diff --git a/.codeclimate.yml b/.codeclimate.yml
index 8eec6c427b..d89f248149 100644
--- a/.codeclimate.yml
+++ b/.codeclimate.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ exclude_paths:
   - "resources/skins/"
   - "resources/settings.xml"
   - "tests/"
+  - "packages/"
   - "addon.xml"
   - "changelog.txt"
   - "Contributing.md"
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
index 04f82dff07..a6cb929402 100644
--- a/codecov.yml
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ coverage:
 comment: false
 ignore:
 - tests/
+- packages/
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 713305dad9..2425142b13 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ setuptools
 tox
 xmlschema
 Kodistubs==19.0.3
+httpx
diff --git a/resources/lib/globals.py b/resources/lib/globals.py
index a22bb70948..ce6408af57 100644
--- a/resources/lib/globals.py
+++ b/resources/lib/globals.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # All other modules (imports) are initialized only on the first invocation of the add-on.
 import collections
 import os
+import sys
 from urllib.parse import parse_qsl, unquote, urlparse
 
 import xbmcaddon
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ def init_globals(self, argv):
             self.DEFAULT_FANART = self.ADDON.getAddonInfo('fanart')
             self.ADDON_DATA_PATH = self.ADDON.getAddonInfo('path')  # Add-on folder
             self.DATA_PATH = self.ADDON.getAddonInfo('profile')  # Add-on user data folder
+            self.ADDON_PACKAGES_PATH = os.path.join(self.ADDON_DATA_PATH, 'packages')
             self.CACHE_PATH = os.path.join(self.DATA_PATH, 'cache')
             self.COOKIES_PATH = os.path.join(self.DATA_PATH, 'COOKIES')
             try:
@@ -247,6 +249,9 @@ def init_globals(self, argv):
         LOG.initialize(self.ADDON_ID, self.PLUGIN_HANDLE,
                        self.ADDON.getSettingBool('enable_debug'),
                        self.ADDON.getSettingBool('enable_timing'))
+        # Add path of embedded packages (not supplied by Kodi) to python system directory
+        if self.ADDON_PACKAGES_PATH not in sys.path:
+            sys.path.insert(0, self.ADDON_PACKAGES_PATH)
         if self.IS_ADDON_FIRSTRUN:
             self.init_database()
             # Initialize the cache
diff --git a/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/base.py b/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/base.py
index 8293a19bf4..95a0923256 100644
--- a/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/base.py
+++ b/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/base.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import resources.lib.common as common
 from resources.lib.database.db_utils import TABLE_SESSION
 from resources.lib.globals import G
-from resources.lib.services.tcp_keep_alive import enable_tcp_keep_alive
+# from resources.lib.services.tcp_keep_alive import enable_tcp_keep_alive
 from resources.lib.utils.logging import LOG
 
 
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ class SessionBase:
     session = None
     """The requests.session object to handle communication to Netflix"""
 
-    verify_ssl = True
-    """Use SSL verification when performing requests"""
-
     # Functions from derived classes to allow perform particular operations in parent classes
     external_func_activate_profile = None  # (set by nfsession_op.py)
 
@@ -37,9 +34,9 @@ def _init_session(self):
             LOG.info('Session closed')
         except AttributeError:
             pass
-        from requests import Session
-        self.session = Session()
-        enable_tcp_keep_alive(self.session)
+        import httpx
+        self.session = httpx.Client(http2=True)
+        # enable_tcp_keep_alive(self.session)
         self.session.max_redirects = 10  # Too much redirects should means some problem
         self.session.headers.update({
             'User-Agent': common.get_user_agent(enable_android_mediaflag_fix=True),
diff --git a/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/cookie.py b/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/cookie.py
index 9b0c5d2360..92a1cdb26f 100644
--- a/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/cookie.py
+++ b/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/cookie.py
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ def _verify_session_cookies(self):
                 LOG.error('The cookie "{}" do not exist, it is not possible to check the expiration',
                           cookie_name)
                 return False
-            for cookie in list(self.session.cookies):
-                if cookie.name != cookie_name:
+            for cookie in self.session.cookies.items():
+                # TODO to check if 'cookie' name comparison works and also expires property
+                if cookie != cookie_name:
                     continue
                 if cookie.expires <= int(time.time()):
                     LOG.info('Login is expired')
diff --git a/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/http_requests.py b/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/http_requests.py
index daedd4b193..426537a3e9 100644
--- a/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/http_requests.py
+++ b/resources/lib/services/nfsession/session/http_requests.py
@@ -59,13 +59,19 @@ def _request(self, method, endpoint, session_refreshed, **kwargs):
                 LOG.debug('Executing {verb} request to {url}',
                           verb='GET' if method == self.session.get else 'POST', url=url)
                 start = time.perf_counter()
-                response = method(
-                    url=url,
-                    verify=self.verify_ssl,
-                    headers=headers,
-                    params=params,
-                    data=data,
-                    timeout=8)
+                if method == self.session.get:
+                    response = method(
+                        url=url,
+                        headers=headers,
+                        params=params,
+                        timeout=8)
+                else:
+                    response = method(
+                        url=url,
+                        headers=headers,
+                        params=params,
+                        data=data,
+                        timeout=8)
                 LOG.debug('Request took {}s', time.perf_counter() - start)
                 LOG.debug('Request returned status code {}', response.status_code)
                 break