diff --git a/api/apihandler.py b/api/apihandler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f099ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/apihandler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from typing import Union, Optional
+
+class Request:
+    def __init__(self,
+        method: str,
+        url: str,
+        json_payload: Optional[Union[dict, list]]=None,
+        headers: dict=None
+    ):
+        self.method = method
+        self.url = url
+        self.json = json_payload
+        self.headers = headers or {}
diff --git a/api/closed.py b/api/closedkeys.py
similarity index 100%
rename from api/closed.py
rename to api/closedkeys.py
diff --git a/api/netclient.py b/api/netclient.py
index e8c8027..f68c2a2 100644
--- a/api/netclient.py
+++ b/api/netclient.py
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 import os
+import aiohttp
+
+import proxies
 
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from request_manager import Request
 
 load_dotenv()
 
-async def receive_target_stream():
+async def stream_closedai_request(request: Request):
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession(
-        timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=int(os.getenv('TRANSFER_TIMEOUT', '120'))),
+        connector=await proxies.default_proxy.get_connector(),
+        timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=request.timeout),
         raise_for_status=False
-    ) as session:     
+    ) as session:
         async with session.request(
-            method=incoming_request.method,
-            url=target_url,
-            json=incoming_json_payload,
+            method=request.method,
+            url=request.url,
+            json=request.payload,
             headers={
                 'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                 'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.getenv("CLOSEDAI_KEY")}'
@@ -20,5 +25,7 @@ async def receive_target_stream():
         ) as response:
             async for chunk in response.content.iter_any():
                 chunk = f'{chunk.decode("utf8")}\n\n'
-
                 yield chunk
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    pass
diff --git a/api/proxies.py b/api/proxies.py
index 7bdee24..f95b95d 100644
--- a/api/proxies.py
+++ b/api/proxies.py
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ class Proxy:
         password: str=None
     ):
         self.proxy_type = proxy_type
-        self.ip_address = socket.gethostbyname(host)
-        self.host = host
+        self.ip_address = host
+        self.host = socket.gethostbyname(host)
         self.port = port
         self.username = username
         self.password = password
 
+        self.url = f'socks5://{self.username}:{self.password}@{self.ip_address}:{self.port}'
+
     async def initialize_connector(self, connector):
         async with aiohttp.ClientSession(
             connector=connector,
@@ -61,13 +63,8 @@ class Proxy:
 
         await self.initialize_connector(connector)
 
-        # Logging to check the connector state
-        print("Connector: Is closed?", connector.closed)
-        print("Connector: Is connected?", connector._connected)
-
         return connector
 
-
 default_proxy = Proxy(
     proxy_type=os.getenv('PROXY_TYPE', 'http'),
     host=os.getenv('PROXY_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
@@ -75,3 +72,18 @@ default_proxy = Proxy(
     username=os.getenv('PROXY_USER'),
     password=os.getenv('PROXY_PASS')
 )
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import requests
+
+    print(default_proxy.url)
+
+    received_ip = requests.get(
+        'https://checkip.amazonaws.com',
+        timeout=5,
+        proxies={
+            'https': default_proxy.url
+        }
+    ).text.strip()
+
+    print(received_ip)
diff --git a/api/request_manager.py b/api/request_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b503bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/request_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import os
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from typing import Union, Optional
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+EXCLUDED_HEADERS = [
+    'content-encoding',
+    'content-length',
+    'transfer-encoding',
+    'connection'
+]
+
+class Request:
+    def __init__(self,
+        url: str,
+        method: str='GET',
+        payload: Optional[Union[dict, list]]=None,
+        headers: dict={
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+        }
+    ):
+        self.method = method.upper()
+        self.url = url.replace('/v1/v1', '/v1')
+        self.payload = payload
+        self.headers = headers
+        self.timeout = int(os.getenv('TRANSFER_TIMEOUT', '120'))
diff --git a/api/transfer.py b/api/transfer.py
index 5269477..5f617d9 100644
--- a/api/transfer.py
+++ b/api/transfer.py
@@ -2,17 +2,14 @@
 
 import os
 import json
-import aiohttp
 import logging
 import starlette
-import netclient
 
-import proxies
+import netclient
+import request_manager
 
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
-from starlette.background import StreamingResponse
-
 load_dotenv()
 
 # log to "api.log" file
@@ -24,19 +21,12 @@ logging.basicConfig(
 
 logging.info('API started')
 
-EXCLUDED_HEADERS = [
-    'content-encoding',
-    'content-length',
-    'transfer-encoding',
-    'connection'
-]
-
 async def handle_api_request(incoming_request, target_endpoint: str=''):
     """Transfer a streaming response from the incoming request to the target endpoint"""
     if not target_endpoint:
         target_endpoint = os.getenv('CLOSEDAI_ENDPOINT')
 
-    target_url = f'{target_endpoint}{incoming_request.url.path}'.replace('/v1/v1', '/v1')
+    target_url = f'{target_endpoint}{incoming_request.url.path}'
     logging.info('TRANSFER %s -> %s', incoming_request.url.path, target_url)
 
     if target_url.endswith('/v1'):
@@ -55,6 +45,12 @@ async def handle_api_request(incoming_request, target_endpoint: str=''):
     if 'temperature' in payload or 'functions' in payload:
         target_provider = 'closed'
 
-    return StreamingResponse(
-        content=netclient.receive_target_stream()
+    request = request_manager.Request(
+        url=target_url,
+        payload=payload,
+        method=incoming_request.method,
+    )
+
+    return starlette.responses.StreamingResponse(
+        content=netclient.stream_closedai_request(request)
     )