diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 7cabfa8..806e651 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ BASE_URL = 'https://api.orerve.net/2.0/website/squadron/'
 INFO_ENDPOINT = 'info'
 NEWS_ENDPOINT = 'news/list'
 
+TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS: float = float(os.getenv("JUBILANT_TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS")) or 3.0
+logger.debug(f'TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS = {TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS} {type(TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS)}')
+
 with open('available.json', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as available_file:
     TAG_COLLECTIONS: dict = json.load(available_file)['SquadronTagData']['SquadronTagCollections']
 
@@ -54,9 +57,6 @@ def proxied_request(url: str, method: str = 'get', **kwargs) -> requests.Respons
 
     global PROXIES_DICT
 
-    TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS: float = float(os.getenv("JUBILANT_TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS")) or 3.0
-    logger.debug(f'TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS = {TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS} {type(TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS)}')
-
     while True:
 
         selected_proxy = min(PROXIES_DICT, key=lambda x: x['last_try'])