diff --git a/app/services/location/__init__.py b/app/services/location/__init__.py
index 6d292b54..123552a5 100644
--- a/app/services/location/__init__.py
+++ b/app/services/location/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 """app.services.location"""
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
+def singleton(cls):
+    instances = {}
 
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        if cls not in instances:
+            instances[cls] = cls(*args, **kwargs)
+        return instances[cls]
+
+    return wrapper
+
+@singleton
 class LocationService(ABC):
     """
     Service for retrieving locations.
diff --git a/app/services/location/csbs.py b/app/services/location/csbs.py
index 444ebad6..8d97e5ac 100644
--- a/app/services/location/csbs.py
+++ b/app/services/location/csbs.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger("services.location.csbs")
 
-
+@singleton
 class CSBSLocationService(LocationService):
     """
     Service for retrieving locations from csbs
diff --git a/app/services/location/jhu.py b/app/services/location/jhu.py
index ebed3960..ce58f1dd 100644
--- a/app/services/location/jhu.py
+++ b/app/services/location/jhu.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 PID = os.getpid()
 
 
+@singleton
 class JhuLocationService(LocationService):
     """
     Service for retrieving locations from Johns Hopkins CSSE (https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19).
diff --git a/app/services/location/nyt.py b/app/services/location/nyt.py
index 1f25ec34..54b01fef 100644
--- a/app/services/location/nyt.py
+++ b/app/services/location/nyt.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger("services.location.nyt")
 
 
+@singleton
 class NYTLocationService(LocationService):
     """
     Service for retrieving locations from New York Times (https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data).