diff --git a/website/cypress/contract/oasst_api_contract_tests.cy.ts b/website/cypress/contract/oasst_api_contract_tests.cy.ts
index 550fd1dd..1ba408d6 100644
--- a/website/cypress/contract/oasst_api_contract_tests.cy.ts
+++ b/website/cypress/contract/oasst_api_contract_tests.cy.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import OasstApiClient from "src/lib/oasst_api_client";
+import { OasstApiClient } from "src/lib/oasst_api_client";
 
 describe("Contract test for Oasst API", function () {
   // Assumes this is running the mock server.
diff --git a/website/src/lib/oasst_api_client.ts b/website/src/lib/oasst_api_client.ts
index b0caf3c6..7e22544a 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/oasst_api_client.ts
+++ b/website/src/lib/oasst_api_client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { JWT } from "next-auth/jwt";
 
+declare global {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-var
+  var oasstApiClient: OasstApiClient | undefined;
+}
+
 class OasstError {
   message: string;
   errorCode: number;
@@ -12,7 +17,7 @@ class OasstError {
   }
 }
 
-export default class OasstApiClient {
+export class OasstApiClient {
   constructor(private readonly oasstApiUrl: string, private readonly oasstApiKey: string) {}
 
   private async post(path: string, body: any): Promise<any> {
@@ -85,3 +90,9 @@ export default class OasstApiClient {
     });
   }
 }
+
+export const oasstApiClient =
+  globalThis.oasstApiClient || new OasstApiClient(process.env.FASTAPI_URL, process.env.FASTAPI_KEY);
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") {
+  globalThis.oasstApiClient = oasstApiClient;
+}
diff --git a/website/src/pages/api/new_task/[task_type].ts b/website/src/pages/api/new_task/[task_type].ts
index bbe31bef..addcf3d8 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/api/new_task/[task_type].ts
+++ b/website/src/pages/api/new_task/[task_type].ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { getToken } from "next-auth/jwt";
-import OasstApiClient from "src/lib/oasst_api_client";
+import { oasstApiClient } from "src/lib/oasst_api_client";
 import prisma from "src/lib/prismadb";
 
 /**
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ const handler = async (req, res) => {
     return;
   }
 
-  const oasstApiClient = new OasstApiClient(process.env.FASTAPI_URL, process.env.FASTAPI_KEY);
-
   // Fetch the new task.
   const task = await oasstApiClient.fetchTask(task_type, token);
 
diff --git a/website/src/pages/api/update_task.ts b/website/src/pages/api/update_task.ts
index fbc8da18..4eea8c1e 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/api/update_task.ts
+++ b/website/src/pages/api/update_task.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { getToken } from "next-auth/jwt";
-import OasstApiClient from "src/lib/oasst_api_client";
+import { oasstApiClient } from "src/lib/oasst_api_client";
 import prisma from "src/lib/prismadb";
 
 /**
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ const handler = async (req, res) => {
     return;
   }
 
-  const oasstApiClient = new OasstApiClient(process.env.FASTAPI_URL, process.env.FASTAPI_KEY);
-
   // Parse out the local task ID and the interaction contents.
   const { id, content, update_type } = await JSON.parse(req.body);