diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0eddcc..d1e6725 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ discord = DiscordOAuthClient(
     "<client-id>", "<client-secret>", "<redirect-url>", ("identify", "guilds", "email")
 )  # scopes
 
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def on_startup():
+    await discord.init()
+
 
 @app.get("/login")
 async def login():
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ async def get_user(user: User = Depends(discord.user)):
 async def get_guilds(guilds: List = Depends(discord.guilds)):
     return guilds
 ```
+
 # Inspired by
 [Starlette-Discord](https://github.com/nwunderly/starlette-discord)
 
diff --git a/examples/basic.py b/examples/basic.py
index 7dd714c..47879d3 100644
--- a/examples/basic.py
+++ b/examples/basic.py
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 )  # scopes
 
 
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def on_startup():
+    await discord.init()
+
+
 @app.get("/login")
 async def login():
     return {"url": discord.oauth_login_url}
diff --git a/examples/basic_with_custom_state.py b/examples/basic_with_custom_state.py
index ce5abac..1eb8db2 100644
--- a/examples/basic_with_custom_state.py
+++ b/examples/basic_with_custom_state.py
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 )  # scopes
 
 
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def on_startup():
+    await discord.init()
+
+
 @app.get("/login")
 async def login():
     return {"url": discord.get_oauth_login_url(state="my state")}
diff --git a/fastapi_discord/client.py b/fastapi_discord/client.py
index 6fd0223..1f65b4b 100644
--- a/fastapi_discord/client.py
+++ b/fastapi_discord/client.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import asyncio
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import aiohttp
-import nest_asyncio
 from aiocache import cached
 from fastapi import Depends, Request
 from fastapi.security import HTTPAuthorizationCredentials, HTTPBearer
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ class DiscordOAuthClient:
     scopes: str
     proxy: Optional[str]
     proxy_auth: Optional[aiohttp.BasicAuth]
-    client_session: aiohttp.ClientSession
+    client_session: aiohttp.ClientSession = None
 
     """Client for Discord Oauth2.
 
@@ -93,13 +91,13 @@ class DiscordOAuthClient:
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self,
-        client_id,
-        client_secret,
-        redirect_uri,
-        scopes=("identify",),
-        proxy=None,
-        proxy_auth: aiohttp.BasicAuth = None,
+            self,
+            client_id,
+            client_secret,
+            redirect_uri,
+            scopes=("identify",),
+            proxy=None,
+            proxy_auth: aiohttp.BasicAuth = None,
     ):
         self.client_id = client_id
         self.client_secret = client_secret
@@ -107,10 +105,13 @@ def __init__(
         self.scopes = "%20".join(scope for scope in scopes)
         self.proxy = proxy
         self.proxy_auth = proxy_auth
-        nest_asyncio.apply()
-        asyncio.get_running_loop().run_until_complete(asyncio.create_task(self.initialize()))
 
-    async def initialize(self):
+    async def init(self):
+        """
+        Initialized the connection to the discord api
+        """
+        if self.client_session is not None:
+            return
         self.client_session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
 
     def get_oauth_login_url(self, state: Optional[str] = None):
@@ -135,18 +136,18 @@ async def request(self, route: str, token: str = None, method: Literal["GET", "P
             headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}
         if method == "GET":
             async with self.client_session.get(
-                f"{DISCORD_API_URL}{route}",
-                headers=headers,
-                proxy=self.proxy,
-                proxy_auth=self.proxy_auth,
+                    f"{DISCORD_API_URL}{route}",
+                    headers=headers,
+                    proxy=self.proxy,
+                    proxy_auth=self.proxy_auth,
             ) as resp:
                 data = await resp.json()
         elif method == "POST":
             async with self.client_session.post(
-                f"{DISCORD_API_URL}{route}",
-                headers=headers,
-                proxy=self.proxy,
-                proxy_auth=self.proxy_auth,
+                    f"{DISCORD_API_URL}{route}",
+                    headers=headers,
+                    proxy=self.proxy,
+                    proxy_auth=self.proxy_auth,
             ) as resp:
                 data = await resp.json()
         else:
@@ -159,10 +160,10 @@ async def request(self, route: str, token: str = None, method: Literal["GET", "P
 
     async def get_token_response(self, payload: PAYLOAD) -> TokenResponse:
         async with self.client_session.post(
-            DISCORD_TOKEN_URL,
-            data=payload,
-            proxy=self.proxy,
-            proxy_auth=self.proxy_auth,
+                DISCORD_TOKEN_URL,
+                data=payload,
+                proxy=self.proxy,
+                proxy_auth=self.proxy_auth,
         ) as resp:
             return await resp.json()
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f4a77c9..d4d975c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 fastapi==0.85.0
 aiohttp==3.8.3
 aiocache==0.11.1
-uvicorn==0.18.3
-nest_asyncio==1.5.6
\ No newline at end of file
+uvicorn==0.18.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b775729..cb55406 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 setup(
     name="fastapi_discord",
     packages=find_packages(),
-    version="0.2.3",
+    version="0.2.4",
     description="Discord OAuth FastAPI extension for APIs",
     long_description=readme,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     author="Tert0",
     license="MIT",
-    install_requires=["fastapi==0.85.0", "aiohttp==3.8.3", "aiocache==0.11.1", "nest_asyncio==1.5.6"],
+    install_requires=["fastapi==0.85.0", "aiohttp==3.8.3", "aiocache==0.11.1"],
     python_requires=">=3.5",
     url="https://github.com/Tert0/fastapi-discord",
 )