diff --git a/litellm/integrations/prometheus_services.py b/litellm/integrations/prometheus_services.py
index e657732dbb..a36ac9b9c0 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/prometheus_services.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/prometheus_services.py
@@ -81,18 +81,17 @@ class PrometheusServicesLogger:
                 return True
         return False
 
-    def get_metric(self, metric_name):
-        for metric in self.REGISTRY.collect():
-            for sample in metric.samples:
-                if metric_name == sample.name:
-                    return metric
-        return None
+    def _get_metric(self, metric_name):
+        """
+        Helper function to get a metric from the registry by name.
+        """
+        return self.REGISTRY._names_to_collectors.get(metric_name)
 
     def create_histogram(self, service: str, type_of_request: str):
         metric_name = "litellm_{}_{}".format(service, type_of_request)
         is_registered = self.is_metric_registered(metric_name)
         if is_registered:
-            return self.get_metric(metric_name)
+            return self._get_metric(metric_name)
         return self.Histogram(
             metric_name,
             "Latency for {} service".format(service),
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ class PrometheusServicesLogger:
         metric_name = "litellm_{}_{}".format(service, type_of_request)
         is_registered = self.is_metric_registered(metric_name)
         if is_registered:
-            return self.get_metric(metric_name)
+            return self._get_metric(metric_name)
         return self.Counter(
             metric_name,
             "Total {} for {} service".format(type_of_request, service),
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml
index 5bc044526b..95eff095c2 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ model_list:
 
 litellm_settings:
   callbacks: ["prometheus"]
-  service_callback: ["prometheus_system"]
\ No newline at end of file
+  service_callback: ["prometheus_system"]
+  cache: true
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/utils.py b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
index 9eab792ad5..656e97a6c5 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ def safe_deep_copy(data):
 
 
 def log_to_opentelemetry(func):
+    """
+    Decorator to log the duration of a DB related function to ServiceLogger()
+
+    Handles logging DB success/failure to ServiceLogger(), which logs to Prometheus, OTEL, Datadog
+    """
+
     @wraps(func)
     async def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
         start_time: datetime = datetime.now()
@@ -145,10 +151,8 @@ def log_to_opentelemetry(func):
         try:
             result = await func(*args, **kwargs)
             end_time: datetime = datetime.now()
-
             from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import proxy_logging_obj
 
-            # Log to OTEL only if "parent_otel_span" is in kwargs and is not None
             if "PROXY" not in func.__name__:
                 await proxy_logging_obj.service_logging_obj.async_service_success_hook(
                     service=ServiceTypes.DB,
diff --git a/tests/local_testing/test_prometheus_service.py b/tests/local_testing/test_prometheus_service.py
index 49dd74839c..c640532a07 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/test_prometheus_service.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/test_prometheus_service.py
@@ -210,3 +210,88 @@ async def test_service_logger_db_monitoring_failure():
         assert actual_payload.call_type == "query"
         assert actual_payload.is_error is True
         assert actual_payload.error == "Database connection failed"
+
+
+def test_get_metric_existing():
+    """Test _get_metric when metric exists. _get_metric should return the metric object"""
+    pl = PrometheusServicesLogger()
+    # Create a metric first
+    hist = pl.create_histogram(
+        service="test_service", type_of_request="test_type_of_request"
+    )
+
+    # Test retrieving existing metric
+    retrieved_metric = pl._get_metric("litellm_test_service_test_type_of_request")
+    assert retrieved_metric is hist
+    assert retrieved_metric is not None
+
+
+def test_get_metric_non_existing():
+    """Test _get_metric when metric doesn't exist, returns None"""
+    pl = PrometheusServicesLogger()
+
+    # Test retrieving non-existent metric
+    non_existent = pl._get_metric("non_existent_metric")
+    assert non_existent is None
+
+
+def test_create_histogram_new():
+    """Test creating a new histogram"""
+    pl = PrometheusServicesLogger()
+
+    # Create new histogram
+    hist = pl.create_histogram(
+        service="test_service", type_of_request="test_type_of_request"
+    )
+
+    assert hist is not None
+    assert pl._get_metric("litellm_test_service_test_type_of_request") is hist
+
+
+def test_create_histogram_existing():
+    """Test creating a histogram that already exists"""
+    pl = PrometheusServicesLogger()
+
+    # Create initial histogram
+    hist1 = pl.create_histogram(
+        service="test_service", type_of_request="test_type_of_request"
+    )
+
+    # Create same histogram again
+    hist2 = pl.create_histogram(
+        service="test_service", type_of_request="test_type_of_request"
+    )
+
+    assert hist2 is hist1  # same object
+    assert pl._get_metric("litellm_test_service_test_type_of_request") is hist1
+
+
+def test_create_counter_new():
+    """Test creating a new counter"""
+    pl = PrometheusServicesLogger()
+
+    # Create new counter
+    counter = pl.create_counter(
+        service="test_service", type_of_request="test_type_of_request"
+    )
+
+    assert counter is not None
+    assert pl._get_metric("litellm_test_service_test_type_of_request") is counter
+
+
+def test_create_counter_existing():
+    """Test creating a counter that already exists"""
+    pl = PrometheusServicesLogger()
+
+    # Create initial counter
+    counter1 = pl.create_counter(
+        service="test_service", type_of_request="test_type_of_request"
+    )
+
+    # Create same counter again
+    counter2 = pl.create_counter(
+        service="test_service", type_of_request="test_type_of_request"
+    )
+
+    assert counter2 is counter1
+    assert pl._get_metric("litellm_test_service_test_type_of_request") is counter1