diff --git a/services/auth.py b/services/auth.py
index 479c79de..8b71ca0b 100644
--- a/services/auth.py
+++ b/services/auth.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-from cachetools import TTLCache, cached
+from functools import wraps
 import logging
 import time
-from starlette.exceptions import HTTPException
 
 from aiohttp import ClientSession
+from starlette.exceptions import HTTPException
+from cachetools import TTLCache
+
 from settings import AUTH_URL, AUTH_SECRET
 
 
@@ -11,8 +13,8 @@ logging.basicConfig()
 logger = logging.getLogger("\t[services.auth]\t")
 logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
-# Define a TTLCache with a time-to-live of 100 seconds
-token_cache = TTLCache(maxsize=99999, ttl=1799)
+# Define a TTLCache with a time-to-live of 1800 seconds
+token_cache = TTLCache(maxsize=99999, ttl=1800)
 
 async def request_data(gql, headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"}):
     try:
@@ -29,7 +31,6 @@ async def request_data(gql, headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"}):
         logger.error(f"[services.auth] request_data error: {e}")
         return None
 
-@cached(cache=token_cache)
 async def user_id_from_token(token):
     logger.error(f"[services.auth] checking auth token: {token}")
     query_name = "validate_jwt_token"
@@ -60,11 +61,21 @@ async def user_id_from_token(token):
 
 async def check_auth(req) -> str | None:
     token = req.headers.get("Authorization")
-    cached_result = await user_id_from_token(token)
+    # Manually manage cache using a dictionary
+    cached_result = token_cache.get(token)
     if cached_result:
         user_id, expires_at = cached_result
         if expires_at > time.time():
             return user_id
+
+    # If not in cache, fetch from user_id_from_token and update cache
+    result = await user_id_from_token(token)
+    if result:
+        user_id, expires_at = result
+        token_cache[token] = (user_id, expires_at)
+        if expires_at > time.time():
+            return user_id
+
     raise HTTPException(status_code=401, detail="Unauthorized")
 
 async def add_user_role(user_id):
@@ -84,6 +95,7 @@ async def add_user_role(user_id):
         return user_id
 
 def login_required(f):
+    @wraps(f)
     async def decorated_function(*args, **kwargs):
         info = args[1]
         context = info.context
@@ -95,7 +107,9 @@ def login_required(f):
 
     return decorated_function
 
+
 def auth_request(f):
+    @wraps(f)
     async def decorated_function(*args, **kwargs):
         req = args[0]
         user_id = await check_auth(req)