diff --git a/cli/npm/install.js b/cli/npm/install.js
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index f2a4944d..6d0fbc57
--- a/cli/npm/install.js
+++ b/cli/npm/install.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ const http = require('http');
 const https = require('https');
 const packageJSON = require('./package.json');
 
-// Look to a results table in https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter/issues/2196
+https.globalAgent.keepAlive = false;
+
 const matrix = {
   platform: {
     'darwin': {