diff --git a/src/bot.rs b/src/bot.rs
index 6a2890f..ba0e8b9 100644
--- a/src/bot.rs
+++ b/src/bot.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{config::{Config}};
+use crate::{config::{Config}, HTTP_CLIENT};
 use crate::lemmy::{Lemmy};
 use crate::post_history::{SeriesHistory};
 use chrono::{DateTime, Duration, Utc};
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ impl Bot {
     async fn ping_status(&self) {
         let read_config = &self.shared_config.read().expect("Read Lock Failed").clone();
         if let Some(status_url) = &read_config.status_post_url {
-            match reqwest::get(status_url).await {
+            match HTTP_CLIENT.get(status_url).send().await {
                 Ok(_) => {},
                 Err(e) => {
                     let err_msg = format!("While pinging status URL: {e}");