diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.module.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.module.ts
index 0c0139152..0f6e9d7be 100644
--- a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.module.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { HttpModule } from '@nestjs/axios';
 import { ConfigModule } from '@nestjs/config';
+import * as http from 'http';
+import * as https from 'https';
 
 import { AppController } from './app.controller';
 import { AppService } from './app.service';
@@ -12,8 +14,17 @@ import { HealthModule } from './health/health.module';
       isGlobal: true,
     }),
     HttpModule.register({
-      timeout: 5000,
-      maxRedirects: 5,
+      timeout: 10000,
+      maxContentLength: 10 * 1024 * 1024, // Max content length 10MB
+      maxBodyLength: 10 * 1024 * 1024, // Max body length 10MB
+      responseType: 'text',
+      headers: {
+        'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
+        Pragma: 'no-cache',
+        Expires: '0',
+      },
+      httpAgent: new http.Agent({ keepAlive: true }),
+      httpsAgent: new https.Agent({ keepAlive: true }),
     }),
     HealthModule,
   ],
diff --git a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.service.ts b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.service.ts
index 7698a3c46..1ce809d1b 100644
--- a/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.service.ts
+++ b/govtool/metadata-validation/src/app.service.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { catchError, firstValueFrom, timeout } from 'rxjs';
+import { catchError, finalize, firstValueFrom } from 'rxjs';
 import { HttpService } from '@nestjs/axios';
 import * as blake from 'blakejs';
-import { AxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
 import * as jsonld from 'jsonld';
 
 import { ValidateMetadataDTO } from '@dto';
@@ -10,13 +9,6 @@ import { LoggerMessage, MetadataValidationStatus } from '@enums';
 import { validateMetadataStandard, parseMetadata, getStandard } from '@utils';
 import { ValidateMetadataResult } from '@types';
 
-const axiosConfig: AxiosRequestConfig = {
-  timeout: 5000,
-  maxContentLength: 10 * 1024 * 1024, // Max content length 10MB
-  maxBodyLength: 10 * 1024 * 1024, // Max body length 10MB
-  responseType: 'text',
-};
-
 @Injectable()
 export class AppService {
   constructor(private readonly httpService: HttpService) {}
@@ -30,9 +22,10 @@ export class AppService {
 
     try {
       const { data: rawData } = await firstValueFrom(
-        this.httpService.get(url, axiosConfig).pipe(
-          timeout(5000),
-          catchError(() => {
+        this.httpService.get(url).pipe(
+          finalize(() => Logger.log(`Fetching ${url} completed`)),
+          catchError((error) => {
+            Logger.error(error, JSON.stringify(error));
             throw MetadataValidationStatus.URL_NOT_FOUND;
           }),
         ),