diff --git a/libi2pd/NetDb.cpp b/libi2pd/NetDb.cpp
index ea687ffa..b9d32a70 100644
--- a/libi2pd/NetDb.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/NetDb.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ namespace data
 	{
 		i2p::util::SetThreadName("NetDB");
 
-		uint64_t lastManage = 0, lastExploratory = 0, lastManageRequest = 0;
+		uint64_t lastManage = 0, lastExploratory = 0;
 		uint64_t lastProfilesCleanup = i2p::util::GetMonotonicMilliseconds (), lastObsoleteProfilesCleanup = lastProfilesCleanup;
 		int16_t profilesCleanupVariance = 0, obsoleteProfilesCleanVariance = 0, exploratoryIntervalVariance = 0;
 
@@ -162,15 +162,6 @@ namespace data
 					continue; // don't manage netdb when offline or transports are not running
 
 				uint64_t mts = i2p::util::GetMonotonicMilliseconds ();
-				if (mts >= lastManageRequest + MANAGE_REQUESTS_INTERVAL*1000)
-				{
-					if (lastManageRequest || i2p::tunnel::tunnels.GetExploratoryPool ()) // expolratory pool is ready?
-					{	
-						if (m_Requests) m_Requests->ManageRequests ();
-						lastManageRequest = mts;
-					}	
-				}
-
 				if (mts >= lastManage + 60000) // manage routers and leasesets every minute
 				{
 					if (lastManage)
diff --git a/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.cpp b/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.cpp
index baae4b1b..105e9a9f 100644
--- a/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.cpp
@@ -104,15 +104,37 @@ namespace data
 		}	
 	}
 
+	NetDbRequests::NetDbRequests ():
+		RunnableServiceWithWork ("NetDbReq"),
+		m_ManageRequestsTimer (GetIOService ())
+	{
+	}
+		
+	NetDbRequests::~NetDbRequests ()
+	{
+		Stop ();
+	}	
+		
 	void NetDbRequests::Start ()
 	{
 		m_LastPoolCleanUpTime = i2p::util::GetSecondsSinceEpoch ();
+		if (!IsRunning ())
+		{	
+			StartIOService ();
+			ScheduleManageRequests ();
+		}	
 	}
 
 	void NetDbRequests::Stop ()
 	{
-		m_RequestedDestinations.clear ();
-		m_RequestedDestinationsPool.CleanUpMt ();
+		if (IsRunning ())
+		{	
+			m_ManageRequestsTimer.cancel ();
+			StopIOService ();
+		
+			m_RequestedDestinations.clear ();
+			m_RequestedDestinationsPool.CleanUpMt ();
+		}	
 	}
 
 
@@ -294,5 +316,22 @@ namespace data
 		}
 		return ret;
 	}	
+
+	void NetDbRequests::ScheduleManageRequests ()
+	{
+		m_ManageRequestsTimer.expires_from_now (boost::posix_time::seconds(MANAGE_REQUESTS_INTERVAL));
+		m_ManageRequestsTimer.async_wait (std::bind (&NetDbRequests::HandleManageRequestsTimer,
+			this, std::placeholders::_1));
+	}
+		
+	void NetDbRequests::HandleManageRequestsTimer (const boost::system::error_code& ecode)
+	{
+		if (ecode != boost::asio::error::operation_aborted)
+		{
+			if (i2p::tunnel::tunnels.GetExploratoryPool ()) // expolratory pool is ready?
+				ManageRequests ();
+			ScheduleManageRequests ();
+		}	
+	}	
 }
 }
diff --git a/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.h b/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.h
index 1f78fde6..e9dd99af 100644
--- a/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.h
+++ b/libi2pd/NetDbRequests.h
@@ -68,10 +68,14 @@ namespace data
 			int m_NumAttempts;
 	};
 
-	class NetDbRequests: public std::enable_shared_from_this<NetDbRequests>
+	class NetDbRequests: public std::enable_shared_from_this<NetDbRequests>,
+		 private i2p::util::RunnableServiceWithWork
 	{
 		public:
 
+			NetDbRequests ();
+			~NetDbRequests ();
+			
 			void Start ();
 			void Stop ();
 
@@ -79,8 +83,14 @@ namespace data
 				bool direct = false, RequestedDestination::RequestComplete requestComplete = nullptr);
 			void RequestComplete (const IdentHash& ident, std::shared_ptr<RouterInfo> r);
 			std::shared_ptr<RequestedDestination> FindRequest (const IdentHash& ident) const;
-			void ManageRequests ();
 			bool SendNextRequest (std::shared_ptr<RequestedDestination> dest);
+
+		private:	
+
+			void ManageRequests ();
+			// timer
+			void ScheduleManageRequests ();
+			void HandleManageRequestsTimer (const boost::system::error_code& ecode);
 			
 		private:
 
@@ -88,6 +98,7 @@ namespace data
 			std::unordered_map<IdentHash, std::shared_ptr<RequestedDestination> > m_RequestedDestinations;
 			i2p::util::MemoryPoolMt<RequestedDestination> m_RequestedDestinationsPool;
 			uint64_t m_LastPoolCleanUpTime = 0; // in seconds
+			boost::asio::deadline_timer m_ManageRequestsTimer;
 	};
 }
 }