diff --git a/src/lib/PoWebClient.spec.ts b/src/lib/PoWebClient.spec.ts
index 58736a03..074cbd00 100644
--- a/src/lib/PoWebClient.spec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/PoWebClient.spec.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,26 @@ import { ServerError } from './errors';
 import { CRA_CONTENT_TYPE, PoWebClient } from './PoWebClient';
 
 describe('PoWebClient', () => {
+  describe('Common Axios instance attributes', () => {
+    test('responseType should be ArrayBuffer', () => {
+      const client = PoWebClient.initLocal();
+
+      expect(client.internalAxios.defaults.responseType).toEqual('arraybuffer');
+    });
+
+    test('maxContentLength should be 1 MiB', () => {
+      const client = PoWebClient.initLocal();
+
+      expect(client.internalAxios.defaults.maxContentLength).toEqual(1048576);
+    });
+
+    test('Redirects should be disabled', () => {
+      const client = PoWebClient.initLocal();
+
+      expect(client.internalAxios.defaults.maxRedirects).toEqual(0);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('initLocal', () => {
     test('Host name should be the localhost IP address', () => {
       const client = PoWebClient.initLocal();
diff --git a/src/lib/PoWebClient.ts b/src/lib/PoWebClient.ts
index 20d5e8eb..d72598e3 100644
--- a/src/lib/PoWebClient.ts
+++ b/src/lib/PoWebClient.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ const DEFAULT_REMOVE_PORT = 443;
 const DEFAULT_LOCAL_TIMEOUT_MS = 3_000;
 const DEFAULT_REMOTE_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000;
 
+const OCTETS_IN_ONE_MIB = 2 ** 20;
+
 export const CRA_CONTENT_TYPE = 'application/vnd.relaynet.cra';
 
 /**
@@ -49,10 +51,13 @@ export class PoWebClient {
   ) {
     const httpSchema = useTLS ? 'https' : 'http';
     const agentName = useTLS ? 'httpsAgent' : 'httpAgent';
-    const agent = useTLS ? new HttpsAgent({ keepAlive: true }) : new HttpAgent({ keepAlive: true });
+    const agentClass = useTLS ? HttpsAgent : HttpAgent;
     this.internalAxios = axios.create({
+      [agentName]: new agentClass({ keepAlive: true }),
       baseURL: `${httpSchema}://${hostName}:${port}/v1`,
-      [agentName]: agent,
+      maxContentLength: OCTETS_IN_ONE_MIB,
+      maxRedirects: 0,
+      responseType: 'arraybuffer',
       timeout: timeoutMs,
     });
   }