diff --git a/peerplays_instance.py b/peerplays_instance.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d8e7c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/peerplays_instance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"""
+This module is used to initiate the peerplays instance
+"""
+from peerplays import PeerPlays
+from config import api_url
+
+peerplays = PeerPlays(api_url)
diff --git a/src/accounts/account_history.py b/src/accounts/account_history.py
index abd423b..ce76734 100644
--- a/src/accounts/account_history.py
+++ b/src/accounts/account_history.py
@@ -2,12 +2,8 @@
 This module contains functions to interact with the PeerPlays blockchain,
 specifically to retrieve account history.
 """
-from peerplays import PeerPlays
 from peerplays.account import Account
-from config import api_url
-
-peerplays = PeerPlays(api_url)
-
+from peerplays_instance import peerplays
 
 def get_account_history(account_name):
     """
diff --git a/src/accounts/get_account.py b/src/accounts/get_account.py
index d3a16ae..75c96c7 100644
--- a/src/accounts/get_account.py
+++ b/src/accounts/get_account.py
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 This module contains the function to get account information.
 """
 from peerplays.account import Account
-from peerplays import PeerPlays
-from config import api_url
-
-peerplays = PeerPlays(api_url)
+from peerplays_instance import peerplays
 
 def get_account_info(account_name):
     """
diff --git a/src/accounts/sons/active_sons.py b/src/accounts/sons/active_sons.py
index f9b6bad..8023ed8 100644
--- a/src/accounts/sons/active_sons.py
+++ b/src/accounts/sons/active_sons.py
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@
 Module to fetch active sons from PeerPlays
 """
 import sys
-from peerplays import PeerPlays
 from src.accounts.get_account import get_account_info
-from src.supply.common import api_url
+from peerplays_instance import peerplays
 
 def get_active_sons():
     """
     Function to get active sons from PeerPlays
     """
-    peerplays = PeerPlays(api_url)
 
     object_id_prefix = "1.33."
     object_id_number = 0
diff --git a/src/accounts/witnesses/witnesses.py b/src/accounts/witnesses/witnesses.py
index 2cf9c00..cd9872f 100644
--- a/src/accounts/witnesses/witnesses.py
+++ b/src/accounts/witnesses/witnesses.py
@@ -2,15 +2,10 @@
 This module contains functions to fetch the list of active witnesses.
 """
 import logging
-from peerplays import PeerPlays
 from peerplays.witness import Witnesses
 from peerplays.account import Account
 from cache_config import cache
-
-
-
-# connect to a peerplays1 node
-peerplays = PeerPlays("wss://ca.peerplays.info/api")
+from peerplays_instance import peerplays
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/src/blocks.py b/src/blocks.py
index ece0b17..4c6f130 100644
--- a/src/blocks.py
+++ b/src/blocks.py
@@ -3,18 +3,15 @@
 """
 
 import logging
-from peerplays import PeerPlays
+
 from peerplays.block import Block
 from peerplays.witness import Witness
-from config import api_url
+from peerplays_instance import peerplays
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 
-peerplays = PeerPlays(api_url)
-
-
 def get_block_info(block_num=None):
     """
     Fetches and returns information about a specific block in the PeerPlays blockchain.
diff --git a/src/get_latest_transactions.py b/src/get_latest_transactions.py
index 77513fe..ad70c02 100644
--- a/src/get_latest_transactions.py
+++ b/src/get_latest_transactions.py
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 """
 This module is used to get the latest transactions from the Peerplays blockchain.
 """
-from peerplays import PeerPlays
 from peerplays.block import Block
-from config import api_url
-
-peerplays = PeerPlays(api_url)
+from peerplays_instance import peerplays
 
 def get_block_with_transactions(block_num):
     """
diff --git a/src/latest_block.py b/src/latest_block.py
index 7a6c89c..9c97883 100644
--- a/src/latest_block.py
+++ b/src/latest_block.py
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@
 This file contains the function to get the latest block from the PeerPlays blockchain.
 """
 from peerplays.blockchain import Blockchain
-from peerplays import PeerPlays
+from peerplays_instance import peerplays
 
-from config import api_url
-
-peerplays = PeerPlays(api_url)
 
 def get_latest_block():
     """
diff --git a/src/supply/circulating_supply.py b/src/supply/circulating_supply.py
index f3b2699..51670dc 100644
--- a/src/supply/circulating_supply.py
+++ b/src/supply/circulating_supply.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 """
 from peerplays.asset import Asset
 from flask import Response
-from src.supply.common import get_supplies, peerplays, ASSET_IDS
+from src.supply.common import get_supplies, ASSET_IDS
+from peerplays_instance import peerplays
 
 
 def circulating_supply(coin_name):
diff --git a/src/supply/common.py b/src/supply/common.py
index 9f62819..5fdc045 100644
--- a/src/supply/common.py
+++ b/src/supply/common.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 """
 Common functions for supply endpoints
 """
-from peerplays.peerplays import PeerPlays
-from config import api_url
-
-peerplays = PeerPlays(api_url)
 
 ASSET_IDS = {
     "ppy": "1.3.0",
diff --git a/src/supply/max_supply.py b/src/supply/max_supply.py
index 181da93..68f30ce 100644
--- a/src/supply/max_supply.py
+++ b/src/supply/max_supply.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 """
 from peerplays.asset import Asset
 from flask import Response
-from src.supply.common import get_supplies, peerplays, ASSET_IDS
+from src.supply.common import get_supplies, ASSET_IDS
+from peerplays_instance import peerplays
 
 
 def max_supply(coin_name):
diff --git a/src/supply/rich_list.py b/src/supply/rich_list.py
index cdf806e..285459d 100644
--- a/src/supply/rich_list.py
+++ b/src/supply/rich_list.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 """
 from peerplays.asset import Asset
 from flask import jsonify
-from src.supply.common import sats_to_fixed, peerplays, ASSET_IDS
+from src.supply.common import sats_to_fixed,ASSET_IDS
+from peerplays_instance import peerplays
 
 
 def rich_list(coin_name, num="25"):
diff --git a/src/supply/supply_details.py b/src/supply/supply_details.py
index 56f0061..bfe7849 100644
--- a/src/supply/supply_details.py
+++ b/src/supply/supply_details.py
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@
 This module is used to get the supply details of the asset.
 """
 from peerplays.asset import Asset
-from peerplays import PeerPlays
 from src.supply.common import get_supplies
+from peerplays_instance import peerplays
 
 
 def get_supply_details(asset_id="1.3.0"):
     """ 
     returns the supply details of the asset 
     """
-    peerplays = PeerPlays("wss://ca.peerplays.info/api")
     A = Asset(asset_id, blockchain_instance=peerplays) # pylint: disable=invalid-name
     supplies = get_supplies(A)
 
diff --git a/src/supply/total_supply.py b/src/supply/total_supply.py
index 2fcd6be..f0d266f 100644
--- a/src/supply/total_supply.py
+++ b/src/supply/total_supply.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 """
 from peerplays.asset import Asset
 from flask import Response
-from src.supply.common import get_supplies, peerplays, ASSET_IDS
+from src.supply.common import get_supplies, ASSET_IDS
+from peerplays_instance import peerplays
 
 
 def total_supply(coin_name):