diff --git a/home/config.go b/home/config.go
index 69ce0aae..ca576f45 100644
--- a/home/config.go
+++ b/home/config.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package home
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ type configuration struct {
 	appSignalChannel chan os.Signal
 	clients          clientsContainer
 	controlLock      sync.Mutex
+	transport        *http.Transport
+	client           *http.Client
 
 	BindHost     string `yaml:"bind_host"`     // BindHost is the IP address of the HTTP server to bind to
 	BindPort     int    `yaml:"bind_port"`     // BindPort is the port the HTTP server
@@ -169,8 +172,16 @@ var config = configuration{
 	SchemaVersion: currentSchemaVersion,
 }
 
-// init initializes default configuration for the current OS&ARCH
-func init() {
+// initConfig initializes default configuration for the current OS&ARCH
+func initConfig() {
+	config.transport = &http.Transport{
+		DialContext: customDialContext,
+	}
+	config.client = &http.Client{
+		Timeout:   time.Minute * 5,
+		Transport: config.transport,
+	}
+
 	if runtime.GOARCH == "mips" || runtime.GOARCH == "mipsle" {
 		// Use plain DNS on MIPS, encryption is too slow
 		defaultDNS = []string{"1.1.1.1", "1.0.0.1"}
diff --git a/home/control.go b/home/control.go
index 0b3dd9e6..e6c41d92 100644
--- a/home/control.go
+++ b/home/control.go
@@ -30,15 +30,6 @@ var versionCheckLastTime time.Time
 
 var protocols = []string{"tls://", "https://", "tcp://", "sdns://"}
 
-var transport = &http.Transport{
-	DialContext: customDialContext,
-}
-
-var client = &http.Client{
-	Timeout:   time.Minute * 5,
-	Transport: transport,
-}
-
 // ----------------
 // helper functions
 // ----------------
diff --git a/home/control_update.go b/home/control_update.go
index 2c58d036..c6babbf1 100644
--- a/home/control_update.go
+++ b/home/control_update.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func handleGetVersionJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	log.Tracef("Downloading data from %s", versionCheckURL)
-	resp, err := client.Get(versionCheckURL)
+	resp, err := config.client.Get(versionCheckURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		httpError(w, http.StatusBadGateway, "Couldn't get version check json from %s: %T %s\n", versionCheckURL, err, err)
 		return
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ func copySupportingFiles(files []string, srcdir, dstdir string, useSrcNameOnly,
 
 // Download package file and save it to disk
 func getPackageFile(u *updateInfo) error {
-	resp, err := client.Get(u.pkgURL)
+	resp, err := config.client.Get(u.pkgURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("HTTP request failed: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/home/filter.go b/home/filter.go
index 1cd39935..ede0cf6f 100644
--- a/home/filter.go
+++ b/home/filter.go
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func parseFilterContents(contents []byte) (int, string) {
 func (filter *filter) update() (bool, error) {
 	log.Tracef("Downloading update for filter %d from %s", filter.ID, filter.URL)
 
-	resp, err := client.Get(filter.URL)
+	resp, err := config.client.Get(filter.URL)
 	if resp != nil && resp.Body != nil {
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
 	}
diff --git a/home/home.go b/home/home.go
index 10801c05..fdcdf4cc 100644
--- a/home/home.go
+++ b/home/home.go
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ func run(args options) {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}()
 
+	initConfig()
 	config.clients.Init()
 
 	if !config.firstRun {