diff --git a/payjoin-cli/src/app/v2.rs b/payjoin-cli/src/app/v2.rs
index 5f6dc11d..9e4d23ea 100644
--- a/payjoin-cli/src/app/v2.rs
+++ b/payjoin-cli/src/app/v2.rs
@@ -137,14 +137,7 @@ impl App {
             .extract_v2_req()
             .map_err(|e| anyhow!("v2 req extraction failed {}", e))?;
         println!("Got a request from the sender. Responding with a Payjoin proposal.");
-        let http = http_agent()?;
-        let res = http
-            .post(req.url)
-            .header("Content-Type", req.content_type)
-            .body(req.body)
-            .send()
-            .await
-            .map_err(map_reqwest_err)?;
+        let res = post_request(req).await?;
         payjoin_proposal
             .process_res(res.bytes().await?.to_vec(), ohttp_ctx)
             .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Failed to deserialize response {}", e))?;
@@ -200,27 +193,14 @@ impl App {
         match req_ctx.extract_v2(self.config.ohttp_relay.clone()) {
             Ok((req, ctx)) => {
                 println!("Posting Original PSBT Payload request...");
-                let http = http_agent()?;
-                let response = http
-                    .post(req.url)
-                    .header("Content-Type", req.content_type)
-                    .body(req.body)
-                    .send()
-                    .await
-                    .map_err(map_reqwest_err)?;
+                let response = post_request(req).await?;
                 println!("Sent fallback transaction");
                 let v2_ctx = Arc::new(
                     ctx.process_response(&mut response.bytes().await?.to_vec().as_slice())?,
                 );
                 loop {
                     let (req, ohttp_ctx) = v2_ctx.extract_req(self.config.ohttp_relay.clone())?;
-                    let response = http
-                        .post(req.url)
-                        .header("Content-Type", req.content_type)
-                        .body(req.body)
-                        .send()
-                        .await
-                        .map_err(map_reqwest_err)?;
+                    let response = post_request(req).await?;
                     match v2_ctx.process_response(
                         &mut response.bytes().await?.to_vec().as_slice(),
                         ohttp_ctx,
@@ -241,14 +221,7 @@ impl App {
             Err(_) => {
                 let (req, v1_ctx) = req_ctx.extract_v1()?;
                 println!("Posting Original PSBT Payload request...");
-                let http = http_agent()?;
-                let response = http
-                    .post(req.url)
-                    .header("Content-Type", req.content_type)
-                    .body(req.body)
-                    .send()
-                    .await
-                    .map_err(map_reqwest_err)?;
+                let response = post_request(req).await?;
                 println!("Sent fallback transaction");
                 match v1_ctx.process_response(&mut response.bytes().await?.to_vec().as_slice()) {
                     Ok(psbt) => Ok(psbt),
@@ -269,15 +242,7 @@ impl App {
         loop {
             let (req, context) = session.extract_req()?;
             println!("Polling receive request...");
-            let http = http_agent()?;
-            let ohttp_response = http
-                .post(req.url)
-                .header("Content-Type", req.content_type)
-                .body(req.body)
-                .send()
-                .await
-                .map_err(map_reqwest_err)?;
-
+            let ohttp_response = post_request(req).await?;
             let proposal = session
                 .process_res(ohttp_response.bytes().await?.to_vec().as_slice(), context)
                 .map_err(|_| anyhow!("GET fallback failed"))?;
@@ -417,6 +382,16 @@ async fn handle_interrupt(tx: watch::Sender<()>) {
     let _ = tx.send(());
 }
 
+async fn post_request(req: payjoin::Request) -> Result<reqwest::Response> {
+    let http = http_agent()?;
+    http.post(req.url)
+        .header("Content-Type", req.content_type)
+        .body(req.body)
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .map_err(map_reqwest_err)
+}
+
 fn map_reqwest_err(e: reqwest::Error) -> anyhow::Error {
     match e.status() {
         Some(status_code) => anyhow!("HTTP request failed: {} {}", status_code, e),