diff --git a/src-tauri/src/external_recipe.rs b/src-tauri/src/external_recipe.rs
index e7f44ee..6ac4a63 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/external_recipe.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/external_recipe.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use regex::Regex;
+use reqwest::Client;
 use url::Url;
 
 use crate::external_recipe::error::ExternalRecipeError;
@@ -14,6 +15,17 @@ pub mod knusperstuebchen;
 pub mod pinterest;
 pub mod sallys_welt;
 
+static CLIENT_ONCE_LOCK: OnceLock<Client> = OnceLock::new();
+
+fn client() -> &'static Client {
+    CLIENT_ONCE_LOCK.get_or_init(|| {
+        reqwest::ClientBuilder::new()
+            .timeout(Duration::from_secs(10))
+            .build()
+            .unwrap()
+    })
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
 #[cfg_attr(test, derive(PartialEq))]
 pub struct ExternalRecipe {
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/external_recipe/knusperstuebchen.rs b/src-tauri/src/external_recipe/knusperstuebchen.rs
index 145b0db..aef45b5 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/external_recipe/knusperstuebchen.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/external_recipe/knusperstuebchen.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pub struct ExternalRecipeGetter;
 impl ExternalRecipeGetterTrait for ExternalRecipeGetter {
     /// The recipes on Knusperstuebchen can be only a pdf or a pdf and structured html.
     async fn get(&self, url: Url) -> anyhow::Result<ExternalRecipe, ExternalRecipeError> {
-        let response = reqwest::get(url).await?;
+        let response = super::client().get(url).send().await?;
         let text = response.text().await?;
         let dom = Dom::create(text).await?;
         let name_element = dom.select("h1").await?.unwrap();
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/external_recipe/pinterest.rs b/src-tauri/src/external_recipe/pinterest.rs
index cbf5362..389e460 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/external_recipe/pinterest.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/external_recipe/pinterest.rs
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ pub struct ExternalRecipeGetter;
 impl ExternalRecipeGetterTrait for ExternalRecipeGetter {
     /// For `pin.it` URLs, we first need to find the canonical URL before trying to parse the HTML for the recipe data.
     async fn get(&self, url: Url) -> Result<ExternalRecipe, ExternalRecipeError> {
-        let response = reqwest::get(url.clone()).await?;
+        let response = super::client().get(url.clone()).send().await?;
         let mut text = response.text().await?;
         if let Some(prepared_url) = UrlMatch::prepare_url(&url) {
             if pin_it_uri_match().is_match(&prepared_url) {
                 let dom = Dom::create(text).await?;
                 let canonical_link = dom.canonical_link().await?;
-                let response = reqwest::get(canonical_link).await?;
+                let response = super::client().get(canonical_link).send().await?;
                 text = response.text().await?;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/external_recipe/sallys_welt.rs b/src-tauri/src/external_recipe/sallys_welt.rs
index 55db251..5a1606d 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/external_recipe/sallys_welt.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/external_recipe/sallys_welt.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pub struct ExternalRecipeGetter;
 #[async_trait]
 impl ExternalRecipeGetterTrait for ExternalRecipeGetter {
     async fn get(&self, url: Url) -> Result<ExternalRecipe, ExternalRecipeError> {
-        let response = reqwest::get(url).await?;
+        let response = super::client().get(url).send().await?;
         let text = response.text().await?;
         let dom = Arc::new(Dom::create(text).await?);
         let mut steps = vec![];