diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b2265bc9146..5cf168f14fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * [ENHANCEMENT] metrics-generator: expose span size as a metric [#1662](https://github.com/grafana/tempo/pull/1662) (@ie-pham)
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Set Max Idle connections to 100 for Azure, should reduce DNS errors in Azure [#1632](https://github.com/grafana/tempo/pull/1632) (@electron0zero)
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Add PodDisruptionBudget to ingesters in jsonnet [#1691](https://github.com/grafana/tempo/pull/1691) (@joe-elliott)
+* [BUGFIX] Honor caching and buffering settings when finding traces by id [#1697](https://github.com/grafana/tempo/pull/1697) (@joe-elliott)
 
 ## v1.5.0 / 2022-08-17
 
diff --git a/cmd/tempo-cli/cmd-query-blocks.go b/cmd/tempo-cli/cmd-query-blocks.go
index 34e5dc39fbd..6e695a8be4f 100644
--- a/cmd/tempo-cli/cmd-query-blocks.go
+++ b/cmd/tempo-cli/cmd-query-blocks.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/tempo/pkg/model/trace"
 	"github.com/grafana/tempo/pkg/tempopb"
 	"github.com/grafana/tempo/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/grafana/tempo/tempodb"
 	"github.com/grafana/tempo/tempodb/backend"
 	"github.com/grafana/tempo/tempodb/encoding"
 	"github.com/grafana/tempo/tempodb/encoding/common"
@@ -148,7 +149,10 @@ func queryBlock(ctx context.Context, r backend.Reader, c backend.Compactor, bloc
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	trace, err := block.FindTraceByID(ctx, traceID)
+	searchOpts := common.SearchOptions{}
+	tempodb.SearchConfig{}.ApplyToOptions(&searchOpts)
+
+	trace, err := block.FindTraceByID(ctx, traceID, searchOpts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/modules/ingester/instance.go b/modules/ingester/instance.go
index 47b09a01790..fbc25367525 100644
--- a/modules/ingester/instance.go
+++ b/modules/ingester/instance.go
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ func (i *instance) FindTraceByID(ctx context.Context, id []byte) (*tempopb.Trace
 	combiner := trace.NewCombiner()
 	combiner.Consume(completeTrace)
 	for _, c := range i.completeBlocks {
-		found, err := c.FindTraceByID(ctx, id)
+		found, err := c.FindTraceByID(ctx, id, common.SearchOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("completeBlock.FindTraceByID failed: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -480,7 +480,8 @@ func (i *instance) AddCompletingBlock(b *wal.AppendBlock, s *search.StreamingSea
 }
 
 // getOrCreateTrace will return a new trace object for the given request
-//  It must be called under the i.tracesMtx lock
+//
+//	It must be called under the i.tracesMtx lock
 func (i *instance) getOrCreateTrace(traceID []byte) *liveTrace {
 	fp := i.tokenForTraceID(traceID)
 	trace, ok := i.traces[fp]
diff --git a/tempodb/encoding/common/interfaces.go b/tempodb/encoding/common/interfaces.go
index 01a005c036e..500ef9d08f6 100644
--- a/tempodb/encoding/common/interfaces.go
+++ b/tempodb/encoding/common/interfaces.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Finder interface {
-	FindTraceByID(ctx context.Context, id ID) (*tempopb.Trace, error)
+	FindTraceByID(ctx context.Context, id ID, opts SearchOptions) (*tempopb.Trace, error)
 }
 
 type Searcher interface {
diff --git a/tempodb/encoding/v2/backend_block.go b/tempodb/encoding/v2/backend_block.go
index 810b3b8ee04..e17ea736ae9 100644
--- a/tempodb/encoding/v2/backend_block.go
+++ b/tempodb/encoding/v2/backend_block.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (b *BackendBlock) BlockMeta() *backend.BlockMeta {
 	return b.meta
 }
 
-func (b *BackendBlock) FindTraceByID(ctx context.Context, id common.ID) (*tempopb.Trace, error) {
+func (b *BackendBlock) FindTraceByID(ctx context.Context, id common.ID, _ common.SearchOptions) (*tempopb.Trace, error) {
 	obj, err := b.find(ctx, id)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/block_findtracebyid.go b/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/block_findtracebyid.go
index 0796adbc313..97bf6ba0348 100644
--- a/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/block_findtracebyid.go
+++ b/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/block_findtracebyid.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (b *backendBlock) checkBloom(ctx context.Context, id common.ID) (found bool
 	return filter.Test(id), nil
 }
 
-func (b *backendBlock) FindTraceByID(ctx context.Context, traceID common.ID) (_ *tempopb.Trace, err error) {
+func (b *backendBlock) FindTraceByID(ctx context.Context, traceID common.ID, opts common.SearchOptions) (_ *tempopb.Trace, err error) {
 	span, derivedCtx := opentracing.StartSpanFromContext(ctx, "parquet.backendBlock.FindTraceByID",
 		opentracing.Tags{
 			"blockID":   b.meta.BlockID,
@@ -173,15 +173,20 @@ func (b *backendBlock) FindTraceByID(ctx context.Context, traceID common.ID) (_
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
+	// todo: combine with open logic from the other search functions
+	var readerAt io.ReaderAt
 	rr := NewBackendReaderAt(derivedCtx, b.r, DataFileName, b.meta.BlockID, b.meta.TenantID)
-	defer func() { span.SetTag("inspectedBytes", rr.TotalBytesRead) }()
+	defer func() { span.SetTag("inspectedBytes", rr.TotalBytesRead.Load()) }()
 
-	br := tempo_io.NewBufferedReaderAt(rr, int64(b.meta.Size), 512*1024, 32)
+	readerAt = rr
+	if opts.ReadBufferCount > 0 {
+		br := tempo_io.NewBufferedReaderAt(rr, int64(b.meta.Size), opts.ReadBufferSize, opts.ReadBufferCount)
 
-	// todo: disabling by default but we should make cache settings configurable here
-	or := newParquetOptimizedReaderAt(br, rr, int64(b.meta.Size), b.meta.FooterSize, common.CacheControl{Footer: false, ColumnIndex: false, OffsetIndex: false})
+		or := newParquetOptimizedReaderAt(br, rr, int64(b.meta.Size), b.meta.FooterSize, opts.CacheControl)
+		readerAt = or
+	}
 
-	pf, err := parquet.OpenFile(or, int64(b.meta.Size))
+	pf, err := parquet.OpenFile(readerAt, int64(b.meta.Size))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error opening file in FindTraceByID")
 	}
diff --git a/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/block_findtracebyid_test.go b/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/block_findtracebyid_test.go
index 7e1610f429d..9e9810673e3 100644
--- a/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/block_findtracebyid_test.go
+++ b/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/block_findtracebyid_test.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestBackendBlockFindTraceByID(t *testing.T) {
 		wantProto, err := parquetTraceToTempopbTrace(tr)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		gotProto, err := b.FindTraceByID(ctx, tr.TraceID)
+		gotProto, err := b.FindTraceByID(ctx, tr.TraceID, common.SearchOptions{})
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		require.Equal(t, wantProto, gotProto)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func TestBackendBlockFindTraceByID_TestData(t *testing.T) {
 		// fmt.Println(tr)
 		// fmt.Println("going to search for traceID", util.TraceIDToHexString(tr.TraceID))
 
-		protoTr, err := b.FindTraceByID(ctx, tr.TraceID)
+		protoTr, err := b.FindTraceByID(ctx, tr.TraceID, common.SearchOptions{})
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.NotNil(t, protoTr)
 	}
diff --git a/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/block_search.go b/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/block_search.go
index 43bbe70035c..84d65436b1a 100644
--- a/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/block_search.go
+++ b/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/block_search.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (b *backendBlock) Search(ctx context.Context, req *tempopb.SearchRequest, o
 	defer span.Finish()
 
 	rr := NewBackendReaderAt(derivedCtx, b.r, DataFileName, b.meta.BlockID, b.meta.TenantID)
-	defer func() { span.SetTag("inspectedBytes", rr.TotalBytesRead) }()
+	defer func() { span.SetTag("inspectedBytes", rr.TotalBytesRead.Load()) }()
 
 	br := tempo_io.NewBufferedReaderAt(rr, int64(b.meta.Size), opts.ReadBufferSize, opts.ReadBufferCount)
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (b *backendBlock) Search(ctx context.Context, req *tempopb.SearchRequest, o
 	// TODO: error handling
 	results := searchParquetFile(derivedCtx, pf, req, rgs)
 	results.Metrics.InspectedBlocks++
-	results.Metrics.InspectedBytes += rr.TotalBytesRead
+	results.Metrics.InspectedBytes += rr.TotalBytesRead.Load()
 
 	return results, nil
 }
diff --git a/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/readers.go b/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/readers.go
index 53b49ea7e7d..1e4190d6a72 100644
--- a/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/readers.go
+++ b/tempodb/encoding/vparquet/readers.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/tempo/tempodb/backend"
 	"github.com/grafana/tempo/tempodb/encoding/common"
@@ -18,17 +19,17 @@ type BackendReaderAt struct {
 	blockID  uuid.UUID
 	tenantID string
 
-	TotalBytesRead uint64
+	TotalBytesRead atomic.Uint64
 }
 
 var _ io.ReaderAt = (*BackendReaderAt)(nil)
 
 func NewBackendReaderAt(ctx context.Context, r backend.Reader, name string, blockID uuid.UUID, tenantID string) *BackendReaderAt {
-	return &BackendReaderAt{ctx, r, name, blockID, tenantID, 0}
+	return &BackendReaderAt{ctx, r, name, blockID, tenantID, atomic.Uint64{}}
 }
 
 func (b *BackendReaderAt) ReadAt(p []byte, off int64) (int, error) {
-	b.TotalBytesRead += uint64(len(p))
+	b.TotalBytesRead.Add(uint64(len(p)))
 	err := b.r.ReadRange(b.ctx, b.name, b.blockID, b.tenantID, uint64(off), p, false)
 	return len(p), err
 }
diff --git a/tempodb/tempodb.go b/tempodb/tempodb.go
index 1e971db0cf4..91d011551df 100644
--- a/tempodb/tempodb.go
+++ b/tempodb/tempodb.go
@@ -316,6 +316,11 @@ func (rw *readerWriter) Find(ctx context.Context, tenantID string, id common.ID,
 		return nil, nil, nil
 	}
 
+	opts := common.SearchOptions{}
+	if rw.cfg != nil && rw.cfg.Search != nil {
+		rw.cfg.Search.ApplyToOptions(&opts)
+	}
+
 	curTime := time.Now()
 	partialTraces, funcErrs, err := rw.pool.RunJobs(ctx, copiedBlocklist, func(ctx context.Context, payload interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 		meta := payload.(*backend.BlockMeta)
@@ -325,7 +330,7 @@ func (rw *readerWriter) Find(ctx context.Context, tenantID string, id common.ID,
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("error opening block for reading, blockID: %s", meta.BlockID.String()))
 		}
 
-		foundObject, err := block.FindTraceByID(ctx, id)
+		foundObject, err := block.FindTraceByID(ctx, id, opts)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("error finding trace by id, blockID: %s", meta.BlockID.String()))
 		}
@@ -390,7 +395,8 @@ func (rw *readerWriter) EnableCompaction(cfg *CompactorConfig, c CompactorSharde
 }
 
 // EnablePolling activates the polling loop. Pass nil if this component
-//  should never be a tenant index builder.
+//
+//	should never be a tenant index builder.
 func (rw *readerWriter) EnablePolling(sharder blocklist.JobSharder) {
 	if sharder == nil {
 		sharder = blocklist.OwnsNothingSharder
diff --git a/tempodb/tempodb_test.go b/tempodb/tempodb_test.go
index c951ec3360d..92e3f755dce 100644
--- a/tempodb/tempodb_test.go
+++ b/tempodb/tempodb_test.go
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ func TestCompleteBlock(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err, "unexpected error completing block")
 
 	for i, id := range ids {
-		found, err := complete.FindTraceByID(context.TODO(), id)
+		found, err := complete.FindTraceByID(context.TODO(), id, common.SearchOptions{})
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.True(t, proto.Equal(found, reqs[i]))
 	}
diff --git a/tempodb/wal/local_block.go b/tempodb/wal/local_block.go
index cc234cbec00..7ba1d9c3362 100644
--- a/tempodb/wal/local_block.go
+++ b/tempodb/wal/local_block.go
@@ -48,12 +48,13 @@ func NewLocalBlock(ctx context.Context, existingBlock common.BackendBlock, l *lo
 	return c, nil
 }
 
-func (c *LocalBlock) FindTraceByID(ctx context.Context, id common.ID) (*tempopb.Trace, error) {
-	return c.BackendBlock.FindTraceByID(ctx, id)
+func (c *LocalBlock) FindTraceByID(ctx context.Context, id common.ID, opts common.SearchOptions) (*tempopb.Trace, error) {
+	return c.BackendBlock.FindTraceByID(ctx, id, opts)
 }
 
 // FlushedTime returns the time the block was flushed.  Will return 0
-//  if the block was never flushed
+//
+//	if the block was never flushed
 func (c *LocalBlock) FlushedTime() time.Time {
 	unixTime := c.flushedTime.Load()
 	if unixTime == 0 {