diff --git a/app/bot.py b/app/bot.py
index 9e8c4f0a..192bdee3 100755
--- a/app/bot.py
+++ b/app/bot.py
@@ -157,8 +157,9 @@ async def on_message(ctx):
             llm_rule_endpoint = (
                 "http://dragon-bot-json.dragon-bot.svc.cluster.local/rules.json"
             )
+        llm_rules = requests.get(llm_rule_endpoint).json()
 
-        if ctx.author.id in requests.get(llm_rule_endpoint).json()["disallowed_users"]:
+        if ctx.author.id in llm_rules["disallowed_users"]:
             responses = [
                 "You cant do that right now",
                 "You cant use this feature right now",
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ async def on_message(ctx):
             return
 
         url = "http://192.168.1.137:1337/v1/chat/completions"
-        instructions = requests.get(llm_rule_endpoint).json()["prompt"]
+        instructions = llm_rules["prompt"]
 
         payload = {
             "messages": [
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ async def on_message(ctx):
                     "role": "user",
                 },
             ],
-            "model": requests.get(llm_rule_endpoint).json()["model"],
+            "model": llm_rules["model"],
             "stream": False,
             "max_tokens": 4096,
             "stop": ["goon"],