diff --git a/etc/paludis/hooks/set_portdir.bash b/etc/paludis/hooks/set_portdir.bash
index 0a6f457..5924aa5 100644
--- a/etc/paludis/hooks/set_portdir.bash
+++ b/etc/paludis/hooks/set_portdir.bash
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 # set PORTDIR
 
-PORTDIR="$(${CAVE} print-repository-metadata --raw-name location gentoo)"
-PORTDIR=${PORTDIR#location=}
+PORTDIR="$(${CAVE} print-repository-metadata --format '%v' --raw-name location gentoo)"
 
 if [[ -z ${PORTDIR} || "$(dirname ${PORTDIR})" == "/" ]] ; then
 	die "PORTDIR empty or pointing to root!"
diff --git a/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/01-sync_cache.bash b/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/01-sync_cache.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6505c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/01-sync_cache.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source "${PALUDIS_EBUILD_DIR}/echo_functions.bash"
+source "/etc/paludis/hooks/set_portdir.bash"
+source "/etc/paludis/hooks/util_functions.bash"
+
+# You may change this to only update cache of specific repositories.
+# Should at least include 'gentoo'. Default is all repositories.
+repository_list=( $(print_ebuild_repositories) )
+
+# Number of jobs for egencache, default is number or processors.
+egencache_jobnum="$(nproc)"
+
+ebegin "Fetching pre-generated metadata cache for gentoo repository"
+rsync -aq rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage/metadata/md5-cache/ "${PORTDIR}"/metadata/md5-cache/
+eend $?
+
+einfo "Updating metadata cache for repositories:"
+for _repo in ${repository_list[@]} ; do
+	ebegin "  ${_repo}"
+	egencache --jobs=${egencache_jobnum} --repo=${_repo} --update --update-use-local-desc
+	eend $?
+done
+
diff --git a/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/sync_dtd.bash b/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/02-sync_dtd.bash
similarity index 67%
rename from etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/sync_dtd.bash
rename to etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/02-sync_dtd.bash
index 60f38b4..3a57acb 100644
--- a/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/sync_dtd.bash
+++ b/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/02-sync_dtd.bash
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ source "/etc/paludis/hooks/set_portdir.bash"
 DTDDIR=${PORTDIR}/metadata/dtd
 ebegin "Updating DTDs"
 if [[ -e ${DTDDIR} ]]; then
-	git -C "${DTDDIR}" pull --ff
+	git -C "${DTDDIR}" pull -q --ff
 else
-	git clone https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/data/dtd.git "${DTDDIR}"
+	git clone -q https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/data/dtd.git "${DTDDIR}"
 fi
 eend "$?"
diff --git a/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/sync_glsa.bash b/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/03-sync_glsa.bash
similarity index 66%
rename from etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/sync_glsa.bash
rename to etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/03-sync_glsa.bash
index 47cff61..1f90505 100644
--- a/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/sync_glsa.bash
+++ b/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/03-sync_glsa.bash
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ source "/etc/paludis/hooks/set_portdir.bash"
 GLSADIR=${PORTDIR}/metadata/glsa
 ebegin "Updating GLSAs"
 if [[ -e ${GLSADIR} ]]; then
-	git -C "${GLSADIR}" pull --ff
+	git -C "${GLSADIR}" pull -q --ff
 else
-	git clone https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/data/glsa.git "${GLSADIR}"
+	git clone -q https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/data/glsa.git "${GLSADIR}"
 fi
 eend "$?"
diff --git a/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/sync_herds_xml.bash b/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/04-sync_herds_xml.bash
similarity index 63%
rename from etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/sync_herds_xml.bash
rename to etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/04-sync_herds_xml.bash
index 7afb050..3169df8 100644
--- a/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/sync_herds_xml.bash
+++ b/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/04-sync_herds_xml.bash
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ source "${PALUDIS_EBUILD_DIR}/echo_functions.bash"
 source "/etc/paludis/hooks/set_portdir.bash"
 
 ebegin "Updating herds.xml"
-wget -O "${PORTDIR}"/metadata/herds.xml https://api.gentoo.org/packages/herds.xml
+wget -q -O "${PORTDIR}"/metadata/herds.xml https://api.gentoo.org/packages/herds.xml
 eend $?
diff --git a/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/sync_news.bash b/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/05-sync_news.bash
similarity index 79%
rename from etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/sync_news.bash
rename to etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/05-sync_news.bash
index bfc1e61..4ce3576 100644
--- a/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/sync_news.bash
+++ b/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/05-sync_news.bash
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ source "/etc/paludis/hooks/util_functions.bash"
 NEWSDIR="${PORTDIR}"/metadata/news
 ebegin "Updating news items"
 if [[ -e ${NEWSDIR} ]]; then
-	git -C "${NEWSDIR}" pull --ff
+	git -C "${NEWSDIR}" pull -q --ff
 else
-	git clone https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/proj/gentoo-news.git "${NEWSDIR}"
+	git clone -q https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/proj/gentoo-news.git "${NEWSDIR}"
 fi
 eend_die $?
 
diff --git a/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/sync_cache.bash b/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/sync_cache.bash
deleted file mode 100644
index afbcc97..0000000
--- a/etc/paludis/hooks/sync_all_post/sync_cache.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-source "${PALUDIS_EBUILD_DIR}/echo_functions.bash"
-source "/etc/paludis/hooks/set_portdir.bash"
-
-# add your overlays here (name of the overlay!)
-overlay_list=(
-)
-
-ebegin "Syncing metadata cache for gentoo repository"
-rsync -avPq rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage/metadata/md5-cache/ "${PORTDIR}"/metadata/md5-cache/
-egencache --jobs=$(nproc) --repo=gentoo --update --update-use-local-desc
-eend $?
-
-if [[ ${#overlay_list[@]} -gt 0 ]] ; then
-	ebegin "Syncing metadata cache for overlays"
-	for _overlay in ${overlay_list[@]} ; do
-		einfo "  ${_overlay}"
-		egencache --jobs=$(nproc) --repo=${_overlay} --update --update-use-local-desc
-	done
-	eend $?
-fi
diff --git a/etc/paludis/hooks/util_functions.bash b/etc/paludis/hooks/util_functions.bash
index 6a430a9..1e4ca91 100644
--- a/etc/paludis/hooks/util_functions.bash
+++ b/etc/paludis/hooks/util_functions.bash
@@ -6,3 +6,11 @@ eend_die() {
 	eend "$@"
 	[[ $1 -ne 0 ]] && exit $1
 }
+
+print_ebuild_repositories() {
+	local i
+	for i in $(${CAVE} print-repositories) ; do
+		[[ "$(${CAVE} print-repository-metadata --format "%v" --raw-name format $i)" == "e" ]] &&
+			echo $i
+	done
+}