diff --git a/OpenHarbor.JwtTokenManager/JwtTokenManagerService.cs b/OpenHarbor.JwtTokenManager/JwtTokenManagerService.cs
index c978798..99d32f1 100644
--- a/OpenHarbor.JwtTokenManager/JwtTokenManagerService.cs
+++ b/OpenHarbor.JwtTokenManager/JwtTokenManagerService.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace OpenHarbor.JwtTokenManager;
 public class JwtTokenManagerService(JwtTokenManagerOptions options, IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory, ILogger<JwtTokenManagerService>? logger, IMemoryCache? memoryCache, JwtTokenManagerCacheOptions cacheOptions) 
     : IJwtTokenManagerService
 {
+  private readonly HttpClient _httpClient = httpClientFactory.CreateClient();
   private readonly TimeSpan _cacheExpirationOffset = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(cacheOptions.ExpirationOffset);
   private readonly string _scopes = string.Join(" ", options.Scopes);
   
@@ -29,9 +30,7 @@ public class JwtTokenManagerService(JwtTokenManagerOptions options, IHttpClientF
         return cachedToken;
       }
     }
-
-    var client = httpClientFactory.CreateClient();
-
+    
     var formContent = new FormUrlEncodedContent([
       new KeyValuePair<string, string>("grant_type", "client_credentials"),
       new KeyValuePair<string, string>("client_id", options.ClientId),
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ public class JwtTokenManagerService(JwtTokenManagerOptions options, IHttpClientF
     
     request.Headers.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
     
-    var response = await client.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
+    var response = await _httpClient.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
     
     response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();