diff --git a/src/main/java/com/waze/service/WazeNotificationService.java b/src/main/java/com/waze/service/WazeNotificationService.java
index 8f8785f..75bfaca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/waze/service/WazeNotificationService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/waze/service/WazeNotificationService.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 public class WazeNotificationService {
 
     ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    AsyncHttpClient asyncHttpClient = new AsyncHttpClient();
 
     private static String genNotificationUrl(String server, String left, String right, String top, String bottom){
         return "https://www.waze.com/" + server + "/web/TGeoRSS?left="
@@ -34,8 +35,6 @@ public WazeTrafficNotificationsResponse getNotifications(String left, String rig
         ArrayList<WazeJam> jams = new ArrayList<>();
 
 
-        AsyncHttpClient asyncHttpClient = new AsyncHttpClient();
-
         try{
             for (String server: serverList){
                 url = genNotificationUrl(server, left, right, top, bottom);
@@ -83,8 +82,6 @@ public WazeTrafficNotificationsResponse getNotifications(String left, String rig
             }
         }catch (Exception ex) {
             throw new RuntimeException("failed to get notifications \nurl: "+ url + "\nerror: "+ ex.getMessage());
-        }finally {
-            asyncHttpClient.close();
         }
 
         wazeTrafficNotificationsResponse.setAlerts(alerts);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/waze/service/WazeRouteService.java b/src/main/java/com/waze/service/WazeRouteService.java
index 340879b..00556b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/waze/service/WazeRouteService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/waze/service/WazeRouteService.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
  */
 public class WazeRouteService {
 
+    AsyncHttpClient asyncHttpClient = new AsyncHttpClient();
+
+
     boolean singleAddress = true;
     boolean multipleAddress = false;
     ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
@@ -200,10 +203,9 @@ public WazeRouteResponse getRoutes(String start, String end) {
 
     public ArrayList<JsonNode> sendRouteRequest(String routeUrl){
         ArrayList<JsonNode> routes = new ArrayList<>();
-        AsyncHttpClient asyncHttpClient = new AsyncHttpClient();
         try{
             Response response = asyncHttpClient
-                    .preparePost(routeUrl)
+                    .prepareGet(routeUrl)
                     .execute()
                     .get();
 
@@ -220,20 +222,17 @@ public ArrayList<JsonNode> sendRouteRequest(String routeUrl){
             }
         }catch (Exception ex) {
             throw new RuntimeException("failed to query waze route \nurl: " + routeUrl + " \nerror: "+ ex.getMessage());
-        }finally {
-            asyncHttpClient.close();
         }
 
         return routes;
     }
 
     public JsonNode getAddress(String address, boolean single){
-        AsyncHttpClient asyncHttpClient = new AsyncHttpClient();
         String addressURL = "";
         try {
             addressURL = "https://www.waze.com/SearchServer/mozi?q=" + URLEncoder.encode(address, "UTF-8") + "&lang=eng&lon=-73.96888732910156%20&lat=40.799981900731964&origin=livemap";
             Response response = asyncHttpClient
-                    .preparePost(addressURL)
+                    .prepareGet(addressURL)
                     .execute().get();
             if (single)
                 return mapper.readTree(response.getResponseBody()).get(0);
@@ -242,8 +241,6 @@ public JsonNode getAddress(String address, boolean single){
 
         }catch (Exception ex) {
             throw new WazeException("failed to query waze address \nurl: " + addressURL + " \nerror: "+ ex.getMessage());
-        }finally {
-            asyncHttpClient.close();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/waze/WazeRouteServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/com/waze/WazeRouteServiceTest.java
index d5c6495..0430bc4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/waze/WazeRouteServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/waze/WazeRouteServiceTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ public class WazeRouteServiceTest {
     WazeNotificationService wazeNotificationService = new WazeNotificationService();
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore
     public void getNotificationTest(){
         WazeTrafficNotificationsResponse res = wazeNotificationService.getNotifications("34.560293197631836", "35.08736228942871", "32.126451488404435", "31.967679380737046");
         assert(res.getAlerts().size() >= 1);
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ public void getNotificationTest(){
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore
     public void testWazeRouteWithDirection(){
         WazeRouteWithDirectionsResponse res = wazeRouteService.getRouteWithParts("40.7794034", "-73.9525884", "40.7866205", "-73.9773711", null, null);
         assert(res.getRoutesWithDirections().size() >= 1);
@@ -40,7 +38,6 @@ public void testWazeRouteWithDirection(){
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore
     public void testWazeRoutesWithDirectionText(){
         WazeRouteWithDirectionsResponse res = wazeRouteService.getRouteWithParts("1712 Kilbourne Pl NW, Washington, DC 20010", "2150 K St NW, Washington, DC 20427");
         assert(res.getRoutesWithDirections().size() >= 1);
@@ -50,7 +47,6 @@ public void testWazeRoutesWithDirectionText(){
 
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore
     public void testWazeGetAddressApi(){
         JsonNode addressResult = wazeRouteService.getAddress("5th avenue new york", true);
         String addressResultStr = addressResult.get("name").asText();
@@ -58,7 +54,6 @@ public void testWazeGetAddressApi(){
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore
     public void testWazeRouteApi(){
         ArrayList<JsonNode> routeResult = wazeRouteService.sendRouteRequest("https://www.waze.com/RoutingManager/routingRequest?from=x%3A-73.96537017822266+y%3A40.77473068237305&to=x%3A-73.99018859863281+y%3A40.751678466796875&at=0&returnJSON=true&returnGeometries=true&returnInstructions=true&timeout=60000&nPaths=3&options=AVOID_TRAILS%3At");
         String routeName = routeResult.get(0).get("response").get("routeName").asText();
@@ -66,7 +61,6 @@ public void testWazeRouteApi(){
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore
     public void testWazeGetRoutesRequest(){
         WazeRouteResponse routeResult = wazeRouteService.getRoutes("5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NY, United States", "Queens Blvd, Queens, NY, United States");
         assert(routeResult.getStartPoint().contains("Avenue"));
@@ -74,13 +68,11 @@ public void testWazeGetRoutesRequest(){
     }
 
     @Test(expected=WazeException.class)
-    @Ignore
     public void testWazeGetRoutesRequestReturnErrorWhenUserRouteToLong(){
         wazeRouteService.getRoutes("5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NY, United States", "3722 Crenshaw Blvd Los Angeles");
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore
     public void testWazeGetRoutesReturnSingleRequestFromUSA(){
         WazeRouteResponse wazeRouteResponse = wazeRouteService.getRoutes("153 5th Ave, Manhattan, NY, United States", "123 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10003");
         assert(wazeRouteResponse.getRoutes().size() == 1);
@@ -90,28 +82,24 @@ public void testWazeGetRoutesReturnSingleRequestFromUSA(){
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore
     public void testWazeGetRoutesRequestFromUSA(){
         WazeRouteResponse wazeRouteResponse = wazeRouteService.getRoutes("5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NY, United States", "2th Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NY");
         assert(wazeRouteResponse.getRoutes().size() >= 1);
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore
     public void testWazeGetRoutesRequestFromUK(){
         WazeRouteResponse wazeRouteResponse = wazeRouteService.getRoutes("305-307 Green Lanes London, United Kingdom", "360 Green Lanes London, United Kingdom");
         assert(wazeRouteResponse.getRoutes().size() == 2);
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore
     public void testWazeGetRoutesRequestFromIsrael(){
         WazeRouteResponse wazeRouteResponse = wazeRouteService.getRoutes("הירקון 28 תל אביב", "פתח תקווה");
         assert(wazeRouteResponse.getRoutes().size() == 2);
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore
     public void testWazeFreeTextToAddress(){
         WazeStreetPickerResult wazeStreetPickerResult = wazeRouteService.getAddressOptionsFromFreeText("5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NY");
         assert(wazeStreetPickerResult.getAddressList().size() >= 1);
@@ -119,7 +107,6 @@ public void testWazeFreeTextToAddress(){
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore
     public void testWazeFreeLatLon(){
         WazeRouteResponse wazeRouteResponse = wazeRouteService.getRoutes("32.07120132446289", "34.7652473449707", "32.06473159790039", "34.86988830566406", null, null);
         assert(wazeRouteResponse.getRoutes().size() == 2);