diff --git a/app/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/app/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 095eb3bc..93716d3f 100644
--- a/app/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/app/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -35,11 +35,9 @@ void MainWindow::on_newHostBtn_clicked()
     QString hostname = popupmanager::getHostnameDialog(this);
     if (!hostname.isEmpty()) {
 
-        IdentityManager im = IdentityManager();
-        NvPairingManager pm(hostname, im);
+        NvPairingManager pm(hostname);
 
         QString pin = pm.generatePinString();
-        NvHTTP http(hostname, im);
         pm.pair(http.getServerInfo(), pin);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/http/computermanager.cpp b/app/http/computermanager.cpp
index 843c43b5..5dc772db 100644
--- a/app/http/computermanager.cpp
+++ b/app/http/computermanager.cpp
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ class PcMonitorThread : public QThread
 #define TRIES_BEFORE_OFFLINING 2
 #define POLLS_PER_APPLIST_FETCH 10
 
-    PcMonitorThread(NvComputer* computer, IdentityManager im)
-        : m_Im(im),
-          m_Computer(computer)
+    PcMonitorThread(NvComputer* computer)
+        : m_Computer(computer)
     {
 
     }
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ class PcMonitorThread : public QThread
 
     bool TryPollComputer(QString& address, bool& changed)
     {
-        NvHTTP http(address, m_Im);
+        NvHTTP http(address);
 
         QString serverInfo;
         try {
@@ -174,6 +173,5 @@ signals:
    void computerStateChanged(NvComputer* computer);
 
 private:
-    IdentityManager m_Im;
     NvComputer* m_Computer;
 };
diff --git a/app/http/identitymanager.cpp b/app/http/identitymanager.cpp
index cd8f5d3e..68ef9e59 100644
--- a/app/http/identitymanager.cpp
+++ b/app/http/identitymanager.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@
 #include <openssl/bn.h>
 #include <openssl/x509.h>
 
+IdentityManager* IdentityManager::s_Im = nullptr;
+
+IdentityManager*
+IdentityManager::get()
+{
+    // This will always be called first on the main thread,
+    // so it's safe to initialize without locks.
+    if (s_Im == nullptr) {
+        s_Im = new IdentityManager();
+    }
+
+    return s_Im;
+}
+
 IdentityManager::IdentityManager()
 {
     m_RootDirectory = QDir(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::AppConfigLocation));
diff --git a/app/http/identitymanager.h b/app/http/identitymanager.h
index 267c1825..602f0330 100644
--- a/app/http/identitymanager.h
+++ b/app/http/identitymanager.h
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 class IdentityManager
 {
 public:
-    IdentityManager();
-
     QString
     getUniqueId();
 
@@ -20,10 +18,18 @@ public:
     QSslConfiguration
     getSslConfig();
 
+    static
+    IdentityManager*
+    get();
+
 private:
+    IdentityManager();
+
     QDir m_RootDirectory;
 
     QByteArray m_CachedPrivateKey;
     QByteArray m_CachedPemCert;
     QString m_CachedUniqueId;
+
+    static IdentityManager* s_Im;
 };
diff --git a/app/http/nvhttp.cpp b/app/http/nvhttp.cpp
index 91aac65f..c581c180 100644
--- a/app/http/nvhttp.cpp
+++ b/app/http/nvhttp.cpp
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@
 
 #define REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS 5000
 
-NvHTTP::NvHTTP(QString address, IdentityManager im) :
-    m_Address(address),
-    m_Im(im)
+NvHTTP::NvHTTP(QString address) :
+    m_Address(address)
 {
     m_BaseUrlHttp.setScheme("http");
     m_BaseUrlHttps.setScheme("https");
@@ -266,14 +265,14 @@ NvHTTP::openConnection(QUrl baseUrl,
     // Build a URL for the request
     QUrl url(baseUrl);
     url.setPath("/" + command);
-    url.setQuery("uniqueid=" + m_Im.getUniqueId() +
+    url.setQuery("uniqueid=" + IdentityManager::get()->getUniqueId() +
                  "&uuid=" + QUuid::createUuid().toRfc4122().toHex() +
                  ((arguments != nullptr) ? ("&" + arguments) : ""));
 
     QNetworkRequest request = QNetworkRequest(url);
 
     // Add our client certificate
-    request.setSslConfiguration(m_Im.getSslConfig());
+    request.setSslConfiguration(IdentityManager::get()->getSslConfig());
 
     QNetworkReply* reply = m_Nam.get(request);
 
diff --git a/app/http/nvhttp.h b/app/http/nvhttp.h
index cbf8adb9..7f50ee8b 100644
--- a/app/http/nvhttp.h
+++ b/app/http/nvhttp.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ private:
 class NvHTTP
 {
 public:
-    NvHTTP(QString address, IdentityManager im);
+    NvHTTP(QString address);
 
     int
     getCurrentGame(QString serverInfo);
@@ -92,5 +92,4 @@ private:
 
     QString m_Address;
     QNetworkAccessManager m_Nam;
-    IdentityManager m_Im;
 };
diff --git a/app/http/nvpairingmanager.cpp b/app/http/nvpairingmanager.cpp
index fef66b4c..4ab5c1c5 100644
--- a/app/http/nvpairingmanager.cpp
+++ b/app/http/nvpairingmanager.cpp
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@
 #include <openssl/x509.h>
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 
-NvPairingManager::NvPairingManager(QString address, IdentityManager im) :
-    m_Http(address, im),
-    m_Im(im)
+NvPairingManager::NvPairingManager(QString address) :
+    m_Http(address)
 {
-    QByteArray cert = m_Im.getCertificate();
+    QByteArray cert = IdentityManager::get()->getCertificate();
     BIO *bio = BIO_new_mem_buf(cert.data(), -1);
     THROW_BAD_ALLOC_IF_NULL(bio);
 
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ NvPairingManager::NvPairingManager(QString address, IdentityManager im) :
         throw new std::runtime_error("Unable to load certificate");
     }
 
-    QByteArray pk = m_Im.getPrivateKey();
+    QByteArray pk = IdentityManager::get()->getPrivateKey();
     bio = BIO_new_mem_buf(pk.data(), -1);
     THROW_BAD_ALLOC_IF_NULL(bio);
 
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ NvPairingManager::pair(QString serverInfo, QString pin)
     QString getCert = m_Http.openConnectionToString(m_Http.m_BaseUrlHttp,
                                                     "pair",
                                                     "devicename=roth&updateState=1&phrase=getservercert&salt=" +
-                                                    salt.toHex() + "&clientcert=" + m_Im.getCertificate().toHex(),
+                                                    salt.toHex() + "&clientcert=" + IdentityManager::get()->getCertificate().toHex(),
                                                     false);
     m_Http.verifyResponseStatus(getCert);
     if (m_Http.getXmlString(getCert, "paired") != "1")
diff --git a/app/http/nvpairingmanager.h b/app/http/nvpairingmanager.h
index dbf8bba9..7ea281c3 100644
--- a/app/http/nvpairingmanager.h
+++ b/app/http/nvpairingmanager.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public:
         ALREADY_IN_PROGRESS
     };
 
-    NvPairingManager(QString address, IdentityManager im);
+    NvPairingManager(QString address);
 
     ~NvPairingManager();
 
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ private:
     signMessage(QByteArray message);
 
     NvHTTP m_Http;
-    IdentityManager m_Im;
     X509* m_Cert;
     EVP_PKEY* m_PrivateKey;
 };