diff --git a/packages/whatsapp.gblib/services/WhatsappDirectLine.ts b/packages/whatsapp.gblib/services/WhatsappDirectLine.ts
index ef1db427..2c7dd2eb 100644
--- a/packages/whatsapp.gblib/services/WhatsappDirectLine.ts
+++ b/packages/whatsapp.gblib/services/WhatsappDirectLine.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export class WhatsappDirectLine extends GBService {
           const gbaiName = `${this.min.botId}.gbai`;
           const localName = Path.join('work', gbaiName, 'profile');
 
-          const createClient = async (browserWSEndpoint) => {
+          const createClient = (browserWSEndpoint) => {
             let puppeteer: any = {
               headless: false, args: ['--disable-features=site-per-process',
                 `--user-data-dir=${localName}`]
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ export class WhatsappDirectLine extends GBService {
               puppeteer: puppeteer
             });
 
+            client.initialize();
 
             client.on('message', (async message => {
               await this.WhatsAppCallback(message, null);
@@ -195,24 +196,25 @@ export class WhatsappDirectLine extends GBService {
 
             client.on('authenticated', () => {
               this.browserWSEndpoint = client.pupBrowser.wsEndpoint();
-              client.pupBrowser.on('disconnected', (async () => {
-                GBLog.info(`Browser crashed. Restarting ${this.min.botId} WhatsApp native provider.`);
-                await (createClient.bind(this))(null);
-              }).bind(this));
-              client.pupPage.on('error', (async () => {
-                GBLog.info(`Page crashed. Restarting ${this.min.botId} WhatsApp native provider.`);
-                if (!client.pupPage.isClosed()){
-                  client.pupPage.close();
-                } await (createClient.bind(this))(null);
-              }).bind(this));
+
   
               GBLog.info(`WhatsApp QR Code authenticated for ${this.botId}.`);
             });
           };
 
+          client.pupBrowser.on('disconnected', (async () => {
+            GBLog.info(`Browser crashed. Restarting ${this.min.botId} WhatsApp native provider.`);
+            await (createClient.bind(this))(null);
+          }).bind(this));
+          client.pupPage.on('error', (async () => {
+            GBLog.info(`Page crashed. Restarting ${this.min.botId} WhatsApp native provider.`);
+            if (!client.pupPage.isClosed()){
+              client.pupPage.close();
+            } await (createClient.bind(this))(null);
+          }).bind(this));
 
-          await (createClient.bind(this))(this.browserWSEndpoint);
-          await client.initialize();
+          (createClient.bind(this))(this.browserWSEndpoint);
+        
 
           setUrl = false;
         }