diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 68255c3..038dc4f 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -356,9 +356,10 @@ clone_trait_object!(UrlVerifier);
 /// prevent denial of service attacks, where an attacker triggers fetching of recursive objects.
 ///
 /// <https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#security-recursive-objects>
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Data<T: Clone> {
     pub(crate) config: FederationConfig<T>,
-    pub(crate) request_counter: AtomicU32,
+    pub(crate) request_counter: RequestCounter,
 }
 
 impl<T: Clone> Data<T> {
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ impl<T: Clone> Data<T> {
     }
     /// Total number of outgoing HTTP requests made with this data.
     pub fn request_count(&self) -> u32 {
-        self.request_counter.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+        self.request_counter.0.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
     }
 
     /// Add HTTP signature to arbitrary request
@@ -412,6 +413,16 @@ impl<T: Clone> Deref for Data<T> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Wrapper to implement `Clone`
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub(crate) struct RequestCounter(pub(crate) AtomicU32);
+
+impl Clone for RequestCounter {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        RequestCounter(self.0.load(Ordering::Relaxed).into())
+    }
+}
+
 /// Middleware for HTTP handlers which provides access to [Data]
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct FederationMiddleware<T: Clone>(pub(crate) FederationConfig<T>);
diff --git a/src/fetch/mod.rs b/src/fetch/mod.rs
index 424a115..289c55d 100644
--- a/src/fetch/mod.rs
+++ b/src/fetch/mod.rs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ async fn fetch_object_http_with_accept<T: Clone, Kind: DeserializeOwned>(
     config.verify_url_valid(url).await?;
     info!("Fetching remote object {}", url.to_string());
 
-    let mut counter = data.request_counter.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+    let mut counter = data.request_counter.0.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
     // fetch_add returns old value so we need to increment manually here
     counter += 1;
     if counter > config.http_fetch_limit {