diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 2ba90f7..e09cdc6 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httputil"
 	"time"
 
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
@@ -60,9 +61,9 @@ type httpConfig struct {
 	Address               string                 `yaml:"address"`                  // 127.0.0.1
 	XXX                   map[string]interface{} `yaml:",inline"`
 
-	tlsConfig  *tls.Config
-	httpClient *http.Client
-	mcfg       *moduleConfig
+	tlsConfig *tls.Config
+	mcfg      *moduleConfig
+	*httputil.ReverseProxy
 }
 
 type execConfig struct {
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@ func checkModuleConfig(name string, cfg *moduleConfig) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unknown module configuration fields: %v", cfg.XXX)
 	}
 
+	cfg.name = name
+
 	switch cfg.Method {
 	case "http":
 		if len(cfg.HTTP.XXX) != 0 {
@@ -144,10 +147,13 @@ func checkModuleConfig(name string, cfg *moduleConfig) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("could not create tls config, %w", err)
 		}
 		cfg.HTTP.tlsConfig = tlsConfig
-		cfg.HTTP.httpClient = &http.Client{
-			Transport: &http.Transport{
-				TLSClientConfig: tlsConfig,
-			},
+		cfg.HTTP.ReverseProxy = &httputil.ReverseProxy{
+			Transport:    &http.Transport{TLSClientConfig: tlsConfig},
+			Director:     cfg.getReverseProxyDirectorFunc(),
+			ErrorHandler: cfg.getReverseProxyErrorHandlerFunc(),
+		}
+		if *cfg.HTTP.Verify {
+			cfg.HTTP.ReverseProxy.ModifyResponse = cfg.getReverseProxyModifyResponseFunc()
 		}
 	case "exec":
 		if len(cfg.Exec.XXX) != 0 {
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 20c06a1..8218a65 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -14,60 +14,81 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httputil"
-	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"golang.org/x/net/context/ctxhttp"
-
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-func (c httpConfig) GatherWithContext(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request) prometheus.GathererFunc {
-	return func() ([]*dto.MetricFamily, error) {
-		qvs := r.URL.Query()
-		qvs["module"] = qvs["module"][1:]
+const (
+	// Msg to send in response body when verification of proxied server
+	// response is failed
+	VerificationErrorMsg = "Internal Server Error: " +
+		"Response from proxied server failed verification. " +
+		"See server logs for details"
+)
 
-		url, err := url.Parse(c.Path)
-		uvs := url.Query()
-		for k, vs := range uvs {
-			for _, v := range vs {
-				qvs.Add(k, v)
-			}
-		}
+type VerifyError struct {
+	msg   string
+	cause error
+}
 
-		url.Host = net.JoinHostPort(c.Address, strconv.Itoa(c.Port))
-		url.Scheme = c.Scheme
-		url.RawQuery = qvs.Encode()
+func (e *VerifyError) Error() string { return e.msg + ": " + e.cause.Error() }
+func (e *VerifyError) Unwrap() error { return e.cause }
 
-		resp, err := ctxhttp.Get(ctx, c.httpClient, url.String())
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("http proxy for module %v failed %+v", c.mcfg.name, err)
-			proxyErrorCount.WithLabelValues(c.mcfg.name).Inc()
-			if err == context.DeadlineExceeded {
-				proxyTimeoutCount.WithLabelValues(c.mcfg.name).Inc()
-			}
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		defer resp.Body.Close()
+func (cfg moduleConfig) getReverseProxyDirectorFunc() func(*http.Request) {
+	return func(r *http.Request) {
+		vs := r.URL.Query()
+		vs["module"] = vs["module"][1:]
+		r.URL.RawQuery = vs.Encode()
+
+		r.URL.Scheme = cfg.HTTP.Scheme
+		r.URL.Host = net.JoinHostPort(cfg.HTTP.Address, strconv.Itoa(cfg.HTTP.Port))
+		r.URL.Path = cfg.HTTP.Path
+	}
+}
 
+func (cfg moduleConfig) getReverseProxyModifyResponseFunc() func(*http.Response) error {
+	return func(resp *http.Response) error {
 		if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("server responded %v, %q", resp.StatusCode, resp.Status)
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		var (
+			err     error
+			body    bytes.Buffer
+			oldBody = resp.Body
+		)
+		defer oldBody.Close()
+
+		if _, err = body.ReadFrom(oldBody); err != nil {
+			return &VerifyError{"Failed to read body from proxied server", err}
 		}
 
-		dec := expfmt.NewDecoder(resp.Body, expfmt.ResponseFormat(resp.Header))
+		resp.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body.Bytes()))
+
+		var bodyReader io.ReadCloser
+		if resp.Header.Get("Content-Encoding") == "gzip" {
+			bodyReader, err = gzip.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(body.Bytes()))
+			if err != nil {
+				return &VerifyError{"Failed to decode gzipped response", err}
+			}
+		} else {
+			bodyReader = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body.Bytes()))
+		}
+		defer bodyReader.Close()
 
-		result := []*dto.MetricFamily{}
+		dec := expfmt.NewDecoder(bodyReader, expfmt.ResponseFormat(resp.Header))
 		for {
 			mf := dto.MetricFamily{}
 			err := dec.Decode(&mf)
@@ -75,49 +96,33 @@ func (c httpConfig) GatherWithContext(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request) prom
 				break
 			}
 			if err != nil {
-				proxyMalformedCount.WithLabelValues(c.mcfg.name).Inc()
-				log.Errorf("err %+v", err)
-				return nil, err
+				proxyMalformedCount.WithLabelValues(cfg.name).Inc()
+				return &VerifyError{"Failed to decode metrics from proxied server", err}
 			}
-
-			result = append(result, &mf)
 		}
 
-		return result, nil
+		return nil
 	}
 }
 
-func (c httpConfig) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	var h http.Handler
-
-	if !(*c.Verify) {
-		// proxy directly
-		rt := &http.Transport{
-			Dial: (&net.Dialer{
-				Timeout: c.mcfg.Timeout,
-			}).Dial,
-			TLSHandshakeTimeout: c.mcfg.Timeout,
-			TLSClientConfig:     c.tlsConfig,
+func (cfg moduleConfig) getReverseProxyErrorHandlerFunc() func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request, error) {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error) {
+		var verifyError *VerifyError
+		if errors.As(err, &verifyError) {
+			log.Errorf("Verification for module '%s' failed: %v", cfg.name, err)
+			http.Error(w, VerificationErrorMsg, http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
 		}
-		h = &httputil.ReverseProxy{
-			Transport: rt,
-			Director: func(r *http.Request) {
-				vs := r.URL.Query()
-				vs["module"] = vs["module"][1:]
-				r.URL.RawQuery = vs.Encode()
-
-				r.URL.Scheme = c.Scheme
-				r.URL.Host = net.JoinHostPort(c.Address, strconv.Itoa(c.Port))
-				r.URL.Path = c.Path
-			},
+
+		if errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+			log.Errorf("Request time out for module '%s'", cfg.name)
+			http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusGatewayTimeout), http.StatusGatewayTimeout)
+			return
 		}
-	} else {
-		ctx := r.Context()
-		g := c.GatherWithContext(ctx, r)
-		h = promhttp.HandlerFor(g, promhttp.HandlerOpts{})
-	}
 
-	h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		log.Errorf("Proxy error for module '%s': %v", cfg.name, err)
+		http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusBadGateway), http.StatusBadGateway)
+	}
 }
 
 // BearerAuthMiddleware
diff --git a/http_test.go b/http_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7a5cae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"math/rand"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkReverseProxyHandler(b *testing.B) {
+	body := genRandomMetricsResponse(10000, 10)
+
+	test_exporter := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		reader := bytes.NewReader(body.Bytes())
+		io.Copy(w, reader)
+	}))
+	defer test_exporter.Close()
+
+	URL, _ := url.Parse(test_exporter.URL)
+	verify := true
+	port, _ := strconv.ParseInt(URL.Port(), 0, 0)
+	modCfg := &moduleConfig{
+		Method:  "http",
+		Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+		HTTP: httpConfig{
+			Verify:  &verify,
+			Scheme:  URL.Scheme,
+			Address: URL.Hostname(),
+			Port:    int(port),
+			Path:    "/",
+		},
+	}
+
+	if err := checkModuleConfig("test", modCfg); err != nil {
+		b.Fatalf("Failed to check module config: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	cfg := &config{
+		Modules: map[string]*moduleConfig{
+			"test": modCfg,
+		},
+	}
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/proxy?module=test", nil)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		cfg.doProxy(rr, req)
+		if rr.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			b.Fatalf("Bad response status %d", rr.Code)
+		}
+		if len(rr.Body.Bytes()) <= 0 {
+			b.Fatal("Response body is absent")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// genRandomMetricsResponse generates http response body which contains random set of
+// prometheus metrics. mf_num sets number of metric families in response which has
+// metric names in format 'metric{random number}'. m_num controls number of metrics
+// inside each metric family. Metrics inside metric families differ in values of
+// label 'label'.
+func genRandomMetricsResponse(mf_num int, m_num int) *bytes.Buffer {
+	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	helpMsg := "help msg"
+	labelName := "label"
+	metricFamilies := make([]*dto.MetricFamily, mf_num)
+	metricType := dto.MetricType_GAUGE
+	for i, _ := range metricFamilies {
+		metrics := make([]*dto.Metric, m_num)
+		for i, _ := range metrics {
+			labelValue := fmt.Sprint(rand.Int63())
+			value := rand.Float64()
+			ts := time.Now().UnixNano()
+			metrics[i] = &dto.Metric{
+				Label: []*dto.LabelPair{
+					&dto.LabelPair{
+						Name:  &labelName,
+						Value: &labelValue,
+					},
+				},
+				Gauge: &dto.Gauge{
+					Value: &value,
+				},
+				TimestampMs: &ts,
+			}
+		}
+		metricName := fmt.Sprintf("metric%d", rand.Int63())
+		metricFamilies[i] = &dto.MetricFamily{
+			Name:   &metricName,
+			Help:   &helpMsg,
+			Type:   &metricType,
+			Metric: metrics,
+		}
+	}
+
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	enc := expfmt.NewEncoder(buf, expfmt.FmtText)
+	for _, mf := range metricFamilies {
+		enc.Encode(mf)
+	}
+
+	return buf
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 93c09a2..a35d962 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ func (cfg *config) doProxy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("unknown module %v\n", mod), http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	} else {
-		m.name = mod[0]
 		h = m
 	}