@ -56,8 +54,7 @@ m_backend_submit.mall_simulate_llm <- function(backend,
                                                prompt,
                                                preview = FALSE) {
   .args <- as.list(environment())
-  args <- backend
-  class(args) <- "list"
+  args <- m_defaults_args(backend)
   if (args$model == "pipe") {
     out <- map_chr(x, \(x) trimws(strsplit(x, "\\|")[[1]][[2]]))
   } else if (args$model == "echo") {
diff --git a/R/m-cache.R b/R/m-cache.R
index 5564208..7a2c64f 100644
--- a/R/m-cache.R
+++ b/R/m-cache.R
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ m_cache_record <- function(.args, .response, hash_args) {
   if (!m_cache_use()) {
     return(invisible())
   }
-  folder_root <- m_cache_folder()
+  folder_root <- m_defaults_cache()
   try(dir_create(folder_root))
   content <- list(
     request = .args,
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ m_cache_record <- function(.args, .response, hash_args) {
 }
 
 m_cache_check <- function(hash_args) {
-  folder_root <- m_cache_folder()
+  folder_root <- m_defaults_cache()
   resp <- suppressWarnings(
     try(read_json(m_cache_file(hash_args)), TRUE)
   )
@@ -28,17 +28,13 @@ m_cache_check <- function(hash_args) {
 }
 
 m_cache_file <- function(hash_args) {
-  folder_root <- m_cache_folder()
+  folder_root <- m_defaults_cache()
   folder_sub <- substr(hash_args, 1, 2)
   path(folder_root, folder_sub, hash_args, ext = "json")
 }
 
-m_cache_folder <- function() {
-  .env_llm$cache
-}
-
 m_cache_use <- function() {
-  folder <- m_cache_folder() %||% ""
+  folder <- m_defaults_cache() %||% ""
   out <- FALSE
   if (folder != "") {
     out <- TRUE
diff --git a/R/m-defaults.R b/R/m-defaults.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0535de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/m-defaults.R
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+m_defaults_set <- function(...) {
+  new_args <- list2(...)
+  defaults <- .env_llm$defaults
+  for (i in seq_along(new_args)) {
+    nm <- names(new_args[i])
+    defaults[[nm]] <- new_args[[i]]
+  }
+  obj_class <- clean_names(c(
+    defaults[["model"]],
+    defaults[["backend"]],
+    "session"
+  ))
+  .env_llm$defaults <- defaults
+  .env_llm$session <- structure(
+    list(
+      name = defaults[["backend"]],
+      args = defaults[names(defaults) != "backend" & names(defaults) != ".cache"],
+      session = list(
+        cache_folder = defaults[[".cache"]]
+      )
+    ),
+    class = paste0("mall_", obj_class)
+  )
+  m_defaults_get()
+}
+
+m_defaults_get <- function() {
+  .env_llm$session
+}
+
+m_defaults_backend <- function() {
+  .env_llm$session$name
+}
+
+m_defaults_model <- function() {
+  .env_llm$session$args$model
+}
+
+m_defaults_cache <- function() {
+  .env_llm$session$session$cache_folder
+}
+
+m_defaults_reset <- function() {
+  .env_llm$defaults <- list()
+  .env_llm$session <- list()
+}
+
+m_defaults_args <- function(x = m_defaults_get()) {
+  x$args
+}
+
+#' @export
+print.mall_session <- function(x, ...) {
+  cli_h3("{col_cyan('mall')} session object")
+  cli_inform(glue("{col_green('Backend:')} {x$name}"))
+  args <- imap(x$args, \(x, y) glue("{col_yellow({paste0(y, ':')})}{x}"))
+  label_argument <- "{col_green('LLM session:')}"
+  if (length(args) == 1) {
+    cli_inform(paste(label_argument, args[[1]]))
+  } else {
+    cli_inform(label_argument)
+    args <- as.character(args)
+    args <- set_names(args, " ")
+    cli_bullets(args)
+  }
+  session <- imap(x$session, \(x, y) glue("{col_yellow({paste0(y, ':')})}{x}"))
+  label_argument <- "{col_green('R session:')}"
+  if (length(session) == 1) {
+    cli_inform(paste(label_argument, session[[1]]))
+  } else {
+    cli_inform(label_argument)
+    session <- as.character(session)
+    session <- set_names(session, " ")
+    cli_bullets(session)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/R/mall.R b/R/mall.R
index eb8b4f8..36e63e8 100644
--- a/R/mall.R
+++ b/R/mall.R
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@
 #' @import cli
 
 .env_llm <- new.env()
-.env_llm$defaults <- list()
-.env_llm$cache <- NULL
+m_defaults_reset()
diff --git a/man/llm_use.Rd b/man/llm_use.Rd
index 0b067e5..e237508 100644
--- a/man/llm_use.Rd
+++ b/man/llm_use.Rd
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ character: \code{""}. 'It defaults to '_mall_cache'. If this argument is left
 R session}
 }
 \value{
-A \code{mall_defaults} object
+A \code{mall_session} object
 }
 \description{
 Allows us to specify the back-end provider, model to use during the current
diff --git a/man/m_backend_submit.Rd b/man/m_backend_submit.Rd
index d91fa93..f64bb69 100644
--- a/man/m_backend_submit.Rd
+++ b/man/m_backend_submit.Rd
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ m_backend_prompt(backend, additional)
 m_backend_submit(backend, x, prompt, preview = FALSE)
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{backend}{An \code{mall_defaults} object}
+\item{backend}{An \code{mall_session} object}
 
 \item{additional}{Additional text to insert to the \code{base_prompt}}
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/zzz-cache.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/zzz-cache.md
index 5cdc9a9..b6d85ca 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/zzz-cache.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/zzz-cache.md
@@ -3,30 +3,30 @@
     Code
       fs::dir_ls("_mall_cache", recurse = TRUE)
     Output
-      _mall_cache/47
-      _mall_cache/47/4719ddcccab04eee3f2355a53cc27219.json
-      _mall_cache/55
-      _mall_cache/55/55616b50a571c2246950e9a2179e3ae0.json
-      _mall_cache/6f
-      _mall_cache/6f/6f5cffa79bde9ec4d56472204d4f49c2.json
-      _mall_cache/71
-      _mall_cache/71/71690a76540d567abe0bf76b8be7b3f0.json
-      _mall_cache/8c
-      _mall_cache/8c/8cc0fb726002ccec0345938877129357.json
-      _mall_cache/8d
-      _mall_cache/8d/8db41f08bc77b48e4387babc74ad3fd3.json
+      _mall_cache/00
+      _mall_cache/00/004088f786ed0f6a3abc08f2aa55ae2b.json
+      _mall_cache/14
+      _mall_cache/14/14afc26cb4f76497b80b5552b2b1e217.json
+      _mall_cache/18
+      _mall_cache/18/18560280fe5b5a85f2d66fa2dc89aa00.json
+      _mall_cache/29
+      _mall_cache/29/296f3116c07dab7f3ecb4a71776e3b64.json
+      _mall_cache/2c
+      _mall_cache/2c/2cbb57fd4a7e7178c489d068db063433.json
+      _mall_cache/44
+      _mall_cache/44/44fd00c39a9697e24e93943ef5f2ad1b.json
+      _mall_cache/57
+      _mall_cache/57/5702ff773afb880c746037a5d8254019.json
+      _mall_cache/65
+      _mall_cache/65/65c76a53ebea14a6695adf433fb2faa6.json
+      _mall_cache/98
+      _mall_cache/98/98a43dc690b06455d6b0a5046db31d84.json
       _mall_cache/9c
-      _mall_cache/9c/9c2d6c1858e9e0e03cfee5411de6e1ca.json
-      _mall_cache/9d
-      _mall_cache/9d/9d859cbfb2855ce7b13c63037ff27351.json
-      _mall_cache/a0
-      _mall_cache/a0/a00cf53bede87a270fb59b2199745037.json
-      _mall_cache/a3
-      _mall_cache/a3/a3bd49c839ea6ca5d4013c1dbe77e65c.json
-      _mall_cache/a5
-      _mall_cache/a5/a597588456064a215c11791442be6587.json
-      _mall_cache/d9
-      _mall_cache/d9/d90e4685e9fd358bccf99751b3eee3e3.json
-      _mall_cache/df
-      _mall_cache/df/dfe963014849a2dbd09171246c45c511.json
+      _mall_cache/9c/9c4ed89921994aa00c712bada91ef941.json
+      _mall_cache/b0
+      _mall_cache/b0/b02d0fab954e183a98787fa897b47d59.json
+      _mall_cache/b7
+      _mall_cache/b7/b7c613386c94b2500b2b733632fedd1a.json
+      _mall_cache/c2
+      _mall_cache/c2/c2e2ca95eaaa64b8926b185d6eeec18f.json
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-llm-use.R b/tests/testthat/test-llm-use.R
index f630cac..445768c 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-llm-use.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-llm-use.R
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ test_that("Ollama not found error", {
       x
     }
   )
-  .env_llm$defaults <- list()
+  m_defaults_reset()
   expect_error(llm_use())
 })
 
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ test_that("Init code is covered", {
     list_models = function() data.frame(name = c("model1", "model2")),
     menu = function(...) 1
   )
-  .env_llm$defaults <- list()
+  m_defaults_reset()
   expect_message(llm_use())
 })