diff --git a/src/service/sending/mod.rs b/src/service/sending/mod.rs
index c666bc9445cb0ca07a2504a63a717e71b04f892a..c802278ba8319efa476ca614e9c0cee4e0f9a3e2 100644
--- a/src/service/sending/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/sending/mod.rs
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ pub async fn send_federation_request<T>(&self, dest: &ServerName, request: T) ->
 	{
 		let permit = self.maximum_requests.acquire().await;
 		let timeout = Duration::from_secs(self.timeout);
-		let response = tokio::time::timeout(timeout, send::send_request(dest, request))
+		let client = &services().globals.client.federation;
+		let response = tokio::time::timeout(timeout, send::send_request(client, dest, request))
 			.await
 			.map_err(|_| {
 				warn!("Timeout after 300 seconds waiting for server response of {dest}");
@@ -781,8 +782,9 @@ async fn handle_events_kind_normal(
 	}
 
 	let permit = services().sending.maximum_requests.acquire().await;
-
+	let client = &services().globals.client.sender;
 	let response = send::send_request(
+		client,
 		dest,
 		send_transaction_message::v1::Request {
 			origin: services().globals.server_name().to_owned(),
diff --git a/src/service/sending/send.rs b/src/service/sending/send.rs
index a415a3d675ced91d3cdca33d61b02b255104ad68..ebd01570365431ecc4ff7fd320edb97abfd70f1e 100644
--- a/src/service/sending/send.rs
+++ b/src/service/sending/send.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ pub enum FedDest {
 }
 
 #[tracing::instrument(skip_all, name = "send")]
-pub(crate) async fn send_request<T>(destination: &ServerName, request: T) -> Result<T::IncomingResponse>
+pub(crate) async fn send_request<T>(
+	client: &reqwest::Client, destination: &ServerName, request: T,
+) -> Result<T::IncomingResponse>
 where
 	T: OutgoingRequest + Debug,
 {
@@ -202,12 +204,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn send_request<T>(destination: &ServerName, request: T) -> Res
 	}
 
 	debug!("Sending request to {destination} at {url}");
-	let response = services()
-		.globals
-		.client
-		.federation
-		.execute(reqwest_request)
-		.await;
+	let response = client.execute(reqwest_request).await;
 	debug!("Received response from {destination} at {url}");
 
 	match response {