diff --git a/R/internal_functions.R b/R/internal_functions.R
index 923f479..340ff9e 100644
--- a/R/internal_functions.R
+++ b/R/internal_functions.R
@@ -28,6 +28,21 @@
   }
 }
 
+
+#' Create curl Handles
+#' @return a \CRANpkg{curl} handle for use in downloading files
+#' @noRd
+#' @keywords Internal
+create_handle <- function() {
+  h <- curl::new_handle()
+  curl::handle_setopt(
+    handle = h,
+    TCP_KEEPALIVE = 200000,
+    CONNECTTIMEOUT = 90,
+    http_version = 2
+  )
+}
+
 #' Use httr2 to Fetch a File With Retries
 #'
 #' Retries to download the requested resource five times before stopping.  Then