diff --git a/control-plane/src/modules/jobs/create-job.ts b/control-plane/src/modules/jobs/create-job.ts
index e55ff8d6..563a9685 100644
--- a/control-plane/src/modules/jobs/create-job.ts
+++ b/control-plane/src/modules/jobs/create-job.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   getServiceDefinition,
   parseJobArgs,
 } from "../service-definitions";
-import { extractWithPath } from "../util";
+import { extractWithJsonPath } from "../util";
 import { externalServices } from "./external";
 import { env } from "../../utilities/env";
 import { injectTraceContext } from "../observability/tracer";
@@ -34,12 +34,15 @@ type CreateJobParams = {
 
 const DEFAULT_RETRY_COUNT_ON_STALL = 0;
 
-const extractKeyFromPath = (path: string, args: unknown) => {
+const extractCacheKeyFromJsonPath = (path: string, args: unknown) => {
   try {
-    return extractWithPath(path, args)[0];
+    return extractWithJsonPath(path, args)[0];
   } catch (error) {
     if (error instanceof NotFoundError) {
-      throw new InvalidJobArgumentsError(error.message);
+      throw new InvalidJobArgumentsError(
+        `Failed to extract cache key from arguments: ${error.message}`,
+        "https://docs.inferable.ai/pages/functions#config-cache"
+      );
     }
     throw error;
   }
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ export const createJob = async (params: {
   };
 
   if (config?.cache?.keyPath && config?.cache?.ttlSeconds) {
-    const cacheKey = extractKeyFromPath(config.cache.keyPath, args);
+    const cacheKey = extractCacheKeyFromJsonPath(config.cache.keyPath, args);
 
     const { id, created } = await createJobStrategies.cached({
       ...jobConfig,
diff --git a/control-plane/src/modules/service-definitions.test.ts b/control-plane/src/modules/service-definitions.test.ts
index 3109d8f7..793937a3 100644
--- a/control-plane/src/modules/service-definitions.test.ts
+++ b/control-plane/src/modules/service-definitions.test.ts
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ describe("validateServiceRegistration", () => {
                 z.object({
                   test: z.string(),
                 })
-              ))
+              )),
             },
           ],
         },
@@ -370,4 +370,47 @@ describe("validateServiceRegistration", () => {
     }).not.toThrow();
   })
 
+  it("should reject invalid cache.keyPath jsonpath", () => {
+    expect(() => {
+      validateServiceRegistration({
+        service: "default",
+        definition: {
+          name: "default",
+          functions: [
+            {
+              name: "myFn",
+              config: {
+                cache: {
+                  keyPath: "$invalid",
+                  ttlSeconds: 10
+                }
+              }
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      });
+    }).toThrow(InvalidServiceRegistrationError);
+  })
+
+  it("should accept valid cache.keyPath jsonpath", () => {
+    expect(() => {
+      validateServiceRegistration({
+        service: "default",
+        definition: {
+          name: "default",
+          functions: [
+            {
+              name: "myFn",
+              config: {
+                cache: {
+                  keyPath: "$.someKey",
+                  ttlSeconds: 10
+                }
+              }
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      });
+    }).not.toThrow();
+  })
 })
diff --git a/control-plane/src/modules/service-definitions.ts b/control-plane/src/modules/service-definitions.ts
index 0ad5e2bd..2d252153 100644
--- a/control-plane/src/modules/service-definitions.ts
+++ b/control-plane/src/modules/service-definitions.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { and, eq, lte } from "drizzle-orm";
 import {
-  handleCustomerAuthSchema,
   validateDescription,
   validateFunctionName,
   validateFunctionSchema,
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import { embeddableEntitiy } from "./embeddings/embeddings";
 import { logger } from "./observability/logger";
 import { packer } from "./packer";
 import { withThrottle } from "./util";
+import jsonpath from "jsonpath";
 
 // The time without a ping before a service is considered expired
 const SERVICE_LIVE_THRESHOLD_MS = 30 * 60 * 1000; // 30 minutes
@@ -400,10 +400,20 @@ export const validateServiceRegistration = ({
       }
     }
 
-    const VERIFY_FUNCTION_NAME = "handleCustomerAuth";
-    const VERIFY_FUNCTION_SERVICE = "default";
+    if (fn.config?.cache) {
+      try {
+        jsonpath.parse(fn.config.cache.keyPath);
+      } catch {
+        throw new InvalidServiceRegistrationError(
+          `${fn.name} cache.keyPath is invalid`,
+          "https://docs.inferable.ai/pages/functions#config-cache"
+        )
+      }
+    }
 
     // Checks for customer auth handler
+    const VERIFY_FUNCTION_NAME = "handleCustomerAuth";
+    const VERIFY_FUNCTION_SERVICE = "default";
     if (service === VERIFY_FUNCTION_SERVICE && fn.name === VERIFY_FUNCTION_NAME) {
       if (!fn.schema) {
         throw new InvalidServiceRegistrationError(
diff --git a/control-plane/src/modules/util.ts b/control-plane/src/modules/util.ts
index 4838f462..e8095651 100644
--- a/control-plane/src/modules/util.ts
+++ b/control-plane/src/modules/util.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import jsonpath from "jsonpath";
 import { NotFoundError } from "../utilities/errors";
 import { redisClient } from "./redis";
 
-export const extractWithPath = (path: string, args: unknown) => {
+export const extractWithJsonPath = (path: string, args: unknown) => {
   const result = jsonpath.query(args, path);
   if (!result || result.length === 0) {
     throw new NotFoundError(`Path ${path} not found within input`);