diff --git a/src/main/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/exception/ErrorCode.java b/src/main/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/exception/ErrorCode.java
index b70703b9e0..9222dc239e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/exception/ErrorCode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/exception/ErrorCode.java
@@ -207,17 +207,6 @@ public enum ErrorCode {
   TABLE_COLUMN_UNKNOWN("Column unknown");
 
   private final String message;
-  private final boolean extendError =
-      ApiConstants.isOffline()
-          ? new SmallRyeConfigBuilder()
-              .withMapping(OperationsConfig.class)
-              .build()
-              .getConfigMapping(OperationsConfig.class)
-              .extendError()
-          : ConfigProvider.getConfig()
-              .unwrap(SmallRyeConfig.class)
-              .getConfigMapping(OperationsConfig.class)
-              .extendError();
 
   ErrorCode(String message) {
     this.message = message;
@@ -241,7 +230,7 @@ public JsonApiException toApiException(Throwable cause, String format, Object...
   }
 
   private String getErrorMessage(String format, Object... args) {
-    if (extendError) {
+    if (ExtendError.enabled()) {
       return String.format(format, args);
     }
     return message + ": " + String.format(format, args);
@@ -254,4 +243,33 @@ public JsonApiException toApiException() {
   public JsonApiException toApiException(Response.Status httpStatus) {
     return new JsonApiException(this, message, null, httpStatus);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Helper class to cache loading of settings from the configuration. This is used to avoid having
+   * to access Config during Enum class initialization. It will also prevent repeated configuration
+   * loading calls.
+   */
+  static class ExtendError {
+    private static final ExtendError instance = new ExtendError();
+
+    private final boolean enabled;
+
+    public ExtendError() {
+      enabled =
+          ApiConstants.isOffline()
+              ? new SmallRyeConfigBuilder()
+                  .withMapping(OperationsConfig.class)
+                  .build()
+                  .getConfigMapping(OperationsConfig.class)
+                  .extendError()
+              : ConfigProvider.getConfig()
+                  .unwrap(SmallRyeConfig.class)
+                  .getConfigMapping(OperationsConfig.class)
+                  .extendError();
+    }
+
+    public static boolean enabled() {
+      return instance.enabled;
+    }
+  }
 }