diff --git a/example.py b/example.py
index 76ff31a..48b2ebb 100644
--- a/example.py
+++ b/example.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ async def main():
     await client.get_allmetrics()
     print(client.metrics)
 
+    await client.close()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     asyncio.run(main())
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/netdata/__init__.py b/netdata/__init__.py
index 7c196f6..10d7243 100644
--- a/netdata/__init__.py
+++ b/netdata/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 class Netdata(object):
     """A class for handling connections with a Netdata instance."""
 
-    def __init__(self, host, port=19999, tls=None, path=None, timeout=5.0):
+    def __init__(self, host, port=19999, tls=None, path=None, timeout=5.0, httpx_client:httpx.AsyncClient=None):
         """Initialize the connection to the Netdata instance."""
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
@@ -38,12 +38,22 @@ def __init__(self, host, port=19999, tls=None, path=None, timeout=5.0):
             self.base_url = URL.build(
                 scheme=self.scheme, host=host, port=port, path=path
             )
+        
+        if httpx_client is None:
+            self.client = httpx.AsyncClient()
+        else:
+            # This gives the possibility to use HomeAssistant implementation that has no blocking operation.
+            # See : https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/asyncio_blocking_operations/#load_default_certs
+            self.client = httpx_client
+
+    async def close(self):
+        """Close the client session."""
+        await self.client.aclose()
 
     async def get_data(self, url) -> Dict:
         """Execute a request to a data endpoint."""
         try:
-            async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
-                response = await client.get(str(url), timeout = self.timeout)
+            response = await self.client.get(str(url), timeout = self.timeout)
         except httpx.TimeoutException:
             raise
         except httpx.TransportError:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 542ba0f..fb3827c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "netdata"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0"
 description = "Python API for interacting with Netdata"
 authors = ["Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch>"]
 license = "MIT"