diff --git a/agentic_security/dependencies.py b/agentic_security/dependencies.py
index 0d67534..8c132b3 100644
--- a/agentic_security/dependencies.py
+++ b/agentic_security/dependencies.py
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-from agentic_security.config import CfgMixin
+from agentic_security.config import get_or_create_config
 from agentic_security.core.app import set_secrets
 
 
 class InMemorySecrets:
     def __init__(self):
-        self.secrets = {}
-        self.config = CfgMixin()
-        self.config.get_or_create_config()
-        self.secrets = self.config.config.get("secrets", {})
+        config = get_or_create_config()
+        self.secrets = config.get_config_value("secrets", {})
         set_secrets(self.secrets)
 
     def set_secret(self, key: str, value: str):
diff --git a/agentic_security/http_spec.py b/agentic_security/http_spec.py
index addd264..8361b67 100644
--- a/agentic_security/http_spec.py
+++ b/agentic_security/http_spec.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from enum import Enum
 import httpx
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
+from agentic_security.config import settings_var
+
 
 class Modality(Enum):
     TEXT = 0
@@ -90,7 +92,9 @@ class LLMSpec(BaseModel):
         content = self.body.replace("<<PROMPT>>", escape_special_chars_for_json(prompt))
         content = content.replace("<<BASE64_IMAGE>>", encoded_image)
         content = content.replace("<<BASE64_AUDIO>>", encoded_audio)
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+
+        transport = httpx.AsyncHTTPTransport(retries=settings_var("network.retry", 3))
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=transport) as client:
             response = await client.request(
                 method=self.method,
                 url=self.url,
diff --git a/agentic_security/lib.py b/agentic_security/lib.py
index 555fe9f..0c300bf 100644
--- a/agentic_security/lib.py
+++ b/agentic_security/lib.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from rich.console import Console
 from rich.table import Table
 from tabulate import tabulate
 
-from agentic_security.config import CfgMixin  # Importing the configuration mixin
+from agentic_security.config import SettingsMixin  # Importing the configuration mixin
 from agentic_security.models.schemas import Scan
 from agentic_security.probe_data import REGISTRY
 from agentic_security.routes.scan import streaming_response_generator
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ YELLOW = colorama.Fore.YELLOW
 BLUE = colorama.Fore.BLUE
 
 
-class AgenticSecurity(CfgMixin):
+class AgenticSecurity(SettingsMixin):
     @classmethod
     async def async_scan(
         cls,