diff --git a/handlers/validators.go b/handlers/validators.go
index 0cdfe3a93b..cd61d43900 100644
--- a/handlers/validators.go
+++ b/handlers/validators.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func Validators(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	currentStateCounts := services.LatestValidatorStateCounts()
 
-	for _, state := range currentStateCounts {
+	for _, state := range *currentStateCounts {
 		switch state.Name {
 		case "pending":
 			validatorsPageData.PendingCount = state.Count
diff --git a/services/monitoring.go b/services/monitoring.go
index 8ed3cabcb9..fb84444dd6 100644
--- a/services/monitoring.go
+++ b/services/monitoring.go
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func startServicesMonitoringService() {
 		"statistics":                  time.Minute * 90,
 		"ethStoreStatistics":          time.Minute * 15,
 		"lastExportedStatisticDay":    time.Minute * 15,
-		"validatorStateCountsUpdater": time.Minute * 15,
+		"validatorStateCountsUpdater": time.Minute * 90,
 		//"notification-sender", //exclude for now as the sender is only running on mainnet
 	}
 
diff --git a/services/services.go b/services/services.go
index 85807892e1..b78f21451e 100644
--- a/services/services.go
+++ b/services/services.go
@@ -1797,17 +1797,17 @@ func validatorStateCountsUpdater(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 			}
 		}
 		ReportStatus("validatorStateCountsUpdater", "Running", nil)
-		time.Sleep(time.Minute)
+		time.Sleep(time.Minute * 60)
 	}
 }
 
-func LatestValidatorStateCounts() []types.ValidatorStateCountRow {
+func LatestValidatorStateCounts() *[]types.ValidatorStateCountRow {
 	wanted := []types.ValidatorStateCountRow{}
 	cacheKey := fmt.Sprintf("%d:frontend:validator_state_counts", utils.Config.Chain.ClConfig.DepositChainID)
-	if wanted, err := cache.TieredCache.GetWithLocalTimeout(cacheKey, time.Minute, wanted); err == nil {
-		return wanted.([]types.ValidatorStateCountRow)
+	if wanted, err := cache.TieredCache.GetWithLocalTimeout(cacheKey, time.Minute, &wanted); err == nil {
+		return wanted.(*[]types.ValidatorStateCountRow)
 	} else {
 		logger.Errorf("error retrieving validator state count data from cache: %v", err)
 	}
-	return wanted
+	return &wanted
 }