diff --git a/DigitalData.Core.Abstractions/Client/IBaseHttpClientService.cs b/DigitalData.Core.Abstractions/Client/IBaseHttpClientService.cs
index 9906a90..058944a 100644
--- a/DigitalData.Core.Abstractions/Client/IBaseHttpClientService.cs
+++ b/DigitalData.Core.Abstractions/Client/IBaseHttpClientService.cs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ namespace DigitalData.Core.Abstractions.Client
 {
     public interface IBaseHttpClientService
     {
-        string Uri { get; init; }
-
         CookieCollection GetCookies(string path = "");
 
         Task<HttpResponseMessage> FetchAsync(
diff --git a/DigitalData.Core.Client/BaseHttpClientService.cs b/DigitalData.Core.Client/BaseHttpClientService.cs
index 55104bb..6b8c4a7 100644
--- a/DigitalData.Core.Client/BaseHttpClientService.cs
+++ b/DigitalData.Core.Client/BaseHttpClientService.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace DigitalData.Core.Client
         protected readonly CookieContainer _cookies;
 
         [StringSyntax("Uri")]
-        public string Uri { get; init; }
+        protected readonly string _uri;
 
         public string Path { get; init; } = string.Empty;
 
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ namespace DigitalData.Core.Client
         {
             _client = client;
             _cookies = cookieContainer;
-            Uri = clientOptions.Value.Uri.Trim(URI_TRIM_CHARS);
+            _uri = clientOptions.Value.Uri.Trim(URI_TRIM_CHARS);
             Path = clientOptions.Value.Path.Trim(URI_TRIM_CHARS);
             _headers = clientOptions.Value.Headers;
             _queryParams = clientOptions.Value.QueryParams;
         }
 
-        public CookieCollection GetCookies(string path = "") => _cookies.GetCookies(uri: new Uri(UriCombine(Uri, path, path.Trim(URI_TRIM_CHARS))));
+        public CookieCollection GetCookies(string path = "") => _cookies.GetCookies(uri: new Uri(UriCombine(_uri, path, path.Trim(URI_TRIM_CHARS))));
 
         public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> FetchAsync(
             string? scheme = null,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace DigitalData.Core.Client
             method ??= HttpMethod.Get;
 
             // create URL
-            var uriBuilder = new UriBuilder(Uri);
+            var uriBuilder = new UriBuilder(_uri);
             if (scheme is not null)
                 uriBuilder.Scheme = scheme;
             if (port is int portInt)