diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/platform/common.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/platform/common.ts
index 2f58017de..34cce3aba 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/platform/common.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/platform/common.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { MiddlewareClient } from "@scramjet/middleware-api-client";
 import { sessionConfig, profileManager, ProfileConfig } from "../config";
 import { displayError, displayMessage } from "../output";
-import { ClientUtils } from "@scramjet/client-utils";
+import { ClientUtils, ClientUtilsCustomAgent } from "@scramjet/client-utils";
 import { configEnv, isProductionEnv } from "../../types";
 import { Command } from "commander";
+import http from "http";
+import https from "https";
 
 /**
  * Returns host client for host pointed by command options.
@@ -17,7 +19,11 @@ export const getMiddlewareClient = (): MiddlewareClient => {
         throw new Error("Middleware API URL is not specified");
     }
 
-    const middlewareClient = new MiddlewareClient(middlewareApiUrl);
+    const agent = middlewareApiUrl.startsWith("https") ? https.Agent : http.Agent;
+    const middlewareClient = new MiddlewareClient(
+        middlewareApiUrl,
+        new ClientUtilsCustomAgent(middlewareApiUrl, new agent({ keepAlive: true }))
+    );
 
     if (debug) {
         middlewareClient.client.addLogger({
diff --git a/packages/client-utils/src/client-utils.ts b/packages/client-utils/src/client-utils.ts
index 5a1159e15..858b08f65 100644
--- a/packages/client-utils/src/client-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/client-utils/src/client-utils.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export abstract class ClientUtilsBase implements HttpClient {
         const fetchInit: RequestInit & { agent?: HTTPAgent } = { signal: abortController.signal, ...init };
 
         fetchInit.headers = { ...ClientUtilsBase.headers, ...fetchInit.headers };
-        fetchInit.agent ||= new HTTPAgent();
+        fetchInit.agent ||= this.agent;
 
         options.throwOnErrorHttpCode ??= true;
 
diff --git a/packages/client-utils/src/index.ts b/packages/client-utils/src/index.ts
index bbac37c9d..1de759ff9 100644
--- a/packages/client-utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/client-utils/src/index.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class ClientUtils extends ClientUtilsBase implements HttpClient {
 export class ClientUtilsCustomAgent extends ClientUtilsBase implements HttpClient {
     constructor(
         apiBase: string,
-        agent: http.Agent
+        agent: http.Agent | https.Agent
     ) {
         super(
             apiBase,
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class ClientUtilsCustomAgent extends ClientUtilsBase implements HttpClien
             },
             normalizeUrl
         );
-
+        
         this.agent = agent;
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/middleware-api-client/src/middleware-client.ts b/packages/middleware-api-client/src/middleware-client.ts
index f1afc42da..c78fd02dd 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-api-client/src/middleware-client.ts
+++ b/packages/middleware-api-client/src/middleware-client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
-import { ClientProvider, ClientUtils } from "@scramjet/client-utils";
+import { ClientProvider, ClientUtils, ClientUtilsCustomAgent } from "@scramjet/client-utils";
 import { ManagerClient } from "@scramjet/api-client";
 import { MWRestAPI, MMRestAPI } from "@scramjet/types";
 
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ export class MiddlewareClient implements ClientProvider {
      * @returns {ManagerClient} ManagerClient for space management
      */
     getManagerClient(id: string, mutliManagerApiBase = "/api/v1"): ManagerClient {
-        return new ManagerClient(`${this.apiBase}/space/${id}${mutliManagerApiBase}`);
+        return new ManagerClient(
+            `${this.apiBase}/space/${id}${mutliManagerApiBase}`,
+            new ClientUtilsCustomAgent(`${this.apiBase}/space/${id}${mutliManagerApiBase}`, this.client.agent)
+        );
     }
 
     /**