diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7d256f42..ee451d20 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -43,3 +43,9 @@ If you need to rebuild the container for any reason (e.g. a change in `Dockerfil
 ## PHPStan
 
 Use `composer phpstan` to run our phpstan suite.
+
+## PhpStorm
+
+Create `.env` with `PROJECT_PATH=/full/path/to/this/directory`. Configure a Docker-based interpreter for tests (with exec, not run).
+
+If you want to use XDebug, use `composer docker-rebuild-with-xdebug`.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 699504fe..2d7a6e9f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ services:
             dynamodb:
                 condition: service_healthy
         volumes:
-            - .:$PWD:cached
-        working_dir: $PWD
+            - .:${PROJECT_PATH:-$PWD}:cached
+        working_dir: ${PROJECT_PATH:-$PWD}
         environment:
             DOCKER: 1
             DB_PASSWORD: password
diff --git a/tests/GlobalCacheTest.php b/tests/GlobalCacheTest.php
index 72ba5ebd..7972bbb2 100644
--- a/tests/GlobalCacheTest.php
+++ b/tests/GlobalCacheTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ use Stancl\Tenancy\Listeners\BootstrapTenancy;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Listeners\RevertToCentralContext;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Bootstrappers\CacheTagsBootstrapper;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\Bootstrappers\CacheTenancyBootstrapper;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Bootstrappers\DatabaseCacheBootstrapper;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Bootstrappers\DatabaseTenancyBootstrapper;
+
+use function Stancl\Tenancy\Tests\withCacheTables;
+use function Stancl\Tenancy\Tests\withTenantDatabases;
 
 beforeEach(function () {
     config([
@@ -20,25 +25,27 @@ beforeEach(function () {
 
     Event::listen(TenancyInitialized::class, BootstrapTenancy::class);
     Event::listen(TenancyEnded::class, RevertToCentralContext::class);
+
+    withCacheTables();
 });
 
 test('global cache manager stores data in global cache', function (string $bootstrapper) {
     config(['tenancy.bootstrappers' => [$bootstrapper]]);
 
     expect(cache('foo'))->toBe(null);
-    GlobalCache::put(['foo' => 'bar'], 1);
+    GlobalCache::put('foo', 'bar');
     expect(GlobalCache::get('foo'))->toBe('bar');
 
     $tenant1 = Tenant::create();
     tenancy()->initialize($tenant1);
     expect(GlobalCache::get('foo'))->toBe('bar');
 
-    GlobalCache::put(['abc' => 'xyz'], 1);
+    GlobalCache::put('abc', 'xyz');
     cache(['def' => 'ghi'], 10);
     expect(cache('def'))->toBe('ghi');
 
     // different stores, same underlying connection. the prefix is set ON THE STORE
-    expect(cache()->store()->getStore() === GlobalCache::store()->getStore())->toBeFalse();
+    expect(cache()->store()->getStore() !== GlobalCache::store()->getStore())->toBeTrue();
     expect(cache()->store()->getStore()->connection() === GlobalCache::store()->getStore()->connection())->toBeTrue();
 
     tenancy()->end();
@@ -61,6 +68,80 @@ test('global cache manager stores data in global cache', function (string $boots
     CacheTenancyBootstrapper::class,
 ]);
 
+test('global cache is always central', function (string $store, array $bootstrappers, string $initialCentralCall) {
+    config([
+        'cache.default' => $store,
+        'tenancy.bootstrappers' => $bootstrappers,
+    ]);
+
+    if ($store === 'database') {
+        withTenantDatabases(true);
+    }
+
+    // todo@samuel maybe add assertions about the DB connection used by:
+    // 1. global_cache()->store()->getStore()->getConnection()->getName()
+    // 2. cache()->store()->getStore()->getConnection()->getName()
+    // 3. GlobalCache::store()->getStore()->getConnection()->getName()
+    // and possibly Redis as well (after we integrate these data sets into the other tests here)
+
+    if ($initialCentralCall === 'helper') {
+        global_cache()->put('central-helper', true);
+    } else if ($initialCentralCall === 'facade') {
+        GlobalCache::put('central-facade', true);
+    } else if ($initialCentralCall === 'both') {
+        global_cache()->put('central-helper', true);
+        GlobalCache::put('central-facade', true);
+    }
+
+    $tenant = Tenant::create();
+    $tenant->enter();
+
+    // Here we use both the helper and the facade to ensure the value is accessible via either one
+    if ($initialCentralCall === 'helper') {
+        expect(global_cache('central-helper'))->toBe(true);
+        expect(GlobalCache::get('central-helper'))->toBe(true);
+    } else if ($initialCentralCall === 'facade') {
+        expect(global_cache('central-facade'))->toBe(true);
+        expect(GlobalCache::get('central-facade'))->toBe(true);
+    } else if ($initialCentralCall === 'both') {
+        expect(global_cache('central-helper'))->toBe(true);
+        expect(GlobalCache::get('central-helper'))->toBe(true);
+        expect(global_cache('central-facade'))->toBe(true);
+        expect(GlobalCache::get('central-facade'))->toBe(true);
+    }
+
+    global_cache()->put('tenant-helper', true);
+    GlobalCache::put('tenant-facade', true);
+
+    tenancy()->end();
+
+    expect(global_cache('tenant-helper'))->toBe(true);
+    expect(GlobalCache::get('tenant-helper'))->toBe(true);
+    expect(global_cache('tenant-facade'))->toBe(true);
+    expect(GlobalCache::get('tenant-facade'))->toBe(true);
+
+    if ($initialCentralCall === 'helper') {
+        expect(GlobalCache::get('central-helper'))->toBe(true);
+    } else if ($initialCentralCall === 'facade') {
+        expect(global_cache('central-facade'))->toBe(true);
+    } else if ($initialCentralCall === 'both') {
+        expect(global_cache('central-helper'))->toBe(true);
+        expect(GlobalCache::get('central-helper'))->toBe(true);
+        expect(global_cache('central-facade'))->toBe(true);
+        expect(GlobalCache::get('central-facade'))->toBe(true);
+    }
+
+})->with([
+    ['redis', [CacheTagsBootstrapper::class]],
+    ['redis', [CacheTenancyBootstrapper::class]],
+    ['database', [DatabaseTenancyBootstrapper::class, DatabaseCacheBootstrapper::class]],
+])->with([
+    'helper',
+    'facade',
+    'both',
+    'none',
+]);
+
 test('the global_cache helper supports the same syntax as the cache helper', function (string $bootstrapper) {
     config(['tenancy.bootstrappers' => [$bootstrapper]]);
 
@@ -68,7 +149,7 @@ test('the global_cache helper supports the same syntax as the cache helper', fun
     $tenant->enter();
 
     // different stores, same underlying connection. the prefix is set ON THE STORE
-    expect(cache()->store()->getStore() === global_cache()->store()->getStore())->toBeFalse();
+    expect(cache()->store()->getStore() !== global_cache()->store()->getStore())->toBeTrue();
     expect(cache()->store()->getStore()->connection() === global_cache()->store()->getStore()->connection())->toBeTrue();
 
     expect(cache('foo'))->toBe(null); // tenant cache is empty