diff --git a/kamailio/modules/http_client/functions.c b/kamailio/modules/http_client/functions.c
index 52861a7..2d04d1b 100644
--- a/kamailio/modules/http_client/functions.c
+++ b/kamailio/modules/http_client/functions.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include "../../mod_fix.h"
 #include "../../pvar.h"
@@ -100,13 +101,13 @@ size_t write_function( void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *stream_ptr)
     return size * nmemb;
  }
 
+static CURL *curl = NULL;
 
 /*! Send query to server, optionally post data.
  */
 static int curL_query_url(struct sip_msg* _m, const char* _url, str* _dst, const curl_query_t * const params)
 {
-    CURL *curl;
-    CURLcode res;  
+    CURLcode res;
     char *at = NULL;
     curl_res_stream_t stream;
     long stat;
@@ -118,11 +119,15 @@ static int curL_query_url(struct sip_msg* _m, const char* _url, str* _dst, const
     memset(&stream, 0, sizeof(curl_res_stream_t));
     stream.max_size = (size_t) params->maxdatasize;
 
-    curl = curl_easy_init();
-    if (curl == NULL) {
-	LM_ERR("failed to initialize curl\n");
-	return -1;
-    }
+	if (curl == NULL) {
+		curl = curl_easy_init();
+		if (curl == NULL) {
+			LM_ERR("failed to initialize curl\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+	} else {
+		curl_easy_reset(curl);
+	}
 
     LM_DBG("****** ##### CURL URL [%s] \n", _url);
     res = curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, _url);
@@ -202,7 +207,18 @@ static int curL_query_url(struct sip_msg* _m, const char* _url, str* _dst, const
 	/* PANIC */
 	LM_ERR("Could not set CURL options. Library error \n");
     } else {
-   	res = curl_easy_perform(curl);  
+		struct timespec timeBefore;
+		struct timespec timeAfter;
+
+		clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &timeBefore);
+
+		res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+		clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &timeAfter);
+
+		int timeMillis = (timeAfter.tv_sec-timeBefore.tv_sec)*1000 + (timeAfter.tv_nsec-timeBefore.tv_nsec)/1000000;
+
+		LM_INFO("HTTP Call performed in %d ms \n", timeMillis);
     }
     if (headerlist) {
     	curl_slist_free_all(headerlist);
@@ -218,7 +234,6 @@ static int curL_query_url(struct sip_msg* _m, const char* _url, str* _dst, const
 		LM_ERR("failed to perform curl (%d)\n", res);
 	}
 
-	curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
 	if(stream.buf) {
 		pkg_free(stream.buf);
 	}
@@ -285,7 +300,6 @@ static int curL_query_url(struct sip_msg* _m, const char* _url, str* _dst, const
     }
 
     /* CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *curl, CURLINFO info, ... ); */
-    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
     if (stream.buf != NULL)
 	    pkg_free(stream.buf);
     return stat;