diff --git a/quic-forward-proxy/src/proxy.rs b/quic-forward-proxy/src/proxy.rs
index 4429e8e8..95bad738 100644
--- a/quic-forward-proxy/src/proxy.rs
+++ b/quic-forward-proxy/src/proxy.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,20 @@ impl QuicForwardProxy {
 
             while let Some(conn) = endpoint.accept().await {
                 trace!("connection incoming");
-                let fut = handle_connection(conn, exit_signal.clone(), self.validator_identity.clone());
+
+                let (certificate, key) = new_self_signed_tls_certificate(
+                    self.validator_identity.as_ref(),
+                    IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0)),
+                )
+                    .expect("Failed to initialize QUIC client certificates");
+
+                let endpoint_outbound = QuicConnectionUtils::create_endpoint(certificate.clone(), key.clone());
+
+                let active_tpu_connection = ActiveTpuConnection {
+                    endpoint: endpoint_outbound.clone(),
+                };
+
+                let fut = handle_connection(conn, active_tpu_connection, exit_signal.clone(), self.validator_identity.clone());
                 tokio::spawn(async move {
                     if let Err(e) = fut.await {
                         error!("connection failed: {reason}", reason = e.to_string())
@@ -80,8 +93,61 @@ impl QuicForwardProxy {
 
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct ActiveTpuConnection {
+    endpoint: Endpoint,
+}
 
-async fn handle_connection(connecting: Connecting, exit_signal: Arc<AtomicBool>, validator_identity: Arc<Keypair>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+impl ActiveTpuConnection {
+
+    pub async fn send_txs_to_tpu(&self, exit_signal: Arc<AtomicBool>, validator_identity: Arc<Keypair>, tpu_identity: Pubkey, tpu_addr: SocketAddr, txs: &Vec<VersionedTransaction>) {
+
+        let last_stable_id: Arc<AtomicU64> = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0));
+
+        let txs_raw = serialize_to_vecvec(&txs);
+
+        info!("received vecvec: {}", txs_raw.iter().map(|tx| tx.len().to_string()).into_iter().join(","));
+
+        let connection =
+            Arc::new(RwLock::new(
+                QuicConnectionUtils::connect(
+                    tpu_identity,
+                    false,
+                    self.endpoint.clone(),
+                    tpu_addr,
+                    QUIC_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT,
+                    CONNECTION_RETRY_COUNT,
+                    exit_signal.clone(),
+                    || {
+                        // do nothing
+                    },
+                ).await.unwrap()));
+
+        QuicConnectionUtils::send_transaction_batch(
+            connection.clone(),
+            txs_raw,
+            tpu_identity,
+            self.endpoint.clone(),
+            tpu_addr,
+            exit_signal.clone(),
+            last_stable_id,
+            QUIC_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT,
+            CONNECTION_RETRY_COUNT,
+            || {
+                // do nothing
+            }
+        ).await;
+
+        {
+            let conn = connection.clone();
+            conn.write().await.close(0u32.into(), b"done");
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+
+async fn handle_connection(connecting: Connecting, active_tpu_connection: ActiveTpuConnection, exit_signal: Arc<AtomicBool>, validator_identity: Arc<Keypair>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let connection = connecting.await?;
     debug!("inbound connection established, remote {connection}", connection = connection.remote_address());
     loop {
@@ -101,6 +167,7 @@ async fn handle_connection(connecting: Connecting, exit_signal: Arc<AtomicBool>,
             }
             Ok(s) => s,
         };
+        let active_tpu_connection_copy = active_tpu_connection.clone();
         let exit_signal_copy = exit_signal.clone();
         let validator_identity_copy = validator_identity.clone();
         tokio::spawn(async move {
@@ -115,83 +182,13 @@ async fn handle_connection(connecting: Connecting, exit_signal: Arc<AtomicBool>,
             let tpu_addr = proxy_request.get_tpu_socket_addr();
             let txs = proxy_request.get_transactions();
 
-            send_txs_to_tpu(exit_signal_copy, validator_identity_copy, tpu_identity, tpu_addr, &txs).await;
+            active_tpu_connection_copy.send_txs_to_tpu(exit_signal_copy, validator_identity_copy, tpu_identity, tpu_addr, &txs).await;
 
         });
 
     } // -- loop
 }
 
-mod test {
-    use std::str::FromStr;
-    use std::sync::Arc;
-    use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
-    use solana_sdk::pubkey::Pubkey;
-    use crate::cli::get_identity_keypair;
-    use crate::proxy::send_txs_to_tpu;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn call() {
-        let exit_signal = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
-
-        let validator_identity = get_identity_keypair(&"/Users/stefan/mango/projects/quic-forward-proxy/local-testvalidator-stake-account.json".to_string());
-        let tpu_identity = Pubkey::from_str("asdfsdf").unwrap();
-        let tpu_address = "127.0.0.1:1027".parse().unwrap();
-        send_txs_to_tpu(exit_signal, validator_identity, tpu_identity, tpu_address, &vec![])
-
-    }
-}
-
-async fn send_txs_to_tpu(exit_signal: Arc<AtomicBool>, validator_identity: Arc<Keypair>, tpu_identity: Pubkey, tpu_addr: SocketAddr, txs: &Vec<VersionedTransaction>) {
-    let (certificate, key) = new_self_signed_tls_certificate(
-        validator_identity.as_ref(),
-        IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0)),
-    )
-        .expect("Failed to initialize QUIC client certificates");
-
-    let endpoint = QuicConnectionUtils::create_endpoint(certificate.clone(), key.clone());
-    let last_stable_id: Arc<AtomicU64> = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0));
-
-    let txs_raw = serialize_to_vecvec(&txs);
-
-    info!("received vecvec: {}", txs_raw.iter().map(|tx| tx.len().to_string()).into_iter().join(","));
-
-    let connection =
-        Arc::new(RwLock::new(
-            QuicConnectionUtils::connect(
-                tpu_identity,
-                false,
-                endpoint.clone(),
-                tpu_addr,
-                QUIC_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT,
-                CONNECTION_RETRY_COUNT,
-                exit_signal.clone(),
-                || {
-                    // do nothing
-                },
-            ).await.unwrap()));
-
-    QuicConnectionUtils::send_transaction_batch(
-        connection.clone(),
-        txs_raw,
-        tpu_identity,
-        endpoint,
-        tpu_addr,
-        exit_signal.clone(),
-        last_stable_id,
-        QUIC_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT,
-        CONNECTION_RETRY_COUNT,
-        || {
-            // do nothing
-        }
-    ).await;
-
-    {
-        let conn = connection.clone();
-        conn.write().await.close(0u32.into(), b"done");
-    }
-}
-
 fn serialize_to_vecvec(transactions: &Vec<VersionedTransaction>) -> Vec<Vec<u8>> {
     transactions.iter().map(|tx| {
         let tx_raw = bincode::serialize(tx).unwrap();