diff --git a/charts/model-engine/templates/balloon_cpu_deployment.yaml b/charts/model-engine/templates/balloon_cpu_deployment.yaml
index 1fd9e6c1..a7be9011 100644
--- a/charts/model-engine/templates/balloon_cpu_deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/model-engine/templates/balloon_cpu_deployment.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ spec:
           resources:
             limits:
               memory: 28Gi
-              cpu: 8
+              cpu: 6
           command:
             - /bin/bash
             - -c
diff --git a/clients/python/llmengine/model.py b/clients/python/llmengine/model.py
index 26bbcf2d..fd18b7b1 100644
--- a/clients/python/llmengine/model.py
+++ b/clients/python/llmengine/model.py
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ def create(
         quantize: Optional[Quantization] = None,
         checkpoint_path: Optional[str] = None,
         # General endpoint fields
-        cpus: int = 32,
-        memory: str = "192Gi",
+        cpus: int = 8,
+        memory: str = "40Gi",
         storage: str = "96Gi",
-        gpus: int = 4,
+        gpus: int = 1,
         min_workers: int = 0,
         max_workers: int = 1,
         per_worker: int = 10,
diff --git a/model-engine/model_engine_server/infra/services/image_cache_service.py b/model-engine/model_engine_server/infra/services/image_cache_service.py
index 53b14980..b6343dcc 100644
--- a/model-engine/model_engine_server/infra/services/image_cache_service.py
+++ b/model-engine/model_engine_server/infra/services/image_cache_service.py
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ async def execute(self, endpoint_infra_states: Dict[str, Tuple[bool, ModelEndpoi
             if state.resource_state.gpus == 0 and (
                 (
                     state.image not in images_to_cache_priority["cpu"]
-                    or last_updated_at
+                    or last_updated_at.replace(
+                        tzinfo=images_to_cache_priority["cpu"][state.image].last_updated_at.tzinfo
+                    )
                     > images_to_cache_priority["cpu"][state.image].last_updated_at
                 )
                 and self.docker_repository.image_exists(image_tag, repository_name)
@@ -143,7 +145,11 @@ async def execute(self, endpoint_infra_states: Dict[str, Tuple[bool, ModelEndpoi
                     if state.resource_state.gpu_type == gpu_type and (
                         (
                             state.image not in images_to_cache_priority[key]
-                            or last_updated_at
+                            or last_updated_at.replace(
+                                tzinfo=images_to_cache_priority[key][
+                                    state.image
+                                ].last_updated_at.tzinfo
+                            )
                             > images_to_cache_priority[key][state.image].last_updated_at
                         )
                         and self.docker_repository.image_exists(image_tag, repository_name)