diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1e0f8cb..1c7549f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
     "@koa/cors": "^3.1.0",
     "@noble/ed25519": "^1.3.0",
     "@noble/hashes": "^0.4.1",
+    "@smithy/node-http-handler": "^2.2.2",
     "@subspace/reed-solomon-erasure.wasm": "^0.2.5",
     "borsh": "^0.6.0",
+    "cacheable-lookup": "6",
     "csv-stringify": "^6.2.1",
     "debug": "^4.3.2",
     "koa": "^2.13.4",
diff --git a/scripts/load-raw-near-lake.js b/scripts/load-raw-near-lake.js
index 9ebdec6..519f579 100644
--- a/scripts/load-raw-near-lake.js
+++ b/scripts/load-raw-near-lake.js
@@ -5,7 +5,19 @@ const {
 } = require('@aws-sdk/client-s3');
 
 const fs = require('fs/promises');
-const { parse } = require('path');
+
+// Setup keep-alive agents for AWS
+const { NodeHttpHandler } = require('@smithy/node-http-handler');
+const { Agent: HttpAgent } = require('http');
+const { Agent: HttpsAgent } = require('https');
+const httpAgent = new HttpAgent({ keepAlive: true });
+const httpsAgent = new HttpsAgent({ keepAlive: true });
+
+// Avoid DNS lookups for every request
+const CacheableLookup = require('cacheable-lookup');
+const cacheable = new CacheableLookup();
+cacheable.install(httpAgent);
+cacheable.install(httpsAgent);
 
 function normalizeBlockHeight(number) {
     return number.toString().padStart(12, '0');
@@ -50,6 +62,10 @@ async function* chunkStream(stream, chunkSize) {
 async function sync(bucketName, startAfter, limit = 1000) {
     const client = new S3Client({
         region: 'eu-central-1',
+        requestHandler: new NodeHttpHandler({
+            httpAgent,
+            httpsAgent,
+        }),
     });
 
     const dstDir = `./lake-data/${bucketName}`;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4d04df6..b89e99c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1156,6 +1156,56 @@
   dependencies:
     "@sinonjs/commons" "^1.7.0"
 
+"@smithy/abort-controller@^2.0.16":
+  version "2.0.16"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@smithy/abort-controller/-/abort-controller-2.0.16.tgz#31a86748e0c55a97ead1d179040160c6fc55ba1b"
+  integrity sha512-4foO7738k8kM9flMHu3VLabqu7nPgvIj8TB909S0CnKx0YZz/dcDH3pZ/4JHdatfxlZdKF1JWOYCw9+v3HVVsw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@smithy/types" "^2.8.0"
+    tslib "^2.5.0"
+
+"@smithy/node-http-handler@^2.2.2":
+  version "2.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@smithy/node-http-handler/-/node-http-handler-2.2.2.tgz#f9f8cd49f270bc50a0de8a4587bbdaae1c7c4e80"
+  integrity sha512-XO58TO/Eul/IBQKFKaaBtXJi0ItEQQCT+NI4IiKHCY/4KtqaUT6y/wC1EvDqlA9cP7Dyjdj7FdPs4DyynH3u7g==
+  dependencies:
+    "@smithy/abort-controller" "^2.0.16"
+    "@smithy/protocol-http" "^3.0.12"
+    "@smithy/querystring-builder" "^2.0.16"
+    "@smithy/types" "^2.8.0"
+    tslib "^2.5.0"
+
+"@smithy/protocol-http@^3.0.12":
+  version "3.0.12"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@smithy/protocol-http/-/protocol-http-3.0.12.tgz#9f606efd191593f6dbde58fa822465b92b8afbca"
+  integrity sha512-Xz4iaqLiaBfbQpB9Hgi3VcZYbP7xRDXYhd8XWChh4v94uw7qwmvlxdU5yxzfm6ACJM66phHrTbS5TVvj5uQ72w==
+  dependencies:
+    "@smithy/types" "^2.8.0"
+    tslib "^2.5.0"
+
+"@smithy/querystring-builder@^2.0.16":
+  version "2.0.16"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@smithy/querystring-builder/-/querystring-builder-2.0.16.tgz#1a9a02b1fb938688cdab5e585cb7c62c8054bc41"
+  integrity sha512-Q/GsJT0C0mijXMRs7YhZLLCP5FcuC4797lYjKQkME5CZohnLC4bEhylAd2QcD3gbMKNjCw8+T2I27WKiV/wToA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@smithy/types" "^2.8.0"
+    "@smithy/util-uri-escape" "^2.0.0"
+    tslib "^2.5.0"
+
+"@smithy/types@^2.8.0":
+  version "2.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@smithy/types/-/types-2.8.0.tgz#bdbaa0a54c9c3538d6c763c6f32d3e4f76fe0df9"
+  integrity sha512-h9sz24cFgt/W1Re22OlhQKmUZkNh244ApgRsUDYinqF8R+QgcsBIX344u2j61TPshsTz3CvL6HYU1DnQdsSrHA==
+  dependencies:
+    tslib "^2.5.0"
+
+"@smithy/util-uri-escape@^2.0.0":
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@smithy/util-uri-escape/-/util-uri-escape-2.0.0.tgz#19955b1a0f517a87ae77ac729e0e411963dfda95"
+  integrity sha512-ebkxsqinSdEooQduuk9CbKcI+wheijxEb3utGXkCoYQkJnwTnLbH1JXGimJtUkQwNQbsbuYwG2+aFVyZf5TLaw==
+  dependencies:
+    tslib "^2.5.0"
+
 "@subspace/reed-solomon-erasure.wasm@^0.2.5":
   version "0.2.5"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@subspace/reed-solomon-erasure.wasm/-/reed-solomon-erasure.wasm-0.2.5.tgz"
@@ -1506,6 +1556,11 @@ cache-content-type@^1.0.0:
     mime-types "^2.1.18"
     ylru "^1.2.0"
 
+cacheable-lookup@6:
+  version "6.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cacheable-lookup/-/cacheable-lookup-6.1.0.tgz#0330a543471c61faa4e9035db583aad753b36385"
+  integrity sha512-KJ/Dmo1lDDhmW2XDPMo+9oiy/CeqosPguPCrgcVzKyZrL6pM1gU2GmPY/xo6OQPTUaA/c0kwHuywB4E6nmT9ww==
+
 cacheable-request@^6.0.0:
   version "6.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cacheable-request/-/cacheable-request-6.1.0.tgz#20ffb8bd162ba4be11e9567d823db651052ca912"
@@ -4038,6 +4093,11 @@ tslib@^2.3.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-2.4.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-d6xOpEDfsi2CZVlPQzGeux8XMwLT9hssAsaPYExaQMuYskwb+x1x7J371tWlbBdWHroy99KnVB6qIkUbs5X3UQ==
 
+tslib@^2.5.0:
+  version "2.6.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tslib/-/tslib-2.6.2.tgz#703ac29425e7b37cd6fd456e92404d46d1f3e4ae"
+  integrity sha512-AEYxH93jGFPn/a2iVAwW87VuUIkR1FVUKB77NwMF7nBTDkDrrT/Hpt/IrCJ0QXhW27jTBDcf5ZY7w6RiqTMw2Q==
+
 tsscmp@1.0.6:
   version "1.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/tsscmp/-/tsscmp-1.0.6.tgz"