diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d878fb..5b405c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ A tab bar configuration for wezterm, this configuration is heavily inspired by [
 
 In order for the spotify integration to work you need to have [spotify-tui](https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui) installed on you system. Follow their installation instructions on how to set it up.
 
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> If you are using the spotify module, I recommend setting `status_update_interval` to quite a high number to avoid spotify request limits. I have it set to `10000`.
-
  
 
 ## 🚀 Installation
@@ -116,6 +113,7 @@ local config = {
       icon = wez.nerdfonts.fa_spotify,
       color = 3,
       max_width = 64,
+      throttle = 15,
     },
   },
 }
diff --git a/plugin/bar/config.lua b/plugin/bar/config.lua
index e95ef32..c74fbf4 100644
--- a/plugin/bar/config.lua
+++ b/plugin/bar/config.lua
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ M.options = {
       icon = wez.nerdfonts.fa_spotify,
       color = 3,
       max_width = 64,
+      throttle = 15,
     },
   },
 }
diff --git a/plugin/bar/spotify.lua b/plugin/bar/spotify.lua
index 31ecd4f..2ec65b4 100644
--- a/plugin/bar/spotify.lua
+++ b/plugin/bar/spotify.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ local utilities = require "bar.utilities"
 
 local M = {}
 
+local last_update = 0
+local stored_playback = ""
+
 -- format spotify playback, to handle max_width nicely
 local format_playback = function(pb, max_width)
   if #pb <= max_width then
@@ -22,14 +25,21 @@ local format_playback = function(pb, max_width)
 end
 
 -- gets the currently playing song from spotify
-M.get_currently_playing = function(max_width)
+M.get_currently_playing = function(max_width, throttle)
+  if utilities._wait(throttle, last_update) then
+    return stored_playback
+  end
   -- fetch playback using spotify-tui
   local success, pb, stderr = wez.run_child_process { "spt", "pb", "--format", "%a - %t" }
   if not success then
     wez.log_error(stderr)
     return ""
   end
-  return format_playback(utilities._trim(pb), max_width)
+  local res = format_playback(utilities._trim(pb), max_width)
+  stored_playback = res
+  last_update = os.time()
+
+  return res
 end
 
 return M
diff --git a/plugin/bar/utilities.lua b/plugin/bar/utilities.lua
index 76f768f..d710fdc 100644
--- a/plugin/bar/utilities.lua
+++ b/plugin/bar/utilities.lua
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ local wez = require "wezterm"
 H.home = (os.getenv "USERPROFILE" or os.getenv "HOME" or wez.home_dir or ""):gsub("\\", "/")
 H.is_windows = package.config:sub(1, 1) == "\\"
 
+H._wait = function (throttle, last_update)
+  local current_time = os.time()
+  return current_time - last_update < throttle
+end
 
 -- get basename for dir/file, removing ft and path
 H._basename = function(s)
diff --git a/plugin/init.lua b/plugin/init.lua
index c322b36..3648fa9 100644
--- a/plugin/init.lua
+++ b/plugin/init.lua
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ wez.on("update-status", function(window, pane)
   }
 
   if options.modules.spotify.enabled then
-    local playback = spotify.get_currently_playing(options.modules.spotify.max_width)
+    local playback = spotify.get_currently_playing(options.modules.spotify.max_width, options.modules.spotify.throttle)
     if #playback > 0 then
       table.insert(right_cells, { Foreground = { Color = palette.ansi[options.modules.spotify.color] } })
       table.insert(right_cells, { Text = playback })