diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c38cdcc59..a07a65ccef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ __pycache__/
 test_output/
 .vscode
 .idea
+*.swp
+tags
 neon.iml
 /.neon
 /integration_tests/.neon
diff --git a/proxy/src/auth/backend/jwt.rs b/proxy/src/auth/backend/jwt.rs
index 2185677159..69ab4b8ccb 100644
--- a/proxy/src/auth/backend/jwt.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/auth/backend/jwt.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 use arc_swap::ArcSwapOption;
 use dashmap::DashMap;
 use jose_jwk::crypto::KeyInfo;
+use reqwest::{redirect, Client};
 use serde::de::Visitor;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
 use signature::Verifier;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ const MIN_RENEW: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
 const AUTO_RENEW: Duration = Duration::from_secs(300);
 const MAX_RENEW: Duration = Duration::from_secs(3600);
 const MAX_JWK_BODY_SIZE: usize = 64 * 1024;
+const JWKS_USER_AGENT: &str = "neon-proxy";
 
 /// How to get the JWT auth rules
 pub(crate) trait FetchAuthRules: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static {
@@ -50,7 +52,6 @@ pub(crate) struct AuthRule {
     pub(crate) role_names: Vec<RoleNameInt>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Default)]
 pub struct JwkCache {
     client: reqwest::Client,
 
@@ -357,6 +358,20 @@ impl JwkCache {
     }
 }
 
+impl Default for JwkCache {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        let client = Client::builder()
+            .user_agent(JWKS_USER_AGENT)
+            .redirect(redirect::Policy::none())
+            .build()
+            .expect("using &str and standard redirect::Policy");
+        JwkCache {
+            client,
+            map: DashMap::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn verify_ec_signature(data: &[u8], sig: &[u8], key: &jose_jwk::Ec) -> Result<(), JwtError> {
     use ecdsa::Signature;
     use signature::Verifier;