diff --git a/src/system/ytparser.cpp b/src/system/ytparser.cpp
index 7e1b87550..db7e17d42 100644
--- a/src/system/ytparser.cpp
+++ b/src/system/ytparser.cpp
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ size_t cYTFeedParser::CurlWriteToString(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, vo
         return size*nmemb;
 }
 
-bool cYTFeedParser::getUrl(std::string &url, std::string &answer)
+bool cYTFeedParser::getUrl(std::string &url, std::string &answer, CURL *_curl_handle)
 {
-	CURL * curl_handle = curl_easy_init();
+	CURL * curl_handle = _curl_handle ? _curl_handle : curl_easy_init();
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, &cYTFeedParser::CurlWriteToString);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_FILE, (void *)&answer);
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ bool cYTFeedParser::getUrl(std::string &url, std::string &answer)
 	printf("try to get [%s] ...\n", url.c_str());
 	CURLcode httpres = curl_easy_perform(curl_handle);
 
-	curl_easy_cleanup(curl_handle);
+	if (!_curl_handle)
+		curl_easy_cleanup(curl_handle);
 
 	printf("http: res %d size %d\n", httpres, answer.size());
 
@@ -123,14 +124,14 @@ bool cYTFeedParser::getUrl(std::string &url, std::string &answer)
 	return true;
 }
 
-bool cYTFeedParser::DownloadUrl(std::string &url, std::string &file)
+bool cYTFeedParser::DownloadUrl(std::string &url, std::string &file, CURL *_curl_handle)
 {
 	FILE * fp = fopen(file.c_str(), "wb");
 	if (fp == NULL) {
 		perror(file.c_str());
 		return false;
 	}
-	CURL * curl_handle = curl_easy_init();
+	CURL * curl_handle = _curl_handle ? _curl_handle : curl_easy_init();
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_FILE, fp);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, 1);
@@ -145,7 +146,8 @@ bool cYTFeedParser::DownloadUrl(std::string &url, std::string &file)
 
 	double dsize;
 	curl_easy_getinfo(curl_handle, CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD, &dsize);
-	curl_easy_cleanup(curl_handle);
+	if (!_curl_handle)
+		curl_easy_cleanup(curl_handle);
 	fclose(fp);
 
 	printf("http: res %d size %f.\n", httpres, dsize);
@@ -537,6 +539,7 @@ bool cYTFeedParser::ParseVideoInfo(cYTVideoInfo &vinfo)
 	estr.push_back("&el=vevo");
 	estr.push_back("&el=detailpage");
 
+	CURL *curl_handle = curl_easy_init();
 	for (unsigned i = 0; i < estr.size(); i++) {
 		std::string vurl = "http://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=";
 		vurl += vinfo.id;
@@ -544,12 +547,13 @@ bool cYTFeedParser::ParseVideoInfo(cYTVideoInfo &vinfo)
 		vurl += "&ps=default&eurl=&gl=US&hl=en";
 		printf("cYTFeedParser::ParseVideoInfo: get [%s]\n", vurl.c_str());
 		std::string answer;
-		if (!getUrl(vurl, answer))
+		if (!getUrl(vurl, answer, curl_handle))
 			continue;
 		ret = decodeVideoInfo(answer, vinfo);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
+	curl_easy_cleanup(curl_handle);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -560,6 +564,7 @@ bool cYTFeedParser::DownloadThumbnails()
 		perror(thumbnail_dir.c_str());
 		//return ret;
 	}
+	CURL *curl_handle = curl_easy_init();
 	for (unsigned i = 0; i < videos.size(); i++) {
 		if (!videos[i].thumbnail.empty()) {
 			std::string fname = thumbnail_dir;
@@ -568,12 +573,13 @@ bool cYTFeedParser::DownloadThumbnails()
 			fname += ".jpg";
 			bool found = !access(fname.c_str(), F_OK);
 			if (!found)
-				found = DownloadUrl(videos[i].thumbnail, fname);
+				found = DownloadUrl(videos[i].thumbnail, fname, curl_handle);
 			if (found)
 				videos[i].tfile = fname;
 			ret |= found;
 		}
 	}
+	curl_easy_cleanup(curl_handle);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/system/ytparser.h b/src/system/ytparser.h
index 8978f7ef0..efb1fa491 100644
--- a/src/system/ytparser.h
+++ b/src/system/ytparser.h
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ class cYTFeedParser
 		static void splitString(std::string &str, std::string delim, std::vector<std::string> &strlist, int start = 0);
 		static void splitString(std::string &str, std::string delim, std::map<std::string,std::string> &strmap, int start = 0);
 		static bool saveToFile(const char * name, std::string str);
-		bool getUrl(std::string &url, std::string &answer);
-		bool DownloadUrl(std::string &url, std::string &file);
+		bool getUrl(std::string &url, std::string &answer, CURL *curl_handle = NULL);
+		bool DownloadUrl(std::string &url, std::string &file, CURL *curl_handle = NULL);
 		bool parseFeedXml(std::string &answer);
 		bool decodeVideoInfo(std::string &answer, cYTVideoInfo &vinfo);
 		bool supportedFormat(int fmt);