diff --git a/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/options.rs b/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/options.rs
index 59266282113c..57d29ee71de0 100644
--- a/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/options.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/options.rs
@@ -200,14 +200,12 @@ fn read_config(
         let content = std::str::from_utf8(buf.as_ref()).ok()?;
 
         for (pattern, key) in keys.iter() {
-            let local = std::mem::take(builder);
-
             if builder.get_config_value(key).is_none() {
                 let reg = Regex::new(pattern).unwrap();
                 let cap = reg.captures(content)?;
                 let m = cap.get(1)?;
                 let parsed = m.as_str();
-                *builder = local.with_config(*key, parsed)
+                *builder = std::mem::take(builder).with_config(*key, parsed);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/polars-io/src/file_cache/utils.rs b/crates/polars-io/src/file_cache/utils.rs
index b239c2792e54..fec85a0a5128 100644
--- a/crates/polars-io/src/file_cache/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-io/src/file_cache/utils.rs
@@ -52,12 +52,10 @@ pub(super) fn update_last_accessed(file: &std::fs::File) {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn init_entries_from_uri_list<A: AsRef<[Arc<str>]>>(
-    uri_list: A,
+pub fn init_entries_from_uri_list(
+    uri_list: &[Arc<str>],
     cloud_options: Option<&CloudOptions>,
 ) -> PolarsResult<Vec<Arc<FileCacheEntry>>> {
-    let uri_list = uri_list.as_ref();
-
     if uri_list.is_empty() {
         return Ok(Default::default());
     }
@@ -69,13 +67,27 @@ pub fn init_entries_from_uri_list<A: AsRef<[Arc<str>]>>(
         .unwrap_or_else(get_env_file_cache_ttl);
 
     if is_cloud_url(first_uri) {
-        let (_, object_store) = pl_async::get_runtime()
-            .block_on_potential_spawn(build_object_store(first_uri, cloud_options))?;
-        let object_store = PolarsObjectStore::new(object_store);
+        let object_stores = pl_async::get_runtime().block_on_potential_spawn(async {
+            futures::future::try_join_all(
+                (0..if first_uri.starts_with("http") {
+                    // Object stores for http are tied to the path.
+                    uri_list.len()
+                } else {
+                    1
+                })
+                    .map(|i| async move {
+                        let (_, object_store) =
+                            build_object_store(&uri_list[i], cloud_options).await?;
+                        PolarsResult::Ok(PolarsObjectStore::new(object_store))
+                    }),
+            )
+            .await
+        })?;
 
         uri_list
             .iter()
-            .map(|uri| {
+            .enumerate()
+            .map(|(i, uri)| {
                 FILE_CACHE.init_entry(
                     uri.clone(),
                     || {
@@ -88,7 +100,8 @@ pub fn init_entries_from_uri_list<A: AsRef<[Arc<str>]>>(
                             object_path_from_string(prefix)?
                         };
 
-                        let object_store = object_store.clone();
+                        let object_store =
+                            object_stores[std::cmp::min(i, object_stores.len())].clone();
                         let uri = uri.clone();
 
                         Ok(Arc::new(CloudFileFetcher {
diff --git a/crates/polars-io/src/utils/path.rs b/crates/polars-io/src/utils/path.rs
index 91bc74ed2700..84e02022bd85 100644
--- a/crates/polars-io/src/utils/path.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-io/src/utils/path.rs
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ pub fn expand_paths(
                                      cloud_options: Option<&CloudOptions>|
              -> PolarsResult<(usize, Vec<PathBuf>)> {
                 crate::pl_async::get_runtime().block_on_potential_spawn(async {
+                    if path.starts_with("http") {
+                        return Ok((0, vec![PathBuf::from(path)]));
+                    }
+
                     let (cloud_location, store) =
                         crate::cloud::build_object_store(path, cloud_options).await?;
 
diff --git a/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/conversion/scans.rs b/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/conversion/scans.rs
index 68e17d278898..5908d085fd15 100644
--- a/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/conversion/scans.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/conversion/scans.rs
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ pub(super) fn csv_file_info(
                     paths
                         .iter()
                         .map(|path| Arc::from(path.to_str().unwrap()))
-                        .collect::<Box<[_]>>(),
+                        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                        .as_slice(),
                     cloud_options,
                 )?)
             } else {