diff --git a/packages/query/src/stacks/token-metadata/non-fungible-tokens/non-fungible-token-metadata.query.ts b/packages/query/src/stacks/token-metadata/non-fungible-tokens/non-fungible-token-metadata.query.ts
index d5a675779..63d307e8a 100644
--- a/packages/query/src/stacks/token-metadata/non-fungible-tokens/non-fungible-token-metadata.query.ts
+++ b/packages/query/src/stacks/token-metadata/non-fungible-tokens/non-fungible-token-metadata.query.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { hexToCV } from '@stacks/transactions';
 import { QueryFunctionContext, type UseQueryResult, useQueries } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { AxiosError } from 'axios';
 
-import { getPrincipalFromContractId } from '@leather.io/utils';
+import { getPrincipalFromContractId, oneMonthInMs, oneWeekInMs } from '@leather.io/utils';
 
 import { StacksQueryPrefixes } from '../../../query-prefixes';
 import { StacksClient, useStacksClient } from '../../stacks-client';
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import { useGetNonFungibleTokenHoldingsQuery } from './non-fungible-token-holdin
 const queryOptions = {
   refetchOnWindowFocus: false,
   refetchOnMount: false,
-  staleTime: 10 * 1000,
+  staleTime: oneWeekInMs,
+  gcTime: oneMonthInMs,
 } as const;
 
 function getTokenId(hex: string) {
@@ -34,10 +35,21 @@ export function createGetNonFungibleTokenMetadataQueryOptions({
   client,
   tokenId,
 }: CreateGetNonFungibleTokenMetadataQueryOptionsArgs) {
+  const queryKey = [StacksQueryPrefixes.GetNftMetadata, address, tokenId];
+
   return {
     enabled: !!tokenId,
-    queryKey: [StacksQueryPrefixes.GetNftMetadata, address, tokenId],
-    queryFn: ({ signal }: QueryFunctionContext) => client.getNftMetadata(address, tokenId, signal),
+    queryKey,
+    queryFn: async ({ signal }: QueryFunctionContext) => {
+      try {
+        return await client.getNftMetadata(address, tokenId, signal);
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (statusCodeNotFoundOrNotProcessable((error as AxiosError).request.status)) {
+          return null;
+        }
+        throw error;
+      }
+    },
     retry(_count: number, error: AxiosError) {
       if (statusCodeNotFoundOrNotProcessable(error.request.status)) return false;
       return true;
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
index a41ef4672..a809b8d61 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ export * from './math';
 export * from './money';
 export * from './sort-assets';
 export * from './truncate-middle';
+export * from './time';
+
 export { spamFilter } from './spam-filter/spam-filter';
 export { extractPhraseFromString } from './extract-phrase-from-string/extract-phrase-from-string';
 export { pxStringToNumber } from './px-string-to-number/px-string-to-number';
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/time.ts b/packages/utils/src/time.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..267fb0a99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/time.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export const fiveMinInMs = 5 * 60 * 1000;
+export const oneDayInMs = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+export const oneWeekInMs = 7 * oneDayInMs;
+export const oneMonthInMs = 30 * oneDayInMs;