diff --git a/src/app/api/chains/[family]/addresses/[address]/balance/route.ts b/src/app/api/chains/[family]/addresses/[address]/balance/route.ts
index 33abf9d..76a4c87 100644
--- a/src/app/api/chains/[family]/addresses/[address]/balance/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/chains/[family]/addresses/[address]/balance/route.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ import { throwIfQueryParamIsNull } from "../../../../../utils/throwIfQueryParamI
 // cache balance for 5 seconds
 const headers = {
   headers: {
-    "Cache-Control": `public, max-age=${5}`,
+    "Cache-Control": "public, s-maxage=5",
+    "CDN-Cache-Control": "public, s-maxage=5",
+    "Vercel-CDN-Cache-Control": "public, s-maxage=5",
   },
 }
 export async function GET(
diff --git a/src/hooks/useTokenBalances/stores/amountsStore.ts b/src/hooks/useTokenBalances/stores/amountsStore.ts
index dda7471..30301e8 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useTokenBalances/stores/amountsStore.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useTokenBalances/stores/amountsStore.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type { Tokens } from "@/tokens/types"
 
 import type { NormalizedAddressMap } from "../NormalizedAddressMap"
 import { focusStore } from "./focusStore"
+import { inactivityStore } from "./inactivityStore"
 import { tokensStore } from "./tokensStore"
 
 const AMOUNTS_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 1000 * 60 * 3
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ subscribeKey(sessionState, "addresses", (addresses) => {
 setInterval(() => {
   const now = Date.now()
 
-  if (!focusStore.isWalletInFocus) {
+  // Skip if not focused OR inactive
+  if (!focusStore.isWalletInFocus || !inactivityStore.isActive) {
     return
   }
 
diff --git a/src/hooks/useTokenBalances/stores/inactivityStore.ts b/src/hooks/useTokenBalances/stores/inactivityStore.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30f999a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/useTokenBalances/stores/inactivityStore.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { proxy } from "valtio"
+
+type InactivityStore = {
+  isActive: boolean
+  lastInteractionTime: number
+  inactivityTimeoutMs: number
+}
+
+export const inactivityStore = proxy<InactivityStore>({
+  isActive: true,
+  lastInteractionTime: Date.now(),
+  inactivityTimeoutMs: 1000 * 60 * 5, // 5 minutes
+})
+
+const updateInactivityStore = () => {
+  const resetInactivity = () => {
+    inactivityStore.lastInteractionTime = Date.now()
+    inactivityStore.isActive = true
+  }
+
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") {
+    return () => {}
+  }
+
+  // Track user interactions
+  const events = [
+    "mousemove",
+    "keydown",
+    "click",
+    "touchstart",
+    "scroll",
+    "wheel",
+  ]
+  events.forEach((event) => {
+    window.addEventListener(event, resetInactivity, { passive: true })
+  })
+
+  // Check inactivity every 10 seconds
+  const inactivityCheckInterval = setInterval(() => {
+    const timeSinceLastInteraction =
+      Date.now() - inactivityStore.lastInteractionTime
+    inactivityStore.isActive =
+      timeSinceLastInteraction < inactivityStore.inactivityTimeoutMs
+  }, 10_000)
+
+  return () => {
+    events.forEach((event) => {
+      window.removeEventListener(event, resetInactivity)
+    })
+    clearInterval(inactivityCheckInterval)
+  }
+}
+
+updateInactivityStore()
diff --git a/src/hooks/useTokenBalances/stores/tokensStore.ts b/src/hooks/useTokenBalances/stores/tokensStore.ts
index ad97a23..de59e4f 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useTokenBalances/stores/tokensStore.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useTokenBalances/stores/tokensStore.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import { proxy } from "valtio"
+import { subscribeKey } from "valtio/utils"
 
 import type { Tokens } from "@/tokens/types"
 
 import { getTokens } from "../fetchers/tokens"
+import { focusStore } from "./focusStore"
+import { inactivityStore } from "./inactivityStore"
 
 const TOKENS_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 1000 * 60 * 60
+let nextRefreshAt = Date.now() + TOKENS_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS
 
 type TokensStore = {
   tokens: Tokens | undefined
@@ -37,4 +41,18 @@ export const tokensStore = proxy<TokensStore>({
 })
 
 refreshTokens()
-setInterval(refreshTokens, TOKENS_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS)
+const refreshTokensIfDue = () => {
+  if (!focusStore.isWalletInFocus || !inactivityStore.isActive) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  const now = Date.now()
+  if (now < nextRefreshAt) return
+
+  nextRefreshAt = now + TOKENS_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS
+  refreshTokens()
+}
+
+setInterval(refreshTokensIfDue, TOKENS_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS)
+subscribeKey(focusStore, "isWalletInFocus", refreshTokensIfDue)
+subscribeKey(inactivityStore, "isActive", refreshTokensIfDue)