diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 5e5048777..1b211976f 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -460,6 +460,9 @@ def load_router_config(router: Optional[litellm.Router], config_file_path: str):
 
     print_verbose(f"Loaded config YAML (api_key and environment_variables are not shown):\n{json.dumps(printed_yaml, indent=2)}")
 
+    ## ROUTER CONFIG
+    cache_responses = False
+
     ## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     environment_variables = config.get('environment_variables', None)
     if environment_variables: 
@@ -514,6 +517,7 @@ def load_router_config(router: Optional[litellm.Router], config_file_path: str):
                 print(f"{blue_color_code}\nSetting Cache on Proxy")
                 from litellm.caching import Cache
                 cache_type = value["type"]
+                cache_responses = True
                 cache_host = litellm.get_secret("REDIS_HOST", None)
                 cache_port = litellm.get_secret("REDIS_PORT", None)
                 cache_password = litellm.get_secret("REDIS_PASSWORD", None)
@@ -565,7 +569,7 @@ def load_router_config(router: Optional[litellm.Router], config_file_path: str):
     ## MODEL LIST
     model_list = config.get('model_list', None)
     if model_list:
-        router = litellm.Router(model_list=model_list, num_retries=3)
+        router = litellm.Router(model_list=model_list, num_retries=3, cache_responses=cache_responses)
         print(f"\033[32mLiteLLM: Proxy initialized with Config, Set models:\033[0m")
         for model in model_list:
             print(f"\033[32m    {model.get('model_name', '')}\033[0m")
diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 04f518b2d..c6ff34c81 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Router:
     ```
     """
     model_names: List = []
-    cache_responses: Optional[bool] = None
+    cache_responses: Optional[bool] = False
     default_cache_time_seconds: int = 1 * 60 * 60  # 1 hour
     num_retries: int = 0
     tenacity = None
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class Router:
                  redis_host: Optional[str] = None,
                  redis_port: Optional[int] = None,
                  redis_password: Optional[str] = None,
-                 cache_responses: Optional[bool] = None,
+                 cache_responses: Optional[bool] = False,
                  cache_kwargs: dict = {}, # additional kwargs to pass to RedisCache (see caching.py)
                  ## RELIABILITY ## 
                  num_retries: int = 0,