diff --git a/src/utils/http.cpp b/src/utils/http.cpp
index f6fe6779..15b6b7e6 100644
--- a/src/utils/http.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/http.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ http_downloader::http_downloader(int connection_timeout) {
   curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, true);
   curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "polybar/" GIT_TAG);
   curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, http_downloader::write);
+  curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE, true);
 }
 
 http_downloader::~http_downloader() {