diff --git a/e2e/main_test.go b/e2e/main_test.go
index 274cab6..dc89ce4 100644
--- a/e2e/main_test.go
+++ b/e2e/main_test.go
@@ -84,6 +84,5 @@ func requireOPClientSetGet(t *testing.T, ts e2e.TestSuite, blob []byte, precompu
 	preimage, err := daClient.GetInput(ts.Ctx, commit)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, blob, preimage)
-	requireDispersalRetrievalEigenDA(t, ts.Metrics.HTTPServerRequestsTotal, commitments.OptimismKeccak)
 
 }
diff --git a/e2e/optimism_test.go b/e2e/optimism_test.go
index db7be2c..b388f8e 100644
--- a/e2e/optimism_test.go
+++ b/e2e/optimism_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/op-service/testlog"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
+
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
diff --git a/e2e/safety_checks_test.go b/e2e/safety_checks_test.go
index c71f061..28402b7 100644
--- a/e2e/safety_checks_test.go
+++ b/e2e/safety_checks_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
+func isNilPtrDerefPanic(err string) bool {
+	return strings.Contains(err, "panic") && strings.Contains(err, "SIGSEGV") &&
+		strings.Contains(err, "nil pointer dereference")
+}
+
 // TestOpClientKeccak256MalformedInputs tests the NewDAClient from altda by setting and getting against []byte("")
 // preimage. It sets the precompute option to false on the NewDAClient.
 func TestOpClientKeccak256MalformedInputs(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/e2e/server_test.go b/e2e/server_test.go
index 136120f..30d16a3 100644
--- a/e2e/server_test.go
+++ b/e2e/server_test.go
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 package e2e_test
 
 import (
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/Layr-Labs/eigenda-proxy/client"
 	"github.com/Layr-Labs/eigenda-proxy/commitments"
 	"github.com/Layr-Labs/eigenda-proxy/store"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/Layr-Labs/eigenda-proxy/e2e"
 )
@@ -15,11 +16,6 @@ func useMemory() bool {
 	return !runTestnetIntegrationTests
 }
 
-func isNilPtrDerefPanic(err string) bool {
-	return strings.Contains(err, "panic") && strings.Contains(err, "SIGSEGV") &&
-		strings.Contains(err, "nil pointer dereference")
-}
-
 func TestOptimismClientWithKeccak256Commitment(t *testing.T) {
 	if !runIntegrationTests && !runTestnetIntegrationTests {
 		t.Skip("Skipping test as INTEGRATION or TESTNET env var not set")
@@ -145,12 +141,27 @@ func TestProxyReadFallback(t *testing.T) {
 	testCfg := e2e.TestConfig(useMemory())
 	testCfg.UseS3Fallback = true
 	// ensure that blob memstore eviction times result in near immediate activation
-	testCfg.Expiration = time.Nanosecond * 1
+	testCfg.Expiration = time.Millisecond * 1
 
 	tsConfig := e2e.TestSuiteConfig(testCfg)
 	ts, kill := e2e.CreateTestSuite(tsConfig)
 	defer kill()
 
+	cfg := &client.Config{
+		URL: ts.Address(),
+	}
+	daClient := client.New(cfg)
+	expectedBlob := e2e.Rand[[]byte](1_000_000)
+	t.Log("Setting input data on proxy server...")
+	blobInfo, err := daClient.SetData(ts.Ctx, expectedBlob)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	t.Log("Getting input data from proxy server...")
+	actualBlob, err := daClient.GetData(ts.Ctx, blobInfo)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, expectedBlob, actualBlob)
+
 	requireSimpleClientSetGet(t, ts, e2e.Rand[[]byte](1_000_000))
 	requireWriteReadSecondary(t, ts.Metrics.SecondaryRequestsTotal, store.S3BackendType)
 	requireDispersalRetrievalEigenDA(t, ts.Metrics.HTTPServerRequestsTotal, commitments.SimpleCommitmentMode)
diff --git a/metrics/memory.go b/metrics/memory.go
index e6f6ffa..6f6c8b7 100644
--- a/metrics/memory.go
+++ b/metrics/memory.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (cm *CountMap) Get(labels ...string) (uint64, error) {
 
 	val, exists := cm.m.Load(key.Hex())
 	if !exists {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("value doesn't exist")
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("value doesn't exist for key %s", key.String())
 	}
 	uint64Val, ok := val.(uint64)
 	if !ok {