diff --git a/realis.go b/realis.go
index 2d1ee47..573cc5b 100644
--- a/realis.go
+++ b/realis.go
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ package realis
 
 import (
 	"encoding/base64"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/cookiejar"
+	"time"
+
 	"git.apache.org/thrift.git/lib/go/thrift"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rdelval/gorealis/gen-go/apache/aurora"
 	"github.com/rdelval/gorealis/response"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/cookiejar"
-	"time"
 )
 
 type Realis interface {
@@ -62,6 +63,16 @@ func NewClient(config RealisConfig) Realis {
 		client: aurora.NewAuroraSchedulerManagerClientFactory(config.transport, config.protoFactory)}
 }
 
+// Create a new ReadOnlyClient with a default transport layer
+func NewReadOnlyClient(config RealisConfig) *aurora.ReadOnlySchedulerClient {
+
+	return aurora.NewReadOnlySchedulerClientFactory(config.transport, config.protoFactory)
+}
+
+func CloseReadONlyClient(r *aurora.ReadOnlySchedulerClient) {
+	r.Transport.Close()
+}
+
 // Creates a default Thrift Transport object for communications in gorealis using an HTTP Post Client
 func defaultTTransport(urlstr string, timeoutms int) (thrift.TTransport, error) {
 	jar, err := cookiejar.New(nil)