diff --git a/.env b/.env
index a54ad67..fc6c8e2 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -89,9 +89,17 @@ METRIC_PARTITIONING_ROUTINE_DELAY_FIRST_RUN_SECONDS=10
 METRIC_PARTITIONINING_PREFILL_PERIOD_DAYS=7
 # Used by `ready` script to ensure metric partitions have been created.
 MINIMUM_REQUIRED_PARTITIONS=30
+# RedisEndpointURL is an url of redis
 REDIS_ENDPOINT_URL=redis:6379
 REDIS_PASSWORD=
-CHAIN_ID=local-chain
+# TTL for cached evm requests
+# TTL should be specified in seconds
+CACHE_TTL=600
+# CachePrefix is used as prefix for any key in the cache, key has such structure:
+# <cache_prefix>:evm-request:<method_name>:sha256:<sha256(body)>
+# Possible values are testnet, mainnet, etc...
+# CachePrefix must not contain colon symbol
+CACHE_PREFIX=local-chain
 
 ##### Database Config
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index baa784a..256a54a 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -39,12 +39,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	MetricPartitioningPrefillPeriodDays    int
 	RedisEndpointURL                       string
 	RedisPassword                          string
-	// TTL for cached evm requests
-	CacheTTL time.Duration
-	// CachePrefix is used as prefix for any key in the cache, key has such structure:
-	// <cache_prefix>:evm-request:<method_name>:sha256:<sha256(body)>
-	// Possible values are testnet, mainnet, etc...
-	CachePrefix string
+	CacheTTL                               time.Duration
+	CachePrefix                            string
 }
 
 const (
@@ -90,8 +86,7 @@ const (
 	REDIS_ENDPOINT_URL_ENVIRONMENT_KEY                          = "REDIS_ENDPOINT_URL"
 	REDIS_PASSWORD_ENVIRONMENT_KEY                              = "REDIS_PASSWORD"
 	CACHE_TTL_ENVIRONMENT_KEY                                   = "CACHE_TTL"
-	DEFAULT_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS                                   = 600
-	CHAIN_ID_ENVIRONMENT_KEY                                    = "CHAIN_ID"
+	CACHE_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT_KEY                                = "CACHE_PREFIX"
 )
 
 // EnvOrDefault fetches an environment variable value, or if not set returns the fallback value
@@ -219,7 +214,7 @@ func ReadConfig() Config {
 		MetricPartitioningPrefillPeriodDays:    EnvOrDefaultInt(METRIC_PARTITIONING_PREFILL_PERIOD_DAYS_ENVIRONMENT_KEY, DEFAULT_METRIC_PARTITIONING_PREFILL_PERIOD_DAYS),
 		RedisEndpointURL:                       os.Getenv(REDIS_ENDPOINT_URL_ENVIRONMENT_KEY),
 		RedisPassword:                          os.Getenv(REDIS_PASSWORD_ENVIRONMENT_KEY),
-		CacheTTL:                               time.Duration(EnvOrDefaultInt(CACHE_TTL_ENVIRONMENT_KEY, DEFAULT_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS)) * time.Second,
-		CachePrefix:                            os.Getenv(CHAIN_ID_ENVIRONMENT_KEY),
+		CacheTTL:                               time.Duration(EnvOrDefaultInt(CACHE_TTL_ENVIRONMENT_KEY, 0)) * time.Second,
+		CachePrefix:                            os.Getenv(CACHE_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT_KEY),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/config/validate.go b/config/validate.go
index 446fb1c..afa15c8 100644
--- a/config/validate.go
+++ b/config/validate.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -48,5 +49,18 @@ func Validate(config Config) error {
 		allErrs = errors.Join(allErrs, fmt.Errorf("invalid %s specified %d, must be non-zero and less than or equal to %d", METRIC_PARTITIONING_PREFILL_PERIOD_DAYS_ENVIRONMENT_KEY, config.MetricPartitioningPrefillPeriodDays, MaxMetricPartitioningPrefillPeriodDays))
 	}
 
+	if config.RedisEndpointURL == "" {
+		allErrs = errors.Join(allErrs, fmt.Errorf("invalid %s specified %s, must not be empty", REDIS_ENDPOINT_URL_ENVIRONMENT_KEY, config.RedisEndpointURL))
+	}
+	if config.CacheTTL <= 0 {
+		allErrs = errors.Join(allErrs, fmt.Errorf("invalid %s specified %s, must be greater than zero", CACHE_TTL_ENVIRONMENT_KEY, config.CacheTTL))
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(config.CachePrefix, ":") {
+		allErrs = errors.Join(allErrs, fmt.Errorf("invalid %s specified %s, must not contain colon symbol", CACHE_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT_KEY, config.CachePrefix))
+	}
+	if config.CachePrefix == "" {
+		allErrs = errors.Join(allErrs, fmt.Errorf("invalid %s specified %s, must not be empty", CACHE_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT_KEY, config.CachePrefix))
+	}
+
 	return allErrs
 }
diff --git a/service/cachemdw/cache.go b/service/cachemdw/cache.go
index 7ecaa11..8114420 100644
--- a/service/cachemdw/cache.go
+++ b/service/cachemdw/cache.go
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ import (
 // ServiceCache is responsible for caching EVM requests and provides corresponding middleware
 // ServiceCache can work with any underlying storage which implements simple cache.Cache interface
 type ServiceCache struct {
-	cacheClient              cache.Cache
-	blockGetter              decode.EVMBlockGetter
+	cacheClient cache.Cache
+	blockGetter decode.EVMBlockGetter
+	// TTL for cached evm requests
 	cacheTTL                 time.Duration
 	decodedRequestContextKey any
 	// cachePrefix is used as prefix for any key in the cache