diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 512e956b0..eaa2373cc 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -1382,8 +1382,6 @@ async def initialize(
                 verbose_proxy_logger.setLevel(
                     level=logging.DEBUG
                 )  # set proxy logs to debug
-                litellm.set_verbose = True
-
     dynamic_config = {"general": {}, user_model: {}}
     if config:
         (
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/utils.py b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
index d49ace138..812157ca0 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
@@ -995,15 +995,14 @@ def get_logging_payload(kwargs, response_obj, start_time, end_time):
     if api_key is not None and isinstance(api_key, str) and api_key.startswith("sk-"):
         # hash the api_key
         api_key = hash_token(api_key)
-    from litellm.caching import Cache
-
-    c = Cache()
-    cache_key = c.get_cache_key(**kwargs)
-
     if "headers" in metadata and "authorization" in metadata["headers"]:
         metadata["headers"].pop(
             "authorization"
         )  # do not store the original `sk-..` api key in the db
+    if litellm.cache is not None:
+        cache_key = litellm.cache.get_cache_key(**kwargs)
+    else:
+        cache_key = "Cache OFF"
 
     payload = {
         "request_id": id,