diff --git a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
index 47a4059..15901e0 100644
--- a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
+++ b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# laNGUAGE DataKinds             #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds             #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances     #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE InstanceSigs          #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ data PostService d = PostService
     , relayInQueue     :: TQueue (Hashtag, PostID, PostContent)
     -- ^ Queue for processing incoming posts of own instance asynchronously
     , postFetchQueue   :: TQueue PostID
+    , httpMan          :: HTTP.Manager
     }
     deriving (Typeable)
 
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ instance DHT d => Service PostService d where
         ownPostVar <- newTVarIO HSet.empty
         relayInQueue' <- newTQueueIO
         postFetchQueue' <- newTQueueIO
+        httpMan' <- HTTP.newManager HTTP.defaultManagerSettings
         let
             thisService = PostService {
                 serviceConf = conf
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ instance DHT d => Service PostService d where
               , ownPosts = ownPostVar
               , relayInQueue = relayInQueue'
               , postFetchQueue = postFetchQueue'
+              , httpMan = httpMan'
                                       }
             port' = fromIntegral (confServicePort conf)
             warpSettings = Warp.setPort port' . Warp.setHost (fromString . confServiceHost $ conf) $ Warp.defaultSettings
@@ -334,8 +337,7 @@ clientDeliverSubscriptions serv fromTag toTag (toHost, toPort) = do
         ""
         intervalTags
     -- send subscribers
-    httpMan <- HTTP.newManager HTTP.defaultManagerSettings
-    resp <- runClientM (subscriptionDeliveryClient subscriberData) (mkClientEnv httpMan (BaseUrl Http toHost (fromIntegral toPort) ""))
+    resp <- runClientM (subscriptionDeliveryClient subscriberData) (mkClientEnv (httpMan serv) (BaseUrl Http toHost (fromIntegral toPort) ""))
     -- on failure return a Left, otherwise delete subscription entry
     case resp of
       Left err -> pure . Left . show $ err
@@ -352,6 +354,21 @@ clientDeliverSubscriptions serv fromTag toTag (toHost, toPort) = do
           haveRead <- tryReadTChan chan
           maybe (pure acc) (\x -> channelGetAll' chan (x:acc)) haveRead
 
+
+-- | Subscribe the client to the given hashtag. On success it returns the given lease time.
+clientSubscribeTo :: DHT d => PostService d -> Hashtag -> IO (Either String Integer)
+clientSubscribeTo serv tag = do
+    lookupRes <- lookupKey (baseDHT serv) (Txt.unpack tag)
+    maybe
+        (pure . Left $ "No node found")
+        (\(foundHost, foundPort) -> do
+            resp <- runClientM (tagSubscribeClient tag (Just . fromString . confServiceHost . serviceConf $ serv)) (mkClientEnv (httpMan serv) (BaseUrl Http foundHost (fromIntegral foundPort) ""))
+            case resp of
+              Left err    -> pure . Left . show $ err
+              Right lease -> pure . Right $ lease
+        )
+        lookupRes
+
 -- currently this is unused code
 getClients :: String -> Int -> HTTP.Manager -> Client IO PostServiceAPI
 getClients hostname' port' httpMan = hoistClient clientAPI
@@ -469,8 +486,7 @@ processIncomingPosts serv = forever $ do
       -- no vserver active => wait and retry
       Nothing -> threadDelay $ 10 * 10^6
       Just (responsibleHost, responsiblePort) -> do
-        httpMan <- HTTP.newManager HTTP.defaultManagerSettings
-        resp <- runClientM (relayInboxClient tag $ pID <> "," <> pContent) (mkClientEnv httpMan (BaseUrl Http responsibleHost (fromIntegral responsiblePort) ""))
+        resp <- runClientM (relayInboxClient tag $ pID <> "," <> pContent) (mkClientEnv (httpMan serv) (BaseUrl Http responsibleHost (fromIntegral responsiblePort) ""))
         case resp of
           Left err  -> do
               putStrLn $ "Error: " <> show err
@@ -489,9 +505,8 @@ fetchTagPosts serv = forever $ do
     -- TODO: batching, retry
     -- TODO: process multiple in parallel
     pIdUri <- atomically . readTQueue $ postFetchQueue serv
-    httpMan <- HTTP.newManager HTTP.defaultManagerSettings
     fetchReq <- HTTP.parseRequest . Txt.unpack $pIdUri
-    resp <- try $ HTTP.httpLbs fetchReq httpMan :: IO (Either HTTP.HttpException (HTTP.Response BSUL.ByteString))
+    resp <- try $ HTTP.httpLbs fetchReq (httpMan serv) :: IO (Either HTTP.HttpException (HTTP.Response BSUL.ByteString))
     case resp of
       Right response ->
           if HTTPT.statusCode (HTTP.responseStatus response) == 200