diff --git a/src/binstall/resolve.rs b/src/binstall/resolve.rs
index 91ad1f57..31b885bd 100644
--- a/src/binstall/resolve.rs
+++ b/src/binstall/resolve.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ impl Resolution {
     }
 }
 
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub async fn resolve(
     opts: Arc<Options>,
     crate_name: CrateName,
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ pub async fn resolve(
     temp_dir: Arc<Path>,
     install_path: Arc<Path>,
     client: Client,
+    crates_io_api_client: crates_io_api::AsyncClient,
 ) -> Result<Resolution> {
     info!("Installing package: '{}'", crate_name);
 
@@ -105,7 +107,9 @@ pub async fn resolve(
     // TODO: support git-based fetches (whole repo name rather than just crate name)
     let manifest = match opts.manifest_path.clone() {
         Some(manifest_path) => load_manifest_path(manifest_path.join("Cargo.toml"))?,
-        None => fetch_crate_cratesio(&client, &crate_name.name, &version).await?,
+        None => {
+            fetch_crate_cratesio(&client, &crates_io_api_client, &crate_name.name, &version).await?
+        }
     };
 
     let package = manifest.package.unwrap();
diff --git a/src/drivers/crates_io.rs b/src/drivers/crates_io.rs
index a389f5d1..b7e96086 100644
--- a/src/drivers/crates_io.rs
+++ b/src/drivers/crates_io.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::time::Duration;
 
 use cargo_toml::Manifest;
 use crates_io_api::AsyncClient;
@@ -18,28 +17,21 @@ use visitor::ManifestVisitor;
 /// Fetch a crate Cargo.toml by name and version from crates.io
 pub async fn fetch_crate_cratesio(
     client: &Client,
+    crates_io_api_client: &AsyncClient,
     name: &str,
     version_req: &str,
 ) -> Result<Manifest<Meta>, BinstallError> {
     // Fetch / update index
     debug!("Looking up crate information");
 
-    // Build crates.io api client
-    let api_client = AsyncClient::new(
-        "cargo-binstall (https://github.com/ryankurte/cargo-binstall)",
-        Duration::from_millis(100),
-    )
-    .expect("bug: invalid user agent");
-
     // Fetch online crate information
-    let base_info =
-        api_client
-            .get_crate(name.as_ref())
-            .await
-            .map_err(|err| BinstallError::CratesIoApi {
-                crate_name: name.into(),
-                err,
-            })?;
+    let base_info = crates_io_api_client
+        .get_crate(name.as_ref())
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| BinstallError::CratesIoApi {
+            crate_name: name.into(),
+            err,
+        })?;
 
     // Locate matching version
     let version_iter =
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a11e72f0..df166c41 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -216,6 +216,13 @@ async fn entry(jobserver_client: LazyJobserverClient) -> Result<()> {
     // Initialize reqwest client
     let client = create_reqwest_client(opts.secure, opts.min_tls_version.map(|v| v.into()))?;
 
+    // Build crates.io api client
+    let crates_io_api_client = crates_io_api::AsyncClient::new(
+        "cargo-binstall (https://github.com/ryankurte/cargo-binstall)",
+        Duration::from_millis(100),
+    )
+    .expect("bug: invalid user agent");
+
     // Setup logging
     let mut log_config = ConfigBuilder::new();
     log_config.add_filter_ignore("hyper".to_string());
@@ -273,6 +280,7 @@ async fn entry(jobserver_client: LazyJobserverClient) -> Result<()> {
                     temp_dir_path.clone(),
                     install_path.clone(),
                     client.clone(),
+                    crates_io_api_client.clone(),
                 ))
             })
             .collect();
@@ -308,6 +316,7 @@ async fn entry(jobserver_client: LazyJobserverClient) -> Result<()> {
                 let jobserver_client = jobserver_client.clone();
                 let desired_targets = desired_targets.clone();
                 let client = client.clone();
+                let crates_io_api_client = crates_io_api_client.clone();
                 let cli_overrides = cli_overrides.clone();
                 let install_path = install_path.clone();
 
@@ -320,6 +329,7 @@ async fn entry(jobserver_client: LazyJobserverClient) -> Result<()> {
                         temp_dir_path,
                         install_path,
                         client,
+                        crates_io_api_client,
                     )
                     .await?;