diff --git a/eth_portfolio/_cache.py b/eth_portfolio/_cache.py
index b18210aa..344ea6a2 100644
--- a/eth_portfolio/_cache.py
+++ b/eth_portfolio/_cache.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import functools
 import inspect
-from asyncio import Queue, create_task
+from asyncio import Queue
 from hashlib import md5
 from logging import getLogger
 from os import makedirs
@@ -37,27 +37,12 @@ def get_cache_file_path(args, kwargs):
         async def cache_deco_worker_coro() -> NoReturn:
             try:
                 while True:
-                    fut, args, kwargs = await queue.get()
+                    fut, cache_path, args, kwargs = await queue.get()
                     try:
-                        cache_path = get_cache_file_path(args, kwargs)
+                        cache_path = 
                         if await EXECUTOR.run(exists, cache_path):
-                            async with _aio_open(cache_path, "rb", executor=EXECUTOR) as f:
-                                try:
-                                    return loads(await f.read())
-                                except EOFError:
-                                    pass
-
-                        async_result: T = await fn(*args, **kwargs)
-                        try:
-                            await __cache_write(cache_path, async_result)
-                        except OSError as e:
-                            # I was having some weird issues in docker that I don't want to debug,
-                            # so I'm going to assume you have another means to let you know you're
-                            # out of disk space and will pass right on through here so my script
-                            # can continue
-                            if e.strerror != "No space left on device":
-                                raise
-                        fut.set_result(async_result)
+                        async with _aio_open(cache_path, "rb", executor=EXECUTOR) as f:
+                            fut.set_result(loads(await f.read()))
                     except Exception as e:
                         fut.set_result(e)
             except Exception as e:
@@ -65,13 +50,29 @@ async def cache_deco_worker_coro() -> NoReturn:
                 logger.exception(e)
                 raise
 
-        workers = tuple(create_task(cache_deco_worker_coro()) for _ in range(5000))
+        workers = tuple(create_task(cache_deco_worker_coro()) for _ in range(1000))
 
         @functools.wraps(fn)
         async def disk_cache_wrap(*args: P.args, **kwargs: P.kwargs) -> T:
-            fut = get_event_loop().create_future()
-            queue.put_nowait((fut, args, kwargs))
-            return await fut
+            cache_path = get_cache_file_path(args, kwargs)
+            if await EXECUTOR.run(exists, cache_path):
+                fut = get_event_loop().create_future()
+                queue.put_nowait((fut, cache_path, args, kwargs))
+                try:
+                    return await fut
+                except EOFError:
+                    pass
+
+            async_result: T = await fn(*args, **kwargs)
+            try:
+                await __cache_write(cache_path, async_result)
+            except OSError as e:
+                # I was having some weird issues in docker that I don't want to debug,
+                # so I'm going to assume you have another means to let you know you're
+                # out of disk space and will pass right on through here so my script
+                # can continue
+                if e.strerror != "No space left on device":
+                    raise
 
     else: