diff --git a/src/base/net/Pools.cpp b/src/base/net/Pools.cpp
index 247e13d96..9d4e6db46 100644
--- a/src/base/net/Pools.cpp
+++ b/src/base/net/Pools.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include "base/net/Pools.h"
 #include "common/log/Log.h"
+#include "common/net/strategies/FailoverStrategy.h"
+#include "common/net/strategies/SinglePoolStrategy.h"
 #include "rapidjson/document.h"
 
 
@@ -68,6 +70,27 @@ bool xmrig::Pools::setUrl(const char *url)
 }
 
 
+xmrig::IStrategy *xmrig::Pools::createStrategy(IStrategyListener *listener) const
+{
+    if (active() == 1) {
+        for (const Pool &pool : m_data) {
+            if (pool.isEnabled()) {
+                return new SinglePoolStrategy(pool, retryPause(), retries(), listener);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    FailoverStrategy *strategy = new FailoverStrategy(retryPause(), retries(), listener);
+    for (const Pool &pool : m_data) {
+        if (pool.isEnabled()) {
+            strategy->add(pool);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return strategy;
+}
+
+
 rapidjson::Value xmrig::Pools::toJSON(rapidjson::Document &doc) const
 {
     using namespace rapidjson;
diff --git a/src/base/net/Pools.h b/src/base/net/Pools.h
index 0822af074..d0755aac7 100644
--- a/src/base/net/Pools.h
+++ b/src/base/net/Pools.h
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
 namespace xmrig {
 
 
+class IStrategy;
+class IStrategyListener;
+
+
 class Pools
 {
 public:
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ public:
     inline void setVariant(int variant)                 { current().algorithm().parseVariant(variant); }
 
     bool setUrl(const char *url);
+    IStrategy *createStrategy(IStrategyListener *listener) const;
     rapidjson::Value toJSON(rapidjson::Document &doc) const;
     size_t active() const;
     void adjust(const Algorithm &algorithm);
diff --git a/src/common/config/CommonConfig.h b/src/common/config/CommonConfig.h
index 77d4b202b..103e69d24 100644
--- a/src/common/config/CommonConfig.h
+++ b/src/common/config/CommonConfig.h
@@ -51,12 +51,10 @@ public:
     inline const char *apiWorkerId() const         { return m_apiWorkerId.data(); }
     inline const char *logFile() const             { return m_logFile.data(); }
     inline const char *userAgent() const           { return m_userAgent.data(); }
-    inline const std::vector<Pool> &pools() const  { return m_pools.data(); }
+    inline const Pools &pools() const              { return m_pools; }
     inline int apiPort() const                     { return m_apiPort; }
     inline int donateLevel() const                 { return m_donateLevel; }
     inline int printTime() const                   { return m_printTime; }
-    inline int retries() const                     { return m_pools.retries(); }
-    inline int retryPause() const                  { return m_pools.retryPause(); }
 
     inline bool isWatch() const override               { return m_watch && !m_fileName.isNull(); }
     inline const Algorithm &algorithm() const override { return m_algorithm; }
diff --git a/src/common/net/strategies/FailoverStrategy.cpp b/src/common/net/strategies/FailoverStrategy.cpp
index 95883f701..c833f6e6e 100644
--- a/src/common/net/strategies/FailoverStrategy.cpp
+++ b/src/common/net/strategies/FailoverStrategy.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "common/Platform.h"
 
 
-xmrig::FailoverStrategy::FailoverStrategy(const std::vector<Pool> &urls, int retryPause, int retries, IStrategyListener *listener, bool quiet) :
+xmrig::FailoverStrategy::FailoverStrategy(const std::vector<Pool> &pools, int retryPause, int retries, IStrategyListener *listener, bool quiet) :
     m_quiet(quiet),
     m_retries(retries),
     m_retryPause(retryPause),
@@ -37,12 +37,23 @@ xmrig::FailoverStrategy::FailoverStrategy(const std::vector<Pool> &urls, int ret
     m_index(0),
     m_listener(listener)
 {
-    for (const Pool &url : urls) {
-        add(url);
+    for (const Pool &pool : pools) {
+        add(pool);
     }
 }
 
 
+xmrig::FailoverStrategy::FailoverStrategy(int retryPause, int retries, IStrategyListener *listener, bool quiet) :
+    m_quiet(quiet),
+    m_retries(retries),
+    m_retryPause(retryPause),
+    m_active(-1),
+    m_index(0),
+    m_listener(listener)
+{
+}
+
+
 xmrig::FailoverStrategy::~FailoverStrategy()
 {
     for (Client *client : m_pools) {
@@ -51,19 +62,31 @@ xmrig::FailoverStrategy::~FailoverStrategy()
 }
 
 
+void xmrig::FailoverStrategy::add(const Pool &pool)
+{
+    Client *client = new Client(static_cast<int>(m_pools.size()), Platform::userAgent(), this);
+    client->setPool(pool);
+    client->setRetries(m_retries);
+    client->setRetryPause(m_retryPause * 1000);
+    client->setQuiet(m_quiet);
+
+    m_pools.push_back(client);
+}
+
+
 int64_t xmrig::FailoverStrategy::submit(const JobResult &result)
 {
     if (m_active == -1) {
         return -1;
     }
 
-    return m_pools[m_active]->submit(result);
+    return active()->submit(result);
 }
 
 
 void xmrig::FailoverStrategy::connect()
 {
-    m_pools[m_index]->connect();
+    m_pools[static_cast<size_t>(m_index)]->connect();
 }
 
 
@@ -73,7 +96,7 @@ void xmrig::FailoverStrategy::resume()
         return;
     }
 
-    m_listener->onJob(this, m_pools[m_active],  m_pools[m_active]->job());
+    m_listener->onJob(this, active(), active()->job());
 }
 
 
@@ -121,8 +144,8 @@ void xmrig::FailoverStrategy::onClose(Client *client, int failures)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (m_index == client->id() && (m_pools.size() - m_index) > 1) {
-        m_pools[++m_index]->connect();
+    if (m_index == client->id() && (m_pools.size() - static_cast<size_t>(m_index)) > 1) {
+        m_pools[static_cast<size_t>(++m_index)]->connect();
     }
 }
 
@@ -160,15 +183,3 @@ void xmrig::FailoverStrategy::onResultAccepted(Client *client, const SubmitResul
 {
     m_listener->onResultAccepted(this, client, result, error);
 }
-
-
-void xmrig::FailoverStrategy::add(const Pool &pool)
-{
-    Client *client = new Client((int) m_pools.size(), Platform::userAgent(), this);
-    client->setPool(pool);
-    client->setRetries(m_retries);
-    client->setRetryPause(m_retryPause * 1000);
-    client->setQuiet(m_quiet);
-
-    m_pools.push_back(client);
-}
diff --git a/src/common/net/strategies/FailoverStrategy.h b/src/common/net/strategies/FailoverStrategy.h
index 0bff0e0ab..d2231a30b 100644
--- a/src/common/net/strategies/FailoverStrategy.h
+++ b/src/common/net/strategies/FailoverStrategy.h
@@ -44,9 +44,12 @@ class IStrategyListener;
 class FailoverStrategy : public IStrategy, public IClientListener
 {
 public:
-    FailoverStrategy(const std::vector<Pool> &urls, int retryPause, int retries, IStrategyListener *listener, bool quiet = false);
+    FailoverStrategy(const std::vector<Pool> &pool, int retryPause, int retries, IStrategyListener *listener, bool quiet = false);
+    FailoverStrategy(int retryPause, int retries, IStrategyListener *listener, bool quiet = false);
     ~FailoverStrategy() override;
 
+    void add(const Pool &pool);
+
 public:
     inline bool isActive() const override  { return m_active >= 0; }
 
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ protected:
     void onResultAccepted(Client *client, const SubmitResult &result, const char *error) override;
 
 private:
-    void add(const Pool &pool);
+    inline Client *active() const { return m_pools[static_cast<size_t>(m_active)]; }
 
     const bool m_quiet;
     const int m_retries;
diff --git a/src/common/net/strategies/SinglePoolStrategy.cpp b/src/common/net/strategies/SinglePoolStrategy.cpp
index f0a51a493..d17a43da1 100644
--- a/src/common/net/strategies/SinglePoolStrategy.cpp
+++ b/src/common/net/strategies/SinglePoolStrategy.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void xmrig::SinglePoolStrategy::tick(uint64_t now)
 }
 
 
-void xmrig::SinglePoolStrategy::onClose(Client *client, int failures)
+void xmrig::SinglePoolStrategy::onClose(Client *, int)
 {
     if (!isActive()) {
         return;
diff --git a/src/core/Config.cpp b/src/core/Config.cpp
index b477c1e53..82a961178 100644
--- a/src/core/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/core/Config.cpp
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ void xmrig::Config::getJSON(rapidjson::Document &doc) const
     doc.AddMember("max-cpu-usage", m_maxCpuUsage, allocator);
     doc.AddMember("pools",         m_pools.toJSON(doc), allocator);
     doc.AddMember("print-time",    printTime(), allocator);
-    doc.AddMember("retries",       retries(), allocator);
-    doc.AddMember("retry-pause",   retryPause(), allocator);
+    doc.AddMember("retries",       m_pools.retries(), allocator);
+    doc.AddMember("retry-pause",   m_pools.retryPause(), allocator);
     doc.AddMember("safe",          m_safe, allocator);
 
     if (threadsMode() != Simple) {
diff --git a/src/net/Network.cpp b/src/net/Network.cpp
index 78ace87c3..7be630fa3 100644
--- a/src/net/Network.cpp
+++ b/src/net/Network.cpp
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 #include "api/Api.h"
 #include "common/log/Log.h"
 #include "common/net/Client.h"
-#include "common/net/strategies/FailoverStrategy.h"
-#include "common/net/strategies/SinglePoolStrategy.h"
 #include "common/net/SubmitResult.h"
 #include "core/Config.h"
 #include "core/Controller.h"
@@ -50,17 +48,11 @@ xmrig::Network::Network(Controller *controller) :
 {
     Workers::setListener(this);
 
-    const std::vector<Pool> &pools = controller->config()->pools();
-
-    if (pools.size() > 1) {
-        m_strategy = new FailoverStrategy(pools, controller->config()->retryPause(), controller->config()->retries(), this);
-    }
-    else {
-        m_strategy = new SinglePoolStrategy(pools.front(), controller->config()->retryPause(), controller->config()->retries(), this);
-    }
+    const Pools &pools = controller->config()->pools();
+    m_strategy = pools.createStrategy(this);
 
     if (controller->config()->donateLevel() > 0) {
-        m_donate = new DonateStrategy(controller->config()->donateLevel(), controller->config()->pools().front().user(), controller->config()->algorithm().algo(), this);
+        m_donate = new DonateStrategy(controller->config()->donateLevel(), pools.data().front().user(), controller->config()->algorithm().algo(), this);
     }
 
     m_timer.data = this;