diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index f218408..6fa74f2 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@pushrocks/smartrequest',
-  version: '2.0.5',
+  version: '2.0.6',
   description: 'dropin replacement for request'
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartrequest.request.ts b/ts/smartrequest.request.ts
index 5654eb1..9e0d473 100644
--- a/ts/smartrequest.request.ts
+++ b/ts/smartrequest.request.ts
@@ -60,13 +60,17 @@ const parseSocketPathAndRoute = (stringToParseArg: string) => {
 const httpAgent = new plugins.agentkeepalive({
   keepAlive: true,
   maxFreeSockets: 10,
+  maxSockets: 100,
+  maxTotalSockets: 1000,
+  timeout: 60000,
 });
 
 /**
  * a custom http agent to make sure we can set custom keepAlive options for speedy subsequent calls
  */
-const httpAgentKeepAliveFalse = new plugins.https.Agent({
-  keepAlive: false
+const httpAgentKeepAliveFalse = new plugins.agentkeepalive({
+  keepAlive: false,
+  timeout: 60000
 });
 
 /**
@@ -75,14 +79,17 @@ const httpAgentKeepAliveFalse = new plugins.https.Agent({
 const httpsAgent = new plugins.agentkeepalive.HttpsAgent({
   keepAlive: true,
   maxFreeSockets: 10,
+  maxSockets: 100,
+  maxTotalSockets: 1000,
+  timeout: 60000
 });
 
 /**
  * a custom https agent to make sure we can set custom keepAlive options for speedy subsequent calls
  */
 const httpsAgentKeepAliveFalse = new plugins.agentkeepalive.HttpsAgent({
-  maxFreeSockets: 0,
-  keepAlive: false
+  keepAlive: false,
+  timeout: 60000
 });
 
 export let request = async (