diff --git a/src/main/java/xyz/mcutils/backend/service/PlayerService.java b/src/main/java/xyz/mcutils/backend/service/PlayerService.java
index e5dc913..19d5f6a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/xyz/mcutils/backend/service/PlayerService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/xyz/mcutils/backend/service/PlayerService.java
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ public class PlayerService {
             uuid = usernameToUuid(id).getUniqueId();
         }
 
-        ((UniquePlayerLookupsMetric) metricService.getMetric(UniquePlayerLookupsMetric.class)).addLookup(id); // Add the lookup to the unique player lookups
-
         Optional<CachedPlayer> cachedPlayer = playerCacheRepository.findById(uuid);
         if (cachedPlayer.isPresent() && EnvironmentUtils.isProduction()) { // Return the cached player if it exists
             log.info("Player {} is cached", id);
@@ -85,6 +83,7 @@ public class PlayerService {
                             mojangProfile.getProperties() // Raw properties
                     )
             );
+            ((UniquePlayerLookupsMetric) metricService.getMetric(UniquePlayerLookupsMetric.class)).addLookup(uuid); // Add the lookup to the unique player lookups
 
             playerCacheRepository.save(player);
             player.getCache().setCached(false);
diff --git a/src/main/java/xyz/mcutils/backend/service/metric/metrics/UniquePlayerLookupsMetric.java b/src/main/java/xyz/mcutils/backend/service/metric/metrics/UniquePlayerLookupsMetric.java
index e62bc4f..3f9eab4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/xyz/mcutils/backend/service/metric/metrics/UniquePlayerLookupsMetric.java
+++ b/src/main/java/xyz/mcutils/backend/service/metric/metrics/UniquePlayerLookupsMetric.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import xyz.mcutils.backend.service.metric.impl.IntegerMetric;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 public class UniquePlayerLookupsMetric extends IntegerMetric {
     private List<String> uniqueLookups = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -20,12 +21,11 @@ public class UniquePlayerLookupsMetric extends IntegerMetric {
     /**
      * Adds a lookup to the list of unique lookups.
      *
-     * @param lookup the query that was used to look up a player
+     * @param uuid the query that was used to look up a player
      */
-    public void addLookup(String lookup) {
-        lookup = lookup.toLowerCase();
-        if (!uniqueLookups.contains(lookup)) {
-            uniqueLookups.add(lookup);
+    public void addLookup(UUID uuid) {
+        if (!uniqueLookups.contains(uuid.toString())) {
+            uniqueLookups.add(uuid.toString());
         }
     }