diff --git a/src/NodeRpcProxy/NodeRpcProxy.cpp b/src/NodeRpcProxy/NodeRpcProxy.cpp
index 37f60fd04d..a0b4a3bc67 100644
--- a/src/NodeRpcProxy/NodeRpcProxy.cpp
+++ b/src/NodeRpcProxy/NodeRpcProxy.cpp
@@ -95,12 +95,14 @@ NodeRpcProxy::NodeRpcProxy(const std::string& nodeHost, unsigned short nodePort,
   std::stringstream userAgent;
   userAgent << "NodeRpcProxy";
   m_requestHeaders = { {"User-Agent", userAgent.str()}, { "Connection", "keep-alive" } };
+
   resetInternalState();
 }
 
 NodeRpcProxy::~NodeRpcProxy() {
   try {
     shutdown();
+
   } catch (std::exception&) {
   }
 }
@@ -181,7 +183,11 @@ void NodeRpcProxy::workerThread(const INode::Callback& initialized_callback) {
     m_dispatcher = &dispatcher;
     ContextGroup contextGroup(dispatcher);
     m_context_group = &contextGroup;
-
+    httplib::Client httpClient(m_node_url);
+    m_httpClient = &httpClient;
+    m_httpClient->enable_server_certificate_verification(false);
+    m_httpClient->set_connection_timeout(1000);
+    m_httpClient->set_keep_alive(true);
     Event httpEvent(dispatcher);
     m_httpEvent = &httpEvent;
     m_httpEvent->set();
@@ -213,6 +219,7 @@ void NodeRpcProxy::workerThread(const INode::Callback& initialized_callback) {
 
   m_dispatcher = nullptr;
   m_context_group = nullptr;
+  m_httpClient = nullptr;
   m_httpEvent = nullptr;
   m_connected = false;
   m_rpcProxyObserverManager.notify(&INodeRpcProxyObserver::connectionStatusUpdated, m_connected);
@@ -983,11 +990,7 @@ std::error_code NodeRpcProxy::binaryCommand(const std::string& comm, const Reque
   try {
     EventLock eventLock(*m_httpEvent);
 
-    httplib::Client httpClient(m_node_url);
-    httpClient.enable_server_certificate_verification(false);
-    httpClient.set_connection_timeout(1000);
-
-    const auto rsp = httpClient.Post(rpc_url.c_str(), m_requestHeaders, storeToBinaryKeyValue(req), "application/octet-stream");
+    const auto rsp = m_httpClient->Post(rpc_url.c_str(), m_requestHeaders, storeToBinaryKeyValue(req), "application/octet-stream");
     if (rsp) {
       if (rsp->status == 200) {
         if (!loadFromBinaryKeyValue(res, rsp->body)) {
@@ -1013,11 +1016,7 @@ std::error_code NodeRpcProxy::jsonCommand(const std::string& comm, const Request
   try {
     EventLock eventLock(*m_httpEvent);
 
-    httplib::Client httpClient(m_node_url);
-    httpClient.enable_server_certificate_verification(false);
-    httpClient.set_connection_timeout(1000);
-
-    const auto rsp = httpClient.Post(rpc_url.c_str(), m_requestHeaders, storeToJson(req), "application/json");
+    const auto rsp = m_httpClient->Post(rpc_url.c_str(), m_requestHeaders, storeToJson(req), "application/json");
     if (rsp) {
       if (rsp->status == 200) {
         if (!loadFromJson(res, rsp->body)) {
@@ -1047,11 +1046,7 @@ std::error_code NodeRpcProxy::jsonRpcCommand(const std::string& method, const Re
     jsReq.setParams(req);
     JsonRpc::JsonRpcResponse jsRes;
 
-    httplib::Client httpClient(m_node_url);
-    httpClient.enable_server_certificate_verification(false);
-    httpClient.set_connection_timeout(1000);
-
-    const auto rsp = httpClient.Post(rpc_url.c_str(), m_requestHeaders, jsReq.getBody(), "application/json");
+    const auto rsp = m_httpClient->Post(rpc_url.c_str(), m_requestHeaders, jsReq.getBody(), "application/json");
     if (rsp) {
       if (rsp->status == 200) {
         jsRes.parse(rsp->body);
diff --git a/src/NodeRpcProxy/NodeRpcProxy.h b/src/NodeRpcProxy/NodeRpcProxy.h
index fa392f794d..eb655de5e8 100644
--- a/src/NodeRpcProxy/NodeRpcProxy.h
+++ b/src/NodeRpcProxy/NodeRpcProxy.h
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ class NodeRpcProxy : public CryptoNote::INode {
 
   unsigned int m_rpcTimeout;
 
+  httplib::Client* m_httpClient = nullptr;
+
   httplib::Headers m_requestHeaders;
   System::Event* m_httpEvent = nullptr;