diff --git a/downloader/downloader/main.py b/downloader/downloader/main.py
index 4a42d2b..1f82aa6 100644
--- a/downloader/downloader/main.py
+++ b/downloader/downloader/main.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from monotonic import monotonic
 import twitch
 import common
 import common.dateutil
+import common.requests
 
 
 segments_downloaded = prom.Counter(
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ class StreamWorker(object):
 		# with our connection pool.
 		# This worker's SegmentGetters will use its session by default for performance,
 		# but will fall back to a new one if something goes wrong.
-		self.session = requests.Session()
+		self.session = common.requests.InstrumentedSession()
 
 	def __repr__(self):
 		return "<{} at 0x{:x} for stream {!r}>".format(type(self).__name__, id(self), self.quality)
@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@ class SegmentGetter(object):
 				break
 			# Create a new session, so we don't reuse a connection from the old session
 			# which had an error / some other issue. This is mostly just out of paranoia.
-			self.session = requests.Session()
+			self.session = common.requests.InstrumentedSession()
 			# if retry not set, wait for FETCH_RETRY first
 			self.retry.wait(common.jitter(self.FETCH_RETRY))
 		self.logger.debug("Getter is done")
@@ -522,7 +523,7 @@ class SegmentGetter(object):
 			self.logger.debug("Downloading segment {} to {}".format(self.segment, temp_path))
 			with soft_hard_timeout(self.logger, "getting and writing segment", self.FETCH_FULL_TIMEOUTS, retry.set):
 				with soft_hard_timeout(self.logger, "getting segment headers", self.FETCH_HEADERS_TIMEOUTS, retry.set):
-					resp = self.session.get(self.segment.uri, stream=True)
+					resp = self.session.get(self.segment.uri, stream=True, metric_name='get_segment')
 				# twitch returns 403 for expired segment urls, and 404 for very old urls where the original segment is gone.
 				# the latter can happen if we have a network issue that cuts us off from twitch for some time.
 				if resp.status_code in (403, 404):
diff --git a/downloader/downloader/twitch.py b/downloader/downloader/twitch.py
index 94b60da..7124823 100644
--- a/downloader/downloader/twitch.py
+++ b/downloader/downloader/twitch.py
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@
 import logging
 import random
 
-import requests
-
 import hls_playlist
 
+from common.requests import InstrumentedSession
+
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def get_master_playlist(channel, session=requests):
+def get_master_playlist(channel, session=None):
 	"""Get the master playlist for given channel from twitch"""
+	if session is None:
+		session = InstrumentedSession()
 	resp = session.get(
 		"https://api.twitch.tv/api/channels/{}/access_token.json".format(channel),
 		params={'as3': 't'},
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ def get_master_playlist(channel, session=requests):
 			'Accept': 'application/vnd.twitchtv.v3+json',
 			'Client-ID': 'pwkzresl8kj2rdj6g7bvxl9ys1wly3j',
 		},
+		metric_name='get_access_token',
 	)
 	resp.raise_for_status() # getting access token
 	token = resp.json()
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ def get_master_playlist(channel, session=requests):
 			# in flux. Better to just blend in with the crowd for now.
 			# "platform": "_"
 		},
+		metric_name='get_master_playlist',
 	)
 	resp.raise_for_status() # getting master playlist
 	playlist = hls_playlist.load(resp.text, base_uri=resp.url)
@@ -96,7 +100,9 @@ def get_media_playlist_uris(master_playlist, target_qualities):
 	return {name: variant.uri for name, variant in variants.items()}
 
 
-def get_media_playlist(uri, session=requests):
-	resp = session.get(uri)
+def get_media_playlist(uri, session=None):
+	if session is None:
+		session = InstrumentedSession()
+	resp = session.get(uri, metric_name='get_media_playlist')
 	resp.raise_for_status()
 	return hls_playlist.load(resp.text, base_uri=resp.url)