diff --git a/dsp/modules/hf_client.py b/dsp/modules/hf_client.py
index cc4ded6237..810c9d3a00 100644
--- a/dsp/modules/hf_client.py
+++ b/dsp/modules/hf_client.py
@@ -130,13 +130,15 @@ def __init__(self, model, port, model_type: Literal['chat', 'text'] = 'text', ur
         else:
             raise ValueError(f"The url provided to `HFClientVLLM` is neither a string nor a list of strings. It is of type {type(url)}.")
         
+        self.urls_const = tuple(self.urls)
+        self.port = port
         self.model_type = model_type
         self.headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
         self.kwargs |= kwargs
         # kwargs needs to have model, port and url for the lm.copy() to work properly
         self.kwargs.update({
             'port': port,
-            'url': url,
+            'url': self.urls_const,
         })
 
 
@@ -157,8 +159,10 @@ def _generate(self, prompt, **kwargs):
                 "messages": messages,
                 **kwargs,
             }
-            response = send_hfvllm_chat_request_v00(
+            response = send_hfvllm_request_v01_wrapped(
                 f"{url}/v1/chat/completions",
+                url=self.urls_const,
+                port=self.port,
                 json=payload,
                 headers=self.headers,
             )
@@ -181,9 +185,11 @@ def _generate(self, prompt, **kwargs):
                 "prompt": prompt,
                 **kwargs,
             }
-            
-            response = send_hfvllm_request_v00(
+
+            response = send_hfvllm_request_v01_wrapped(
                 f"{url}/v1/completions",
+                url=self.urls_const,
+                port=self.port,
                 json=payload,
                 headers=self.headers,
             )
@@ -201,13 +207,20 @@ def _generate(self, prompt, **kwargs):
                 print("Failed to parse JSON response:", response.text)
                 raise Exception("Received invalid JSON response from server")
 
-
 @CacheMemory.cache(ignore=['arg'])
-def send_hfvllm_request_v00(arg, **kwargs):
+def send_hfvllm_request_v01(arg, url, port, **kwargs):
     return requests.post(arg, **kwargs)
 
+# @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=None if cache_turn_on else 0)
+@NotebookCacheMemory.cache(ignore=['arg'])
+def send_hfvllm_request_v01_wrapped(arg, url, port, **kwargs):
+    return send_hftgi_request_v01(arg, url, port, **kwargs)
 
-@CacheMemory.cache(ignore=['arg'])
+@CacheMemory.cache
+def send_hfvllm_request_v00(arg, **kwargs):
+    return requests.post(arg, **kwargs)
+
+@CacheMemory.cache
 def send_hfvllm_chat_request_v00(arg, **kwargs):
     return requests.post(arg, **kwargs)