diff --git a/src/internal/connector/graph/service_helper.go b/src/internal/connector/graph/service_helper.go
index 23fad0274..94700b96a 100644
--- a/src/internal/connector/graph/service_helper.go
+++ b/src/internal/connector/graph/service_helper.go
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ func CreateAdapter(tenant, client, secret string) (*msgraphsdk.GraphRequestAdapt
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "creating new AzureIdentityAuthentication")
 	}
 
+	httpClient := CreateHTTPClient()
+
+	return msgraphsdk.NewGraphRequestAdapterWithParseNodeFactoryAndSerializationWriterFactoryAndHttpClient(
+		auth, nil, nil, httpClient)
+}
+
+// CreateHTTPClient creates the httpClient with middlewares and timeout configured
+func CreateHTTPClient() *nethttp.Client {
 	clientOptions := msgraphsdk.GetDefaultClientOptions()
 	middlewares := msgraphgocore.GetDefaultMiddlewaresWithOptions(&clientOptions)
 
@@ -52,8 +60,7 @@ func CreateAdapter(tenant, client, secret string) (*msgraphsdk.GraphRequestAdapt
 	httpClient := msgraphgocore.GetDefaultClient(&clientOptions, middlewares...)
 	httpClient.Timeout = time.Second * 90
 
-	return msgraphsdk.NewGraphRequestAdapterWithParseNodeFactoryAndSerializationWriterFactoryAndHttpClient(
-		auth, nil, nil, httpClient)
+	return httpClient
 }
 
 // LoggingMiddleware can be used to log the http request sent by the graph client
diff --git a/src/internal/connector/onedrive/item.go b/src/internal/connector/onedrive/item.go
index e29a2ec9a..09cc2711c 100644
--- a/src/internal/connector/onedrive/item.go
+++ b/src/internal/connector/onedrive/item.go
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"time"
 
-	msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
-	msgraphgocore "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go-core"
 	"github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
@@ -88,11 +86,8 @@ func driveItemReader(
 
 	downloadURL := item.GetAdditionalData()[downloadURLKey].(*string)
 
-	clientOptions := msgraphsdk.GetDefaultClientOptions()
-	middlewares := msgraphgocore.GetDefaultMiddlewaresWithOptions(&clientOptions)
-
-	httpClient := msgraphgocore.GetDefaultClient(&clientOptions, middlewares...)
-	httpClient.Timeout = 0 // need infinite timeout for pulling large files
+	httpClient := graph.CreateHTTPClient()
+	httpClient.Timeout = 0 // infinite timeout for pulling large files
 
 	resp, err := httpClient.Get(*downloadURL)
 	if err != nil {