diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index aa39bc982..233b87f99 100755
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2018-02-12 DariusIII
+	* Chg: Create local variable for Helper class in SphinxSearch
 	* Fix: Fix wrong categories used in searchByImdbId function
 	* Chg: Update exeu/apai-io to version 2.2.0
 	* Chg: Update composer.json, remove ext-yenc suggestion and add ext-bcmath as required
diff --git a/nntmux/SphinxSearch.php b/nntmux/SphinxSearch.php
index a58aabce7..6143bc7cc 100755
--- a/nntmux/SphinxSearch.php
+++ b/nntmux/SphinxSearch.php
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ class SphinxSearch
      */
     protected $config;
 
+    /**
+     * @var \Foolz\SphinxQL\Helper
+     */
+    protected $helper;
+
     /**
      * Establish connection to SphinxQL.
      *
@@ -35,6 +40,7 @@ class SphinxSearch
         $this->config = config('sphinxsearch');
         $this->connection->setParams(['host' => $this->config['host'], 'port' => $this->config['port']]);
         $this->sphinxQL = SphinxQL::create($this->connection);
+        $this->helper = Helper::create($this->connection);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -110,7 +116,7 @@ class SphinxSearch
      */
     public function truncateRTIndex(): void
     {
-        Helper::create($this->connection)->truncateRtIndex($this->config['index']);
+        $this->helper->truncateRtIndex($this->config['index']);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -118,7 +124,7 @@ class SphinxSearch
      */
     public function optimizeRTIndex(): void
     {
-        Helper::create($this->connection)->flushRtIndex($this->config['index']);
-        Helper::create($this->connection)->optimizeIndex($this->config['index']);
+        $this->helper->flushRtIndex($this->config['index']);
+        $this->helper->optimizeIndex($this->config['index']);
     }
 }