diff --git a/packages/bots/liquidator/src/index.ts b/packages/bots/liquidator/src/index.ts
index 8eb40a169a..7a89c8e1c5 100644
--- a/packages/bots/liquidator/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/bots/liquidator/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { APIGatewayEvent, APIGatewayProxyResult, Context } from "aws-lambda";
 import axios from "axios";
-import { createPublicClient, createWalletClient, fallback, Hex, http } from "viem";
+import { createWalletClient, fallback, Hex, http } from "viem";
 import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
 import { mode } from "viem/chains";
 import { BotType } from "@ionicprotocol/sdk";
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import config from "./config";
 import { liquidatePositions } from "./liquidatePositions";
 import { logger } from "./logger";
 import { setUpSdk } from "./utils";
+import { createIonicPublicClient } from "./utils/client";
 
 const HEARTBEAT_API_URL: any = process.env.UPTIME_LIQUIDATOR_API;
 
@@ -22,10 +23,7 @@ if (typeof HEARTBEAT_API_URL === "undefined") {
 
 export const account = privateKeyToAccount(config.adminPrivateKey as Hex);
 
-export const client = createPublicClient({
-  chain: mode,
-  transport: fallback(config.rpcUrls.map((url) => http(url))),
-});
+export const client = createIonicPublicClient(mode, config.rpcUrls);
 
 export const walletClient = createWalletClient({
   account,
diff --git a/packages/bots/liquidator/src/justSubmit.ts b/packages/bots/liquidator/src/justSubmit.ts
index 5a37b8e3cb..0c15331390 100644
--- a/packages/bots/liquidator/src/justSubmit.ts
+++ b/packages/bots/liquidator/src/justSubmit.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,19 @@
 import { Client, OpportunityParams } from "@pythnetwork/express-relay-evm-js";
 import { ionicLiquidatorAbi } from "@ionicprotocol/sdk";
-import {
-  createPublicClient,
-  createWalletClient,
-  encodeAbiParameters,
-  encodeFunctionData,
-  fallback,
-  Hex,
-  http,
-} from "viem";
+import { createWalletClient, encodeAbiParameters, encodeFunctionData, fallback, Hex, http } from "viem";
 import { mode } from "viem/chains";
 import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
 
 import config from "./config";
 import { logger } from "./logger";
 import { setUpSdk } from "./utils";
+import { createIonicPublicClient } from "./utils/client";
 
 (BigInt.prototype as any).toJSON = function () {
   return this.toString();
 };
 const account = privateKeyToAccount(config.adminPrivateKey as Hex);
-const publicClient = createPublicClient({
-  batch: { multicall: { wait: 16 } },
-  chain: mode,
-  transport: fallback(config.rpcUrls.map((url) => http(url))),
-});
+const publicClient = createIonicPublicClient(mode, config.rpcUrls);
 const walletClient = createWalletClient({
   account,
   chain: mode,
diff --git a/packages/bots/liquidator/src/runPythLiquidator.ts b/packages/bots/liquidator/src/runPythLiquidator.ts
index 5d46fea54b..1dfadb547f 100644
--- a/packages/bots/liquidator/src/runPythLiquidator.ts
+++ b/packages/bots/liquidator/src/runPythLiquidator.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   fallback,
   Hex,
   http,
+  type PublicClientConfig,
 } from "viem";
 import { mode } from "viem/chains";
 import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
@@ -26,11 +27,14 @@ const startTime = Math.floor(new Date().getTime() / 1000);
 };
 
 const account = privateKeyToAccount(config.adminPrivateKey as Hex);
-const publicClient = createPublicClient({
+const clientConfig: PublicClientConfig = {
   batch: { multicall: { wait: 16 } },
   chain: mode,
   transport: fallback(config.rpcUrls.map((url) => http(url))),
-});
+  cacheTime: 4_000,
+  pollingInterval: 4_000,
+};
+const publicClient = createPublicClient(clientConfig);
 const walletClient = createWalletClient({
   account,
   chain: mode,
diff --git a/packages/bots/liquidator/src/utils/client.ts b/packages/bots/liquidator/src/utils/client.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c44a73cc9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bots/liquidator/src/utils/client.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Chain, createPublicClient, fallback, http, PublicClientConfig } from "viem";
+
+export function createIonicPublicClient(chain: Chain, rpcUrls: string[]) {
+  const config: PublicClientConfig = {
+    chain,
+    transport: fallback(rpcUrls.map((url) => http(url))),
+    batch: { multicall: { wait: 16 } },
+    cacheTime: 4_000,
+    pollingInterval: 4_000,
+  };
+
+  return createPublicClient(config);
+}