diff --git a/dvc/command/data_sync.py b/dvc/command/data_sync.py
index fbe9ff211..070365bdc 100644
--- a/dvc/command/data_sync.py
+++ b/dvc/command/data_sync.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool
 from dvc.command.base import CmdBase, DvcLock
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
 from dvc.system import System
-from dvc.data_cloud import DataCloud
 from dvc.utils import map_progress
 
 
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ class CmdDataSync(CmdBase):
 
     def run(self):
         with DvcLock(self.is_locker, self.git):
-            cloud = DataCloud(self.settings)
             targets = []
 
             if len(self.parsed_args.targets) == 0:
@@ -35,5 +33,5 @@ class CmdDataSync(CmdBase):
                 else:
                     raise DataSyncError('File "{}" does not exit'.format(target)) 
 
-            map_progress(cloud.sync, targets, self.parsed_args.jobs)
+            map_progress(self.settings.cloud.sync, targets, self.parsed_args.jobs)
         pass
diff --git a/dvc/command/traverse.py b/dvc/command/traverse.py
index b000611e3..6c3a94e23 100644
--- a/dvc/command/traverse.py
+++ b/dvc/command/traverse.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import os
 from dvc.command.base import CmdBase, DvcLock
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
 from dvc.logger import Logger
-from dvc.data_cloud import DataCloud
 from dvc.path.data_item import DataItemError
 
 class TraverseError(DvcException):
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ class Traverse(CmdBase):
     def __init__(self, settings, cmd_name, do_not_start_from_root=True):
         super(Traverse, self).__init__(settings)
         self._cmd_name = cmd_name
-        self.cloud = DataCloud(self.settings)
         self._do_not_start_from_root = do_not_start_from_root
 
     def run(self):
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ class Traverse(CmdBase):
 
     def _remove_cloud_cache(self, data_item):
         if not self.parsed_args.keep_in_cloud:
-            self.cloud.remove_from_cloud(data_item)
+            self.settings.cloud.remove_from_cloud(data_item)
 
     ## API:
     def is_recursive(self):
diff --git a/dvc/settings.py b/dvc/settings.py
index a20a4784a..9d93cd00e 100644
--- a/dvc/settings.py
+++ b/dvc/settings.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from dvc.config import ConfigI, Config
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
 from dvc.path.factory import PathFactory
 from dvc.cli import parse_args
+from dvc.data_cloud import DataCloud
 
 class SettingsError(DvcException):
     def __init__(self, msg):
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ class Settings(object):
         self._config = config
         self._path_factory = PathFactory(git, config)
         self._parsed_args = args
+        self._cloud = DataCloud(self)
 
     @property
     def args(self):
@@ -63,3 +65,7 @@ class Settings(object):
     @property
     def path_factory(self):
         return self._path_factory
+
+    @property
+    def cloud(self):
+        return self._cloud