diff --git a/denonavr/api.py b/denonavr/api.py
index 1b1c219..b301e35 100644
--- a/denonavr/api.py
+++ b/denonavr/api.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 import attr
 import httpx
-from asyncstdlib import lru_cache
 from defusedxml.ElementTree import fromstring
 
 from .appcommand import AppCommandCmd
@@ -49,11 +48,7 @@
     ZONE2,
     ZONE3,
 )
-from .decorators import (
-    async_handle_receiver_exceptions,
-    cache_clear_on_exception,
-    set_cache_id,
-)
+from .decorators import async_handle_receiver_exceptions, cache_result
 from .exceptions import (
     AvrIncompleteResponseError,
     AvrInvalidResponseError,
@@ -180,9 +175,7 @@ async def async_get_command(self, request: str) -> str:
         # Return text
         return res.text
 
-    @set_cache_id
-    @cache_clear_on_exception
-    @lru_cache(maxsize=32)
+    @cache_result
     @async_handle_receiver_exceptions
     async def async_get_xml(
         self, request: str, cache_id: Hashable = None
@@ -197,9 +190,7 @@ async def async_get_xml(
         # Return ElementTree element
         return xml_root
 
-    @set_cache_id
-    @cache_clear_on_exception
-    @lru_cache(maxsize=32)
+    @cache_result
     @async_handle_receiver_exceptions
     async def async_post_appcommand(
         self, request: str, cmds: Tuple[AppCommandCmd], cache_id: Hashable = None
diff --git a/denonavr/decorators.py b/denonavr/decorators.py
index 3fc7b5f..b84c0ca 100644
--- a/denonavr/decorators.py
+++ b/denonavr/decorators.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from typing import Callable, Coroutine, TypeVar
 
 import httpx
+from asyncstdlib import lru_cache
 from defusedxml import DefusedXmlException
 from defusedxml.ElementTree import ParseError
 
@@ -85,44 +86,37 @@ async def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
     return wrapper
 
 
-def cache_clear_on_exception(func: Callable[..., AnyT]) -> Callable[..., AnyT]:
+def cache_result(func: Callable[..., AnyT]) -> Callable[..., AnyT]:
     """
-    Decorate a function to clear lru_cache if an exception occurs.
+    Decorate a function to cache its results with an lru_cache of maxsize 16.
 
-    The decorator must be placed right before the @lru_cache decorator.
-    It prevents memory leaks in home-assistant when receiver instances are
-    created and deleted right away in case the device is offline on setup.
+    This decorator also sets an "cache_id" keyword argument if it is not set yet.
+    When an exception occurs it clears lru_cache to prevent memory leaks in
+    home-assistant when receiver instances are created and deleted right
+    away in case the device is offline on setup.
     """
+    if inspect.signature(func).parameters.get("cache_id") is None:
+        raise AttributeError(
+            f"Function {func} does not have a 'cache_id' keyword parameter"
+        )
+
+    lru_decorator = lru_cache(maxsize=16)
+    cached_func = lru_decorator(func)
 
     @wraps(func)
     async def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        if kwargs.get("cache_id") is None:
+            kwargs["cache_id"] = time.time()
         try:
-            return await func(*args, **kwargs)
+            return await cached_func(*args, **kwargs)
         except Exception as err:
             _LOGGER.debug("Exception %s raised, clearing cache", err)
-            func.cache_clear()
+            cached_func.cache_clear()
             raise
 
     return wrapper
 
 
-def set_cache_id(func: Callable[..., AnyT]) -> Callable[..., AnyT]:
-    """
-    Decorate a function to add cache_id keyword argument if it is not present.
-
-    The function must be called with a fix cache_id keyword argument to be able
-    to get cached data. This prevents accidental caching of a function result.
-    """
-
-    @wraps(func)
-    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-        if kwargs.get("cache_id") is None:
-            kwargs["cache_id"] = time.time()
-        return func(*args, **kwargs)
-
-    return wrapper
-
-
 def run_async_synchronously(async_func: Coroutine) -> Callable:
     """
     Decorate to run the configured asynchronous function synchronously instead.