diff --git a/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.cpp b/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.cpp
index 11a7a1e8..a75456f2 100644
--- a/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.cpp
@@ -107,11 +107,13 @@ namespace data
 
 	void NetDbRequests::Start ()
 	{
+		m_LastPoolCleanUpTime = i2p::util::GetSecondsSinceEpoch ();
 	}
 
 	void NetDbRequests::Stop ()
 	{
 		m_RequestedDestinations.clear ();
+		m_RequestedDestinationsPool.CleanUpMt ();
 	}
 
 
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ namespace data
 		bool isExploratory, bool direct, RequestedDestination::RequestComplete requestComplete)
 	{
 		// request RouterInfo directly
-		auto dest = std::make_shared<RequestedDestination> (destination, isExploratory, direct);
+		auto dest = m_RequestedDestinationsPool.AcquireSharedMt (destination, isExploratory, direct);
 		dest->SetRequestComplete (requestComplete);
 		{
 			std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l(m_RequestedDestinationsMutex); 
@@ -182,6 +184,11 @@ namespace data
 	void NetDbRequests::ManageRequests ()
 	{
 		uint64_t ts = i2p::util::GetSecondsSinceEpoch ();
+		if (ts > m_LastPoolCleanUpTime + REQUESTED_DESTINATIONS_POOL_CLEANUP_INTERVAL)
+		{
+			m_RequestedDestinationsPool.CleanUpMt ();
+			m_LastPoolCleanUpTime = ts;
+		}	
 		std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l(m_RequestedDestinationsMutex);
 		for (auto it = m_RequestedDestinations.begin (); it != m_RequestedDestinations.end ();)
 		{
diff --git a/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.h b/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.h
index fb54d0fc..e6eda5a0 100644
--- a/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.h
+++ b/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.h
@@ -15,17 +15,19 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include "Identity.h"
 #include "RouterInfo.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 namespace i2p
 {
 namespace data
 {
-	const size_t MAX_NUM_REQUEST_ATTEMPTS = 7;
+	const size_t MAX_NUM_REQUEST_ATTEMPTS = 5;
 	const uint64_t MANAGE_REQUESTS_INTERVAL = 1; // in seconds
 	const uint64_t MIN_REQUEST_TIME = 5; // in seconds
 	const uint64_t MAX_REQUEST_TIME = MAX_NUM_REQUEST_ATTEMPTS * (MIN_REQUEST_TIME + MANAGE_REQUESTS_INTERVAL);
 	const uint64_t MAX_EXPLORATORY_REQUEST_TIME = 30; // in seconds
 	const uint64_t REQUEST_CACHE_TIME = MAX_REQUEST_TIME + 40; // in seconds
+	const uint64_t REQUESTED_DESTINATIONS_POOL_CLEANUP_INTERVAL = 191; // in seconds
 	
 	class RequestedDestination
 	{
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ namespace data
 
 			mutable std::mutex m_RequestedDestinationsMutex;
 			std::unordered_map<IdentHash, std::shared_ptr<RequestedDestination> > m_RequestedDestinations;
+			i2p::util::MemoryPoolMt<RequestedDestination> m_RequestedDestinationsPool;
+			uint64_t m_LastPoolCleanUpTime = 0; // in seconds
 	};
 }
 }