diff --git a/src/auth.nim b/src/auth.nim
index f2b82f925..00758eb49 100644
--- a/src/auth.nim
+++ b/src/auth.nim
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import experimental/parser/guestaccount
 
 # max requests at a time per account to avoid race conditions
 const
-  maxConcurrentReqs = 2
+  maxConcurrentReqs = 5
   dayInSeconds = 24 * 60 * 60
   apiMaxReqs: Table[Api, int] = {
     Api.search: 50,
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ proc initAccountPool*(cfg: Config; path: string) =
     quit 1
 
   let accountsPrePurge = accountPool.len
-  accountPool.keepItIf(not it.hasExpired)
+  #accountPool.keepItIf(not it.hasExpired)
 
   log "Successfully added ", accountPool.len, " valid accounts."
   if accountsPrePurge > accountPool.len:
diff --git a/src/http_pool.nim b/src/http_pool.nim
index 664e9a6e1..7c48c43f6 100644
--- a/src/http_pool.nim
+++ b/src/http_pool.nim
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ proc setHttpProxy*(url: string; auth: string) =
   else:
     proxy = nil
 
+proc clear*(pool: HttpPool) = 
+  for client in pool.conns:
+    try: client.close()
+    except: discard
+  pool.conns.setLen(0)
+
 proc release*(pool: HttpPool; client: AsyncHttpClient; badClient=false) =
   if pool.conns.len >= maxConns or badClient:
     try: client.close()
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@ template use*(pool: HttpPool; heads: HttpHeaders; body: untyped): untyped =
   except BadClientError, ProtocolError:
     # Twitter returned 503 or closed the connection, we need a new client
     pool.release(c, true)
+    pool.clear()
     badClient = false
     c = pool.acquire(heads)
     body