diff --git a/src/invidious/helpers/handlers.cr b/src/invidious/helpers/handlers.cr
index 216f9b5d..4494b854 100644
--- a/src/invidious/helpers/handlers.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/helpers/handlers.cr
@@ -224,4 +224,28 @@ class HTTP::Client
 
     response
   end
+
+  # See https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/issues/7843
+  private def socket
+    socket = @socket
+    return socket if socket
+
+    hostname = @host.starts_with?('[') && @host.ends_with?(']') ? @host[1..-2] : @host
+    socket = TCPSocket.new hostname, @port, @dns_timeout, @connect_timeout
+    socket.read_timeout = @read_timeout if @read_timeout
+    socket.sync = false
+
+    {% if !flag?(:without_openssl) %}
+      if tls = @tls
+        _socket = socket
+      	begin
+      	  socket = OpenSSL::SSL::Socket::Client.new(socket, context: tls, sync_close: true, hostname: @host)
+      	rescue
+      	  _socket.close
+      	end
+      end
+    {% end %}
+
+    @socket = socket
+  end
 end