diff --git a/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/common/api/IDevCycleApi.java b/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/common/api/IDevCycleApi.java
index 98ec779..9e6eb49 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/common/api/IDevCycleApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/common/api/IDevCycleApi.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public interface IDevCycleApi {
      */
     @Headers({"Content-Type:application/json"})
     @GET("config/v1/server/{sdkToken}.json")
-    Call<ProjectConfig> getConfig(@Path("sdkToken") String sdkToken, @Header("If-None-Match") String etag);
+    Call<ProjectConfig> getConfig(@Path("sdkToken") String sdkToken, @Header("If-None-Match") String etag, @Header("If-Modified-Since") String lastModified);
 
     /**
      * Post events to DevCycle for user
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/local/managers/EnvironmentConfigManager.java b/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/local/managers/EnvironmentConfigManager.java
index e6059ea..e1edb2f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/local/managers/EnvironmentConfigManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/local/managers/EnvironmentConfigManager.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 import retrofit2.Response;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ public final class EnvironmentConfigManager {
 
     private ProjectConfig config;
     private String configETag = "";
+    private String configLastModified = "";
 
     private final String sdkKey;
     private final int pollingIntervalMS;
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ public boolean isConfigInitialized() {
     }
 
     private ProjectConfig getConfig() throws DevCycleException {
-        Call<ProjectConfig> config = this.configApiClient.getConfig(this.sdkKey, this.configETag);
+        Call<ProjectConfig> config = this.configApiClient.getConfig(this.sdkKey, this.configETag, this.configLastModified);
         this.config = getResponseWithRetries(config, 1);
         return this.config;
     }
@@ -129,13 +132,31 @@ private ProjectConfig getConfigResponse(Call<ProjectConfig> call) throws DevCycl
 
         if (response.isSuccessful()) {
             String currentETag = response.headers().get("ETag");
+            String headerLastModified = response.headers().get("Last-Modified");
+
+            if (!this.configLastModified.isEmpty() && headerLastModified != null && !headerLastModified.isEmpty()) {
+                ZonedDateTime parsedLastModified = ZonedDateTime.parse(
+                        headerLastModified,
+                        DateTimeFormatter.RFC_1123_DATE_TIME
+                );
+                ZonedDateTime configLastModified = ZonedDateTime.parse(
+                        this.configLastModified,
+                        DateTimeFormatter.RFC_1123_DATE_TIME
+                );
+
+                if (parsedLastModified.isBefore(configLastModified)) {
+                    DevCycleLogger.warning("Received a config with last-modified header before the current stored timestamp. Not saving config.");
+                    return this.config;
+                }
+            }
+
             ProjectConfig config = response.body();
             try {
                 ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
                 localBucketing.storeConfig(sdkKey, mapper.writeValueAsString(config));
             } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
                 if (this.config != null) {
-                    DevCycleLogger.error("Unable to parse config with etag: " + currentETag + ". Using cache, etag " + this.configETag);
+                    DevCycleLogger.error("Unable to parse config with etag: " + currentETag + ". Using cache, etag " + this.configETag + " last-modified: " + this.configLastModified);
                     return this.config;
                 } else {
                     errorResponse.setMessage(e.getMessage());
@@ -143,9 +164,10 @@ private ProjectConfig getConfigResponse(Call<ProjectConfig> call) throws DevCycl
                 }
             }
             this.configETag = currentETag;
+            this.configLastModified = headerLastModified;
             return response.body();
         } else if (httpResponseCode == HttpResponseCode.NOT_MODIFIED) {
-            DevCycleLogger.debug("Config not modified, using cache, etag: " + this.configETag);
+            DevCycleLogger.debug("Config not modified, using cache, etag: " + this.configETag + " last-modified: " + this.configLastModified);
             return this.config;
         } else {
             if (response.errorBody() != null) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/common/api/DVCApiMock.java b/src/test/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/common/api/DVCApiMock.java
index 2d7a126..d866c25 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/common/api/DVCApiMock.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/common/api/DVCApiMock.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public Call<DevCycleResponse> track(DevCycleUserAndEvents userAndEvents, Boolean
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Call<ProjectConfig> getConfig(String sdkToken, String etag) {
+    public Call<ProjectConfig> getConfig(String sdkToken, String etag, String lastModified) {
         // TODO Auto-generated method stub
         return null;
     }