diff --git a/library/src/main/kotlin/com/gabrielfeo/gradle/enterprise/api/Config.kt b/library/src/main/kotlin/com/gabrielfeo/gradle/enterprise/api/Config.kt
index 8e5c7e8d..0f7c5a3b 100644
--- a/library/src/main/kotlin/com/gabrielfeo/gradle/enterprise/api/Config.kt
+++ b/library/src/main/kotlin/com/gabrielfeo/gradle/enterprise/api/Config.kt
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ data class Config(
      * share resources such as thread pools with another [OkHttpClient], useful for full Kotlin projects
      * and rarely needed for scripting. See [OkHttpClient] for all that is shared.
      */
-    val clientBuilder: OkHttpClient.Builder =
-        OkHttpClient.Builder(),
+    val clientBuilder: OkHttpClient.Builder = basicOkHttpClient.newBuilder(),
 
     /**
      * Maximum amount of concurrent requests allowed. Further requests will be queued. By default,
diff --git a/library/src/main/kotlin/com/gabrielfeo/gradle/enterprise/api/internal/OkHttpClient.kt b/library/src/main/kotlin/com/gabrielfeo/gradle/enterprise/api/internal/OkHttpClient.kt
index 5e96bfbe..84dfc855 100644
--- a/library/src/main/kotlin/com/gabrielfeo/gradle/enterprise/api/internal/OkHttpClient.kt
+++ b/library/src/main/kotlin/com/gabrielfeo/gradle/enterprise/api/internal/OkHttpClient.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ import java.time.Duration
 import java.util.logging.Level
 import java.util.logging.Logger
 
+/**
+ * Base instance just so that multiple created [Config]s will share resources by default.
+ */
+internal val basicOkHttpClient by lazy {
+    OkHttpClient.Builder().build()
+}
+
+/**
+ * Builds the final `OkHttpClient` with a `Config`.
+ */
 internal fun buildOkHttpClient(
     config: Config,
 ) = with(config.clientBuilder) {