diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/github/authentication.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/github/authentication.ts
index e186c78c..64d2f0af 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/github/authentication.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/github/authentication.ts
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ import type {
   IField,
   IJSONObject,
 } from '@automatisch/types';
-import HttpClient from '../../helpers/http-client';
+import createHttpClient, { IHttpClient } from '../../helpers/http-client';
 import { URLSearchParams } from 'url';
 
 export default class Authentication implements IAuthentication {
   appData: IApp;
   connectionData: IJSONObject;
   scopes: string[] = ['read:org', 'repo', 'user'];
-  client: HttpClient;
+  client: IHttpClient;
 
   constructor(appData: IApp, connectionData: IJSONObject) {
     this.connectionData = connectionData;
     this.appData = appData;
-    this.client = new HttpClient({ baseURL: 'https://github.com' });
+    this.client = createHttpClient({ baseURL: 'https://github.com' });
   }
 
   get oauthRedirectUrl(): string {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/slack/client/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/slack/client/index.ts
index ba47be53..5e5d79e3 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/slack/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/slack/client/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { IFlow, IStep, IConnection } from '@automatisch/types';
-import HttpClient from '../../../helpers/http-client';
+import createHttpClient, { IHttpClient } from '../../../helpers/http-client';
 import VerifyAccessToken from './endpoints/verify-access-token';
 import PostMessageToChannel from './endpoints/post-message-to-channel';
 import FindMessages from './endpoints/find-messages';
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default class SlackClient {
   flow: IFlow;
   step: IStep;
   connection: IConnection;
-  httpClient: HttpClient;
+  httpClient: IHttpClient;
 
   verifyAccessToken: VerifyAccessToken;
   postMessageToChannel: PostMessageToChannel;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export default class SlackClient {
     this.flow = flow;
     this.step = step;
 
-    this.httpClient = new HttpClient({ baseURL: SlackClient.baseUrl });
+    this.httpClient = createHttpClient({ baseURL: SlackClient.baseUrl });
     this.verifyAccessToken = new VerifyAccessToken(this);
     this.postMessageToChannel = new PostMessageToChannel(this);
     this.findMessages = new FindMessages(this);
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/index.ts
index 3cc3a72e..4cb899b5 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { IFlow, IStep, IConnection } from '@automatisch/types';
 import OAuth from 'oauth-1.0a';
 import crypto from 'crypto';
-import HttpClient from '../../../helpers/http-client';
+import createHttpClient, { IHttpClient } from '../../../helpers/http-client';
 import OAuthRequestToken from './endpoints/oauth-request-token';
 import VerifyAccessToken from './endpoints/verify-access-token';
 import GetCurrentUser from './endpoints/get-current-user';
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export default class TwitterClient {
   step: IStep;
   connection: IConnection;
   oauthClient: OAuth;
-  httpClient: HttpClient;
+  httpClient: IHttpClient;
 
   oauthRequestToken: OAuthRequestToken;
   verifyAccessToken: VerifyAccessToken;
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export default class TwitterClient {
     this.flow = flow;
     this.step = step;
 
-    this.httpClient = new HttpClient({ baseURL: TwitterClient.baseUrl });
+    this.httpClient = createHttpClient({ baseURL: TwitterClient.baseUrl });
 
     const consumerData = {
       key: this.connection.formattedData.consumerKey as string,
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/typeform/authentication.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/typeform/authentication.ts
index 7eedc0d1..0229b42c 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/typeform/authentication.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/typeform/authentication.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import type {
   IJSONObject,
 } from '@automatisch/types';
 import { URLSearchParams } from 'url';
-import HttpClient from '../../helpers/http-client';
+import createHttpClient, { IHttpClient } from '../../helpers/http-client';
 
 export default class Authentication implements IAuthentication {
   appData: IApp;
   connectionData: IJSONObject;
-  client: HttpClient;
+  client: IHttpClient;
 
   scope: string[] = [
     'forms:read',
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default class Authentication implements IAuthentication {
   constructor(appData: IApp, connectionData: IJSONObject) {
     this.connectionData = connectionData;
     this.appData = appData;
-    this.client = new HttpClient({ baseURL: 'https://api.typeform.com' });
+    this.client = createHttpClient({ baseURL: 'https://api.typeform.com' });
   }
 
   get oauthRedirectUrl() {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/helpers/http-client/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/helpers/http-client/index.ts
index 8c0861c7..dd134e5d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/helpers/http-client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/helpers/http-client/index.ts
@@ -1,34 +1,19 @@
-import axios, { AxiosInstance, AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
-import { IJSONObject, IHttpClientParams } from '@automatisch/types';
+import axios from 'axios';
+export { AxiosInstance as IHttpClient } from 'axios';
+import { IHttpClientParams } from '@automatisch/types';
 
-type ExtendedAxiosResponse = AxiosResponse & { integrationError: IJSONObject };
+export default function createcreateHttpClient({ baseURL, }: IHttpClientParams) {
+  const instance = axios.create({
+    baseURL,
+  });
 
-export default class HttpClient {
-  instance: AxiosInstance;
+  instance.interceptors.response.use(
+    (response) => response,
+    (error) => {
+      error.response.integrationError = error.response.data;
+      return error.response;
+    }
+  );
 
-  constructor(params: IHttpClientParams) {
-    this.instance = axios.create({
-      baseURL: params.baseURL,
-    });
-
-    this.instance.interceptors.response.use(
-      (response) => response,
-      (error) => {
-        error.response.integrationError = error.response.data;
-        return error.response;
-      }
-    );
-  }
-
-  async get(path: string, options?: IJSONObject) {
-    return (await this.instance.get(path, options)) as ExtendedAxiosResponse;
-  }
-
-  async post(path: string, body: IJSONObject | string, options?: IJSONObject) {
-    return (await this.instance.post(
-      path,
-      body,
-      options
-    )) as ExtendedAxiosResponse;
-  }
+  return instance;
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/types/axios.d.ts b/packages/backend/src/types/axios.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..948f46b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/types/axios.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { IJSONObject } from '@automatisch/types';
+
+declare module 'axios' {
+  interface AxiosResponse {
+    integrationError?: IJSONObject;
+  }
+}