diff --git a/Assets/Talo Game Services/Talo/Runtime/APIs/HealthCheckAPI.cs b/Assets/Talo Game Services/Talo/Runtime/APIs/HealthCheckAPI.cs
index 246a685..c438d7d 100644
--- a/Assets/Talo Game Services/Talo/Runtime/APIs/HealthCheckAPI.cs	
+++ b/Assets/Talo Game Services/Talo/Runtime/APIs/HealthCheckAPI.cs	
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ public enum HealthCheckStatus
     public class HealthCheckAPI : BaseAPI
     {
         private HealthCheckStatus lastHealthCheckStatus = HealthCheckStatus.UNKNOWN;
+        private float nextPingTime;
 
         public HealthCheckAPI() : base("v1/health-check") { }
 
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ public HealthCheckStatus GetLastStatus()
 
         public async Task<bool> Ping()
         {
+            var bustCache = lastHealthCheckStatus == HealthCheckStatus.UNKNOWN || Time.realtimeSinceStartup >= nextPingTime;
+            if (!bustCache)
+            {
+                return lastHealthCheckStatus == HealthCheckStatus.OK;
+            }
+
             var uri = new Uri(baseUrl);
 
             bool success;
@@ -57,6 +64,8 @@ public async Task<bool> Ping()
                 }
             }
 
+            nextPingTime = Time.realtimeSinceStartup + Talo.Settings.debounceTimerSeconds;
+
             return success;
         }
     }
diff --git a/Assets/Talo Game Services/Talo/Runtime/TaloSettings.cs b/Assets/Talo Game Services/Talo/Runtime/TaloSettings.cs
index 5a933cf..f81dbc5 100644
--- a/Assets/Talo Game Services/Talo/Runtime/TaloSettings.cs	
+++ b/Assets/Talo Game Services/Talo/Runtime/TaloSettings.cs	
@@ -34,5 +34,8 @@ public class TaloSettings : ScriptableObject
 
         [Tooltip("If enabled, Talo will automatically cache the player after a successful online identification for use in later offline sessions")]
         public bool cachePlayerOnIdentify = true;
+
+        [Tooltip("Number of seconds to wait before sending debounced requests (e.g. player updates, save updates and health checks)")]
+        public float debounceTimerSeconds = 1f;
     }
 }