diff --git a/src/ibrowse.erl b/src/ibrowse.erl
index b243f36..d17bf0b 100644
--- a/src/ibrowse.erl
+++ b/src/ibrowse.erl
@@ -341,9 +341,10 @@ send_req(Url, Headers, Method, Body, Options, Timeout) ->
         #url{host = Host,
              port = Port,
              protocol = Protocol} = Parsed_url ->
-            Lb_pid = case ets:lookup(ibrowse_lb, {Host, Port}) of
+            {Lb_host, Lb_port} = get_host_port_for_lb(Host, Port, Options),
+            Lb_pid = case ets:lookup(ibrowse_lb, {Lb_host, Lb_port}) of
                          [] ->
-                             get_lb_pid(Parsed_url);
+                             get_lb_pid({Lb_host, Lb_port});
                          [#lb_pid{pid = Lb_pid_1}] ->
                              Lb_pid_1
                      end,
@@ -420,17 +421,27 @@ merge_options(Host, Port, Options) ->
               end
       end, Options, Config_options).
 
-get_lb_pid(Url) ->
-    gen_server:call(?MODULE, {get_lb_pid, Url}).
+get_lb_pid(Key) ->
+    gen_server:call(?MODULE, {get_lb_pid, Key}).
+
+get_host_port_for_lb(Host, Port, Options) ->
+    case get_value(use_subdomain_lb_config, Options, undefined) of
+        undefined ->
+            {Host, Port};
+        {Sub_h, Sub_p} ->
+            {Sub_h, Sub_p}
+    end.
 
 get_max_sessions(Host, Port, Options) ->
+    {Lb_host, Lb_port} = get_host_port_for_lb(Host, Port, Options),
     get_value(max_sessions, Options,
-              get_config_value({max_sessions, Host, Port},
+              get_config_value({max_sessions, Lb_host, Lb_port},
                                default_max_sessions())).
 
 get_max_pipeline_size(Host, Port, Options) ->
+    {Lb_host, Lb_port} = get_host_port_for_lb(Host, Port, Options),
     get_value(max_pipeline_size, Options,
-              get_config_value({max_pipeline_size, Host, Port},
+              get_config_value({max_pipeline_size, Lb_host, Lb_port},
                                default_max_pipeline_size())).
 
 get_max_attempts(Host, Port, Options) ->
@@ -685,7 +696,7 @@ show_dest_status() ->
     Metrics = get_metrics(),
     lists:foreach(
       fun({Host, Port, {Lb_pid, _, Tid, Size, _}}) ->
-              io:format("~40.40s | ~-5.5s | ~-5.5s | ~p~n",
+              io:format("~40.40s | ~-5.5s | ~-10.10s | ~p~n",
                         [Host ++ ":" ++ integer_to_list(Port),
                          integer_to_list(Tid),
                          integer_to_list(Size), 
@@ -891,8 +902,8 @@ set_config_value(Key, Val) ->
 %%          {stop, Reason, Reply, State}   | (terminate/2 is called)
 %%          {stop, Reason, State}            (terminate/2 is called)
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
-handle_call({get_lb_pid, #url{host = Host, port = Port} = Url}, _From, State) ->
-    Pid = do_get_connection(Url, ets:lookup(ibrowse_lb, {Host, Port})),
+handle_call({get_lb_pid, Key}, _From, State) ->
+    Pid = do_get_connection(Key, ets:lookup(ibrowse_lb, Key)),
     {reply, Pid, State};
 
 handle_call(stop, _From, State) ->
@@ -948,12 +959,15 @@ handle_cast(_Msg, State) ->
 handle_info(all_trace_off, State) ->
     Mspec = [{{ibrowse_conf,{trace,'$1','$2'},true},[],[{{'$1','$2'}}]}],
     Trace_on_dests = ets:select(ibrowse_conf, Mspec),
-    Fun = fun(#lb_pid{host_port = {H, P}, pid = Pid}, _) ->
+    Fun = fun(#lb_pid{host_port = {H, P}, ets_tid = Tid}, _) ->
                   case lists:member({H, P}, Trace_on_dests) of
                       false ->
                           ok;
                       true ->
-                          catch Pid ! {trace, false}
+                          Fun2 = fun({{_, _, Pid}, _}) ->
+                                         catch Pid ! {trace, false}
+                                 end,
+                          ets:foldl(Fun2, undefined, Tid)
                   end;
              (_, Acc) ->
                   Acc
@@ -961,24 +975,25 @@ handle_info(all_trace_off, State) ->
     ets:foldl(Fun, undefined, ibrowse_lb),
     ets:select_delete(ibrowse_conf, [{{ibrowse_conf,{trace,'$1','$2'},true},[],['true']}]),
     {noreply, State};
-                                  
+
 handle_info({trace, Bool}, State) ->
     put(my_trace_flag, Bool),
     {noreply, State};
 
 handle_info({trace, Bool, Host, Port}, State) ->
-    Fun = fun(#lb_pid{host_port = {H, P}, pid = Pid}, _)
-             when H == Host,
-                  P == Port ->
-                  catch Pid ! {trace, Bool};
-             (_, Acc) ->
-                  Acc
-          end,
-    ets:foldl(Fun, undefined, ibrowse_lb),
+    case ets:lookup(ibrowse_lb, {Host, Port}) of
+        [#lb_pid{ets_tid = Tid}] ->
+            Fun = fun({{_, _, Pid}, _}) ->
+                          catch Pid ! {trace, Bool}
+                  end,
+            ets:foldl(Fun, undefined, Tid);
+        _ ->
+            ok
+    end,
     ets:insert(ibrowse_conf, #ibrowse_conf{key = {trace, Host, Port},
                                            value = Bool}),
     {noreply, State};
-                     
+
 handle_info(_Info, State) ->
     {noreply, State}.
 
@@ -1001,8 +1016,8 @@ code_change(_OldVsn, State, _Extra) ->
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 %%% Internal functions
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
-do_get_connection(#url{host = Host, port = Port}, []) ->
-    {ok, Pid} = ibrowse_lb:start_link([Host, Port]),
+do_get_connection(Key, []) ->
+    {ok, Pid} = ibrowse_lb:start_link([Key]),
     Pid;
 do_get_connection(_Url, [#lb_pid{pid = Pid}]) ->
     Pid.
diff --git a/src/ibrowse_lb.erl b/src/ibrowse_lb.erl
index 894d8ad..a367f3e 100644
--- a/src/ibrowse_lb.erl
+++ b/src/ibrowse_lb.erl
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 	]).
 
 -record(state, {parent_pid,
-		ets_tid,
+		ets_tids = [],
 		host,
 		port,
 		max_sessions,
@@ -63,18 +63,18 @@ start_link(Args) ->
 %%          ignore               |
 %%          {stop, Reason}
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
-init([Host, Port]) ->
+init([{Host, Port}]) ->
     process_flag(trap_exit, true),
     Max_sessions = ibrowse:get_config_value({max_sessions, Host, Port}, 10),
     Max_pipe_sz = ibrowse:get_config_value({max_pipeline_size, Host, Port}, 10),
     put(my_trace_flag, ibrowse_lib:get_trace_status(Host, Port)),
     put(ibrowse_trace_token, ["LB: ", Host, $:, integer_to_list(Port)]),
     State = #state{parent_pid = whereis(ibrowse),
-		host = Host,
-		port = Port,
-		max_pipeline_size = Max_pipe_sz,
-	        max_sessions = Max_sessions},
-    State_1 = maybe_create_ets(State),
+                   host = Host,
+                   port = Port,
+                   max_pipeline_size = Max_pipe_sz,
+                   max_sessions = Max_sessions},
+    {ok, State_1, _} = maybe_create_ets(State),
     {ok, State_1}.
 
 spawn_connection(Lb_pid, Url,
@@ -107,12 +107,8 @@ stop(Lb_pid) ->
 %%          {stop, Reason, State}            (terminate/2 is called)
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-handle_call(stop, _From, #state{ets_tid = undefined} = State) ->
-    gen_server:reply(_From, ok),
-    {stop, normal, State};
-
-handle_call(stop, _From, #state{ets_tid = Tid} = State) ->
-    stop_all_conn_procs(Tid),
+handle_call(stop, _From, #state{ets_tids = Tids} = State) ->
+    stop_all_conn_procs(Tids),
     gen_server:reply(_From, ok),
     {stop, normal, State};
 
@@ -120,11 +116,12 @@ handle_call(_, _From, #state{proc_state = shutting_down} = State) ->
     {reply, {error, shutting_down}, State};
 
 handle_call({spawn_connection, Url, Max_sess, Max_pipe, SSL_options, Process_options}, _From,
-	    State) ->
-    State_1   = maybe_create_ets(State),
-    Tid       = State_1#state.ets_tid,
-    Tid_size  = ets:info(Tid, size),
-    case Tid_size >= Max_sess of
+	    #state{ets_tids = Tids} = State) ->
+    {ok, State_1, Tid}   = maybe_create_ets(Url#url.host, Url#url.port, State),
+    Sess_count           = lists:foldl(fun({_X, X_tid}, Acc) ->
+                                               Acc + ets:info(X_tid, size)
+                                       end, 0, Tids),
+    case Sess_count >= Max_sess of
         true ->
             Reply = find_best_connection(Tid, Max_pipe),
             {reply, Reply, State_1#state{max_sessions      = Max_sess,
@@ -159,20 +156,6 @@ handle_cast(_Msg, State) ->
 %%          {stop, Reason, State}            (terminate/2 is called)
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-handle_info({trace, Bool}, #state{ets_tid = undefined} = State) ->
-    put(my_trace_flag, Bool),
-    {noreply, State};
-
-handle_info({trace, Bool}, #state{ets_tid = Tid} = State) ->
-    ets:foldl(fun({{_, Pid}, _}, Acc) when is_pid(Pid) ->
-		      catch Pid ! {trace, Bool},
-		      Acc;
-		 (_, Acc) ->
-		      Acc
-	      end, undefined, Tid),
-    put(my_trace_flag, Bool),
-    {noreply, State};
-
 handle_info(timeout, State) ->
     %% We can't shutdown the process immediately because a request
     %% might be in flight. So we first remove the entry from the
@@ -193,16 +176,18 @@ handle_info(_Info, State) ->
 %% Description: Shutdown the server
 %% Returns: any (ignored by gen_server)
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
-terminate(_Reason, #state{host = Host, port = Port, ets_tid = Tid} = _State) ->
+terminate(_Reason, #state{host = Host, port = Port, ets_tids = Tids} = _State) ->
     catch ets:delete(ibrowse_lb, {Host, Port}),
-    stop_all_conn_procs(Tid),
+    stop_all_conn_procs(Tids),
     ok.
 
-stop_all_conn_procs(Tid) ->
-    ets:foldl(fun({{_, _, Pid}, _}, Acc) ->
-                      ibrowse_http_client:stop(Pid),
-                      Acc
-              end, [], Tid).
+stop_all_conn_procs(Tids) ->
+    lists:foreach(
+      fun({_, Tid}) ->
+              ets:foldl(fun({{_, _, Pid}, _}, _) ->
+                                ibrowse_http_client:stop(Pid)
+                        end, [], Tid)
+      end, Tids).
 
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Func: code_change/3
@@ -225,9 +210,16 @@ find_best_connection(Tid, Max_pipe) ->
             {error, retry_later}
     end.
 
-maybe_create_ets(#state{ets_tid = undefined, host = Host, port = Port} = State) ->
-    Tid = ets:new(ibrowse_lb, [public, ordered_set]),
-    ets:insert(ibrowse_lb, #lb_pid{host_port = {Host, Port}, pid = self(), ets_tid = Tid}),
-    State#state{ets_tid = Tid};
-maybe_create_ets(State) ->
-    State.
+maybe_create_ets(#state{host = Host, port = Port} = State) ->
+    maybe_create_ets(Host, Port, State).
+
+maybe_create_ets(Host, Port, #state{ets_tids = Tids} = State) ->
+    case lists:keysearch({Host, Port}, 1, Tids) of
+        false ->
+            Tid = ets:new(ibrowse_lb, [public, ordered_set]),
+            ets:insert(ibrowse_lb, #lb_pid{host_port = {Host, Port}, pid = self(), ets_tid = Tid}),
+            Tids_1 = [{{Host, Port}, Tid} | Tids],
+            {ok, State#state{ets_tids = Tids_1}, Tid};
+        {value, {_, Tid}} ->
+            {ok, State, Tid}
+    end.