diff --git a/src/status/libstatus/stickers.nim b/src/status/libstatus/stickers.nim
index 0c6e53bd54..a05d0677ed 100644
--- a/src/status/libstatus/stickers.nim
+++ b/src/status/libstatus/stickers.nim
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ proc getPackData*(id: Stuint[256], running: var Atomic[bool]): StickerPack =
     sticker.packId = truncate(id, int))
   result.id = truncate(id, int)
   result.price = packData.price
+  client.close()
 
 proc tokenOfOwnerByIndex*(address: Address, idx: Stuint[256]): int =
   let
diff --git a/src/status/wallet.nim b/src/status/wallet.nim
index cafa6a00ad..a1f90f5742 100644
--- a/src/status/wallet.nim
+++ b/src/status/wallet.nim
@@ -356,16 +356,18 @@ proc getGasPricePredictions*(): GasPricePrediction =
   if status_settings.getCurrentNetwork() != Network.Mainnet:
     # TODO: what about other chains like xdai?
     return GasPricePrediction(safeLow: 1.0, standard: 2.0, fast: 3.0, fastest: 4.0)
+  let secureSSLContext = newContext()
+  let client = newHttpClient(sslContext = secureSSLContext)
   try:
     let url: string = fmt"https://etherchain.org/api/gasPriceOracle"
-    let secureSSLContext = newContext()
-    let client = newHttpClient(sslContext = secureSSLContext)
     client.headers = newHttpHeaders({ "Content-Type": "application/json" })
     let response = client.request(url)
     result = Json.decode(response.body, GasPricePrediction)
   except Exception as e:
     echo "error getting gas price predictions"
     echo e.msg
+  finally:
+    client.close()
 
 proc checkRecentHistory*(self: WalletModel, addresses: seq[string]): string =
   result = status_wallet.checkRecentHistory(addresses)
diff --git a/src/status/wallet/balance_manager.nim b/src/status/wallet/balance_manager.nim
index fc983735a2..048e423786 100644
--- a/src/status/wallet/balance_manager.nim
+++ b/src/status/wallet/balance_manager.nim
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ proc newBalanceManager*(): BalanceManager =
 var balanceManager = newBalanceManager()
 
 proc getPrice(crypto: string, fiat: string): string =
+  let secureSSLContext = newContext()
+  let client = newHttpClient(sslContext = secureSSLContext)
   try:
     let url: string = fmt"https://min-api.cryptocompare.com/data/price?fsym={crypto}&tsyms={fiat}"
-    let secureSSLContext = newContext()
-    let client = newHttpClient(sslContext = secureSSLContext)
     client.headers = newHttpHeaders({ "Content-Type": "application/json" })
 
     let response = client.request(url)
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ proc getPrice(crypto: string, fiat: string): string =
   except Exception as e:
     error "Error getting price", message = e.msg
     result = "0.0"
+  finally:
+    client.close()
 
 proc getEthBalance(address: string): string =
   var balance = status_wallet.getBalance(address)