diff --git a/collectors/domain_stats.go b/collectors/domain_stats.go
index 4d8f59b..f3e9c46 100644
--- a/collectors/domain_stats.go
+++ b/collectors/domain_stats.go
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ import (
 type DomainStatsCollector struct {
 	prometheus.Collector
 
-	Connection *libvirt.Connect
-	Nova       bool
+	LibvirtURI string
+
+	Nova bool
 
 	DomainSeconds *prometheus.Desc
 
@@ -85,9 +86,9 @@ type NovaMetadata struct {
 }
 
 // nolint:funlen
-func NewDomainStatsCollector(conn *libvirt.Connect, nova bool) (*DomainStatsCollector, error) {
+func NewDomainStatsCollector(nova bool, libvirtURI string) (*DomainStatsCollector, error) {
 	return &DomainStatsCollector{
-		Connection: conn,
+		LibvirtURI: libvirtURI,
 		Nova:       nova,
 
 		DomainSeconds: prometheus.NewDesc(
@@ -307,7 +308,14 @@ func (c *DomainStatsCollector) describeBlock(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 }
 
 func (c *DomainStatsCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
-	stats, err := c.Connection.GetAllDomainStats(
+	conn, err := libvirt.NewConnect(c.LibvirtURI)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorln(err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	stats, err := conn.GetAllDomainStats(
 		[]*libvirt.Domain{},
 		libvirt.DOMAIN_STATS_STATE|libvirt.DOMAIN_STATS_CPU_TOTAL|libvirt.DOMAIN_STATS_BALLOON|
 			libvirt.DOMAIN_STATS_VCPU|libvirt.DOMAIN_STATS_INTERFACE|libvirt.DOMAIN_STATS_BLOCK,
diff --git a/collectors/version.go b/collectors/version.go
index d298db0..100c454 100644
--- a/collectors/version.go
+++ b/collectors/version.go
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ import (
 type VersionCollector struct {
 	prometheus.Collector
 
-	Connection *libvirt.Connect
+	LibvirtURI string
 
 	Version *prometheus.Desc
 }
 
-func NewVersionCollector(conn *libvirt.Connect) (*VersionCollector, error) {
+func NewVersionCollector(libvirtURI string) (*VersionCollector, error) {
 	return &VersionCollector{
-		Connection: conn,
+		LibvirtURI: libvirtURI,
 
 		Version: prometheus.NewDesc(
 			"libvirtd_info",
@@ -47,19 +47,26 @@ func (c *VersionCollector) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 }
 
 func (c *VersionCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
-	hypervisorType, err := c.Connection.GetType()
+	conn, err := libvirt.NewConnect(c.LibvirtURI)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorln(err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	hypervisorType, err := conn.GetType()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorln(err)
 		return
 	}
 
-	hypervisorVersion, err := c.Connection.GetVersion()
+	hypervisorVersion, err := conn.GetVersion()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorln(err)
 		return
 	}
 
-	libvirtVersion, err := c.Connection.GetLibVersion()
+	libvirtVersion, err := conn.GetLibVersion()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorln(err)
 		return
diff --git a/libvirtd_exporter.go b/libvirtd_exporter.go
index 9e5fd25..bc39f47 100644
--- a/libvirtd_exporter.go
+++ b/libvirtd_exporter.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"net/http"
 
-	"github.com/libvirt/libvirt-go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/log"
@@ -51,18 +50,12 @@ func main() {
 	kingpin.HelpFlag.Short('h')
 	kingpin.Parse()
 
-	conn, err := libvirt.NewConnect(*libvirtURI)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalln(err)
-	}
-	defer conn.Close()
-
-	versionCollector, err := collectors.NewVersionCollector(conn)
+	versionCollector, err := collectors.NewVersionCollector(*libvirtURI)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
 
-	domainStats, err := collectors.NewDomainStatsCollector(conn, *libvirtNova)
+	domainStats, err := collectors.NewDomainStatsCollector(*libvirtNova, *libvirtURI)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}