diff --git a/common/config/config.go b/common/config/config.go
index 44327139..5bd75d47 100644
--- a/common/config/config.go
+++ b/common/config/config.go
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ var BatchUpdateEnabled = false
 var BatchUpdateInterval = helper.GetOrDefaultEnvInt("BATCH_UPDATE_INTERVAL", 5)
 
 var RelayTimeout = helper.GetOrDefaultEnvInt("RELAY_TIMEOUT", 0) // unit is second
+var IdleTimeout = helper.GetOrDefaultEnvInt("IDLE_TIMEOUT", 30)  // unit is second
 
 var GeminiSafetySetting = helper.GetOrDefaultEnvString("GEMINI_SAFETY_SETTING", "BLOCK_NONE")
 
diff --git a/relay/util/init.go b/relay/util/init.go
index 03dad31b..cc3af6d9 100644
--- a/relay/util/init.go
+++ b/relay/util/init.go
@@ -10,15 +10,24 @@ var HTTPClient *http.Client
 var ImpatientHTTPClient *http.Client
 
 func init() {
+
+	tp := &http.Transport{
+		IdleConnTimeout: time.Duration(config.IdleTimeout) * time.Second,
+	}
+
 	if config.RelayTimeout == 0 {
-		HTTPClient = &http.Client{}
+		HTTPClient = &http.Client{
+			Transport: tp,
+		}
 	} else {
 		HTTPClient = &http.Client{
-			Timeout: time.Duration(config.RelayTimeout) * time.Second,
+			Transport: tp,
+			Timeout:   time.Duration(config.RelayTimeout) * time.Second,
 		}
 	}
 
 	ImpatientHTTPClient = &http.Client{
-		Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+		Transport: tp,
+		Timeout:   5 * time.Second,
 	}
 }