diff --git a/org.wikipathways.client/src/org/wikipathways/client/WikiPathwaysClient.java b/org.wikipathways.client/src/org/wikipathways/client/WikiPathwaysClient.java
index 5a0e264..7f971f8 100644
--- a/org.wikipathways.client/src/org/wikipathways/client/WikiPathwaysClient.java
+++ b/org.wikipathways.client/src/org/wikipathways/client/WikiPathwaysClient.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public WikiPathwaysClient(URL portAddress) {
 				HttpHost proxy = new HttpHost(proxyURL.getHost(), proxyURL.getPort());
 				builder.setProxy(proxy);
 			}
-			builder.setConnectionManagerShared(false);
+			builder.setConnectionManagerShared(true);
 			try (CloseableHttpClient httpclient = builder.build()) {
 				port = new WikiPathwaysRESTBindingStub(httpclient, portAddress.toString());
 			}