diff --git a/src/curlEngine.d b/src/curlEngine.d
index 17291418..a03f3a1d 100644
--- a/src/curlEngine.d
+++ b/src/curlEngine.d
@@ -622,10 +622,6 @@ class CurlEngine {
 			object.destroy(http); // Destroy, however we cant set to null
 			if ((debugLogging) && (debugHTTPSResponse)) {addLogEntry("Stopped HTTP instance shutdown and destroyed: " ~ to!string(internalThreadId), ["debug"]);}
 		}
-		// Perform Garbage Collection
-		GC.collect();
-		// Return free memory to the OS
-		GC.minimize();
 	}
 	
 	// Disable SSL certificate peer verification for libcurl operations.
@@ -770,10 +766,6 @@ void releaseAllCurlInstances() {
 			curlEnginePool.length = 0; // More explicit than curlEnginePool = [];
 		}
 	}
-	// Perform Garbage Collection on the destroyed curl engines
-	GC.collect();
-	// Return free memory to the OS
-	GC.minimize();
 	// Log that all curl engines have been released
 	if ((debugLogging) && (debugHTTPSResponse)) {addLogEntry("CurlEngine releaseAllCurlInstances() completed", ["debug"]);}
 }
diff --git a/src/curlWebsockets.d b/src/curlWebsockets.d
index c902dc4e..23abee88 100644
--- a/src/curlWebsockets.d
+++ b/src/curlWebsockets.d
@@ -40,11 +40,20 @@ private struct WsFrame {
 	ubyte[] payload;
 }
 
+private enum long CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT = 3;
+
+shared static this() {
+    curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
+}
+
+shared static ~this() {
+    curl_global_cleanup();
+}
+
 final class CurlWebSocket {
 
 private:
 	// libcurl constants defined locally
-	enum long CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT       = 3;
 	enum int  CURLOPT_URL               = 10002;
 	enum int  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION    = 52;
 	enum int  CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL          = 99;
@@ -87,7 +96,6 @@ private:
 public:
 	this() {
 		websocketConnected = false;
-		curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
 		curl = curl_easy_init();
 		rng = Random(unpredictableSeed);
 		logCurlWebsocketOutput("Created a new instance of a CurlWebSocket object accessing libcurl for HTTP operations");
@@ -96,13 +104,10 @@ public:
 	~this() {
 		if (curl !is null) {
 			curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+			curl = null;
 		}
-		curl_global_cleanup();
 		websocketConnected = false;
-		object.destroy(curl);
-		logCurlWebsocketOutput("Destroyed 'curl' object");
-		curl = null;
-		logCurlWebsocketOutput("Destroyed instance of a CurlWebSocket object accessing libcurl for HTTP operations");
+		logCurlWebsocketOutput("Cleaned-up an instance of a CurlWebSocket object accessing libcurl for HTTP operations");
     }
 
 	bool isConnected() {
@@ -110,8 +115,8 @@ public:
 	}
 
 	void setTimeouts(int connectMs, int rwMs) {
-		connectTimeoutMs = connectMs;
-		ioTimeoutMs = rwMs;
+		this.connectTimeoutMs = connectMs;
+		this.ioTimeoutMs = rwMs;
 	}
 
 	void setUserAgent(string ua) {
@@ -119,7 +124,7 @@ public:
 	}
 
 	void setHTTPSDebug(bool httpsDebug) {
-		httpsDebug = httpsDebug;
+		this.httpsDebug = httpsDebug;
 	}
 
 	int connect(string wsUrl) {
@@ -140,9 +145,10 @@ public:
 		pathQuery = p.pathQuery;
 
 		string connectUrl = (scheme == "wss" ? "https://" : "http://") ~ hostPort ~ pathQuery;
-
-		curl_easy_reset(curl);
 		
+		// Reset
+		curl_easy_reset(curl);
+		// Configure curl options
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, cast(int)CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL,           1L);
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, cast(int)CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION,     1L);
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, cast(int)CURLOPT_USERAGENT,          userAgent.toStringz);   // NUL-terminated
diff --git a/src/util.d b/src/util.d
index d298da41..3c9b44b7 100644
--- a/src/util.d
+++ b/src/util.d
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ bool testInternetReachability(ApplicationConfig appConfig, bool displayLogging =
 	
 	// Explicitly set to ensure the connection get closed at once after use
 	//   https://curl.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE.html
-	http.handle.set(CurlOption.forbid_reuse,0);
+	http.handle.set(CurlOption.forbid_reuse,1);
 	
 	// Set HTTP method to HEAD for minimal data transfer
 	http.method = HTTP.Method.head;
@@ -475,13 +475,8 @@ bool testInternetReachability(ApplicationConfig appConfig, bool displayLogging =
 	
 	// Exit scope to ensure cleanup
 	scope(exit) {
-		// Shut http down and destroy
+		// Ensure everything is shutdown cleanly
 		http.shutdown();
-		object.destroy(http);
-		// Perform Garbage Collection
-		GC.collect();
-		// Return free memory to the OS
-		GC.minimize();
 	}
 
 	// Execute the request and handle exceptions
@@ -515,14 +510,6 @@ bool testInternetReachability(ApplicationConfig appConfig, bool displayLogging =
 		reachedService = false;
 	}
 	
-	// Ensure everything is shutdown cleanly
-	http.shutdown();
-	object.destroy(http);
-	// Perform Garbage Collection
-	GC.collect();
-	// Return free memory to the OS
-	GC.minimize();
-	
 	// Return state
 	return reachedService;
 }