diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AccountController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AccountController.php
index 90810008b..7000ace07 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AccountController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AccountController.php
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class AccountController extends Controller
 
 		$pid = $request->user()->profile_id;
 		$count = UserFilterService::muteCount($pid);
-		$maxLimit = intval(config('instance.user_filters.max_user_mutes'));
+		$maxLimit = (int) config_cache('instance.user_filters.max_user_mutes');
 		abort_if($count >= $maxLimit, 422, self::FILTER_LIMIT_MUTE_TEXT . $maxLimit . ' accounts');
 		if($count == 0) {
 			$filterCount = UserFilter::whereUserId($pid)->count();
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class AccountController extends Controller
 		]);
 		$pid = $request->user()->profile_id;
 		$count = UserFilterService::blockCount($pid);
-		$maxLimit = intval(config('instance.user_filters.max_user_blocks'));
+		$maxLimit = (int) config_cache('instance.user_filters.max_user_blocks');
 		abort_if($count >= $maxLimit, 422, self::FILTER_LIMIT_BLOCK_TEXT . $maxLimit . ' accounts');
 		if($count == 0) {
 			$filterCount = UserFilter::whereUserId($pid)->whereFilterType('block')->count();
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php
index 313890c28..fefc85442 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ class ApiV1Controller extends Controller
         }
 
         $count = UserFilterService::blockCount($pid);
-        $maxLimit = intval(config('instance.user_filters.max_user_blocks'));
+        $maxLimit = (int) config_cache('instance.user_filters.max_user_blocks');
         if ($count == 0) {
             $filterCount = UserFilter::whereUserId($pid)
                 ->whereFilterType('block')
@@ -2145,7 +2145,7 @@ class ApiV1Controller extends Controller
         }
 
         $count = UserFilterService::muteCount($pid);
-        $maxLimit = intval(config('instance.user_filters.max_user_mutes'));
+        $maxLimit = (int) config_cache('instance.user_filters.max_user_mutes');
         if ($count == 0) {
             $filterCount = UserFilter::whereUserId($pid)
                 ->whereFilterType('mute')
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/DomainBlockController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/DomainBlockController.php
index 5a2698361..3b6730789 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/DomainBlockController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/DomainBlockController.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class DomainBlockController extends Controller
         abort_if(config_cache('pixelfed.domain.app') == $domain, 400, 'Cannot ban your own server');
 
         $existingCount = UserDomainBlock::whereProfileId($pid)->count();
-        $maxLimit = config('instance.user_filters.max_domain_blocks');
+        $maxLimit = (int) config_cache('instance.user_filters.max_domain_blocks');
         $errorMsg =  __('profile.block.domain.max', ['max' => $maxLimit]);
 
         abort_if($existingCount >= $maxLimit, 400, $errorMsg);
diff --git a/app/Services/ConfigCacheService.php b/app/Services/ConfigCacheService.php
index c17f6375f..25566dcf6 100644
--- a/app/Services/ConfigCacheService.php
+++ b/app/Services/ConfigCacheService.php
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ class ConfigCacheService
                 'pixelfed.optimize_video',
                 'pixelfed.max_collection_length',
                 'media.delete_local_after_cloud',
+                'instance.user_filters.max_user_blocks',
+                'instance.user_filters.max_user_mutes',
+                'instance.user_filters.max_domain_blocks',
                 // 'system.user_mode'
             ];