diff --git a/MPM-Betting.Aspire/MPM-Betting.Aspire.AppHost/Program.cs b/MPM-Betting.Aspire/MPM-Betting.Aspire.AppHost/Program.cs
index 985b634..75702ff 100644
--- a/MPM-Betting.Aspire/MPM-Betting.Aspire.AppHost/Program.cs
+++ b/MPM-Betting.Aspire/MPM-Betting.Aspire.AppHost/Program.cs
@@ -38,14 +38,29 @@
     .WithDataVolume()
     .AddDatabase("MPM-Betting");
 
-var api = builder.AddProject<MPM_Betting_Api>("api")
-    .WithReference(sql)
-    .WithReference(redis);
-
-var blazor = builder.AddProject<MPM_Betting_Blazor>("blazor")
-    .WithReference(api)
-    .WithReference(redis)
-    .WithReference(sql);
+if (builder.ExecutionContext.IsPublishMode)
+{
+    var api = builder.AddProject<MPM_Betting_Api>("api")
+        .WithReference(sql)
+        .WithReference(redis);
+
+    var blazor = builder.AddProject<MPM_Betting_Blazor>("blazor")
+        .WithReference(api)
+        .WithReference(redis)
+        .WithReference(sql);
+}
+else
+{
+    var api = builder.AddProjectWithDotnetWatch<MPM_Betting_Api>("api")
+        .WithReference(sql)
+        .WithReference(redis);
+    
+    var blazor = builder.AddProjectWithDotnetWatch<MPM_Betting_Blazor>("blazor")
+        .WithEnvironment("services__api__http__0", "http://localhost:5241")
+        .WithReference(redis)
+        .WithReference(sql);
+}
+
 
 builder.Build().Run();
 
diff --git a/MPM-Betting.Services/Data/FootballApi.cs b/MPM-Betting.Services/Data/FootballApi.cs
index 22e802a..36c41f1 100644
--- a/MPM-Betting.Services/Data/FootballApi.cs
+++ b/MPM-Betting.Services/Data/FootballApi.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public static WebApplication MapFootballEndpoints(this WebApplication app)
     
     private static async Task<LeagueTable> GetLeagueTable(IDistributedCache cache, int leagueId, string? season)
     {
-        return await Utils.GetViaCache(cache, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1), $"leagueTable-{leagueId}-{season ?? "latest"}", async () =>
+        return await Utils.GetViaCache(cache, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), $"leagueTable-{leagueId}-{season ?? "latest"}", async () =>
         {
             var client = new HttpClient();
             var url = $"https://www.fotmob.com/api/leagues?id={leagueId}";
diff --git a/MPM-Betting.Services/Data/Utils.cs b/MPM-Betting.Services/Data/Utils.cs
index 792cc59..33ceb65 100644
--- a/MPM-Betting.Services/Data/Utils.cs
+++ b/MPM-Betting.Services/Data/Utils.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ namespace MPM_Betting.Services.Data;
 
 public partial class Utils
 {
+    // TODO: Implement utility method for getting cached JSON data via external endpoint
+    
     public static T GetViaCache<T>(IDistributedCache cache, TimeSpan expiration, string cacheKey, Func<T> generator)
     {
         var cachedValueBytes = cache.Get(cacheKey);
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ public static T GetViaCache<T>(IDistributedCache cache, TimeSpan expiration, str
 
     public static async Task<T> GetViaCache<T>(IDistributedCache cache, TimeSpan expiration, string cacheKey, Func<Task<T>> generator)
     {
-        var cachedValueBytes = cache.Get(cacheKey);
+        var cachedValueBytes = await cache.GetAsync(cacheKey);
         if (cachedValueBytes != null)
         {
             return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T>(cachedValueBytes) ?? throw new InvalidOperationException();
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ public static async Task<T> GetViaCache<T>(IDistributedCache cache, TimeSpan exp
 
         var value = await generator.Invoke();
         var serializedValue = JsonSerializer.SerializeToUtf8Bytes(value);
-        cache.Set(cacheKey, serializedValue, new DistributedCacheEntryOptions { SlidingExpiration = expiration });
+        await cache.SetAsync(cacheKey, serializedValue, new DistributedCacheEntryOptions { SlidingExpiration = expiration });
 
         return value;
     }