diff --git a/lib/ontologies_api_client/config.rb b/lib/ontologies_api_client/config.rb
index 5909729..c376a16 100644
--- a/lib/ontologies_api_client/config.rb
+++ b/lib/ontologies_api_client/config.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def config(&block)
     def config_connection(options = {})
       return if @settings_run_connection
       store = options[:cache_store] || ActiveSupport::Cache::RedisCacheStore.new
-      @settings.conn = faraday_connection(@settings.rest_url, @settings.apikey, store)
+      @settings.conn = faraday_connection(@settings.rest_url, @settings.apikey, store, current_portal: true)
       @settings.federated_conn = @settings.federated_portals.map do |portal_name, portal_info|
         [portal_name, faraday_connection(portal_info[:api], portal_info[:apikey], store)]
       end.to_h
@@ -51,21 +51,24 @@ def connection_configured?
     end
 
     private
-    def faraday_connection(url, apikey, store)
+    def faraday_connection(url, apikey, store, current_portal: false)
       Faraday.new(url.to_s.chomp('/')) do |faraday|
+
         if @settings.enable_long_request_log
           require_relative 'middleware/faraday-long-requests'
           faraday.use :long_requests
         end
 
-        require_relative 'middleware/faraday-user-apikey'
-        faraday.use :user_apikey
+        if current_portal
+          require_relative 'middleware/faraday-user-apikey'
+          faraday.use :user_apikey
 
-        require_relative 'middleware/faraday-slices'
-        faraday.use :ncbo_slices
+          require_relative 'middleware/faraday-slices'
+          faraday.use :ncbo_slices
 
-        require_relative 'middleware/faraday-last-updated'
-        faraday.use :last_updated
+          require_relative 'middleware/faraday-last-updated'
+          faraday.use :last_updated
+        end
 
         if @settings.cache
           begin
diff --git a/lib/ontologies_api_client/request_federation.rb b/lib/ontologies_api_client/request_federation.rb
index 458af90..ff1c9e3 100644
--- a/lib/ontologies_api_client/request_federation.rb
+++ b/lib/ontologies_api_client/request_federation.rb
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ def self.included(base)
       module ClassMethods
         def federated_get(params = {}, &link)
           portals = request_portals(params)
+          main_thread_locals = Thread.current.keys.map { |key| [key, Thread.current[key]] }.to_h
 
           connections = Parallel.map(portals, in_threads: portals.size) do |conn|
+            main_thread_locals.each { |key, value| Thread.current[key] = value }
             begin
               HTTP.get(link.call(conn.url_prefix.to_s.chomp('/')), params, connection: conn)
-            rescue StandardError => e
+            rescue Exception => e
               [OpenStruct.new(errors: "Problem retrieving #{link.call(conn.url_prefix.to_s.chomp('/')) || conn.url_prefix}")]
             end
           end