diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f78cf5..6416bf8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.pyc
 
+*egg-info/
diff --git a/logzio/sender.py b/logzio/sender.py
index 7975f63..eb88a5a 100644
--- a/logzio/sender.py
+++ b/logzio/sender.py
@@ -34,13 +34,18 @@ class LogzioSender:
 
         # Create a queue to hold logs
         self.queue = queue.Queue()
+        self._initialize_sending_thread()
 
+    def _initialize_sending_thread(self):
         self.sending_thread = Thread(target=self._drain_queue)
         self.sending_thread.daemon = False
         self.sending_thread.name = "logzio-sending-thread"
         self.sending_thread.start()
 
     def append(self, logs_message):
+        if not self.sending_thread.is_alive():
+            self._initialize_sending_thread()
+
         # Queue lib is thread safe, no issue here
         self.queue.put(json.dumps(logs_message))
 
diff --git a/tests/mockLogzioListener/listener.py b/tests/mockLogzioListener/listener.py
index df97218..213756f 100644
--- a/tests/mockLogzioListener/listener.py
+++ b/tests/mockLogzioListener/listener.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class MockLogzioListener:
         return len(self.logs_list)
 
     def clear_logs_buffer(self):
-        self.logs_list = []
+        self.logs_list[:] = []
 
     def set_server_error(self):
         self.persistent_flags.set_server_error()
diff --git a/tests/test_logzioSender.py b/tests/test_logzioSender.py
index 0db4c8e..420688b 100644
--- a/tests/test_logzioSender.py
+++ b/tests/test_logzioSender.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def _find(pattern, path):
 class TestLogzioSender(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.logzio_listener = listener.MockLogzioListener()
+        self.logzio_listener.clear_logs_buffer()
         self.logzio_listener.clear_server_error()
         self.logs_drain_timeout = 1
 
@@ -106,3 +107,24 @@ class TestLogzioSender(TestCase):
         with open(failure_files[0], "r") as f:
             line = f.readline()
             self.assertTrue(log_message in line)
+
+    def test_can_send_after_fork(self):
+        childpid = os.fork()
+        child_log_message = 'logged from child process'
+        parent_log_message = 'logged from parent process'
+
+        if childpid == 0:
+            # Log from the child process
+            self.logger.info(child_log_message)
+            time.sleep(self.logs_drain_timeout * 2)
+            os._exit(0)
+        # Wait for the child process to finish
+        os.waitpid(childpid, 0)
+
+        # log from the parent process
+        self.logger.info(parent_log_message)
+        time.sleep(self.logs_drain_timeout * 2)
+
+        # Ensure listener receive all log messages
+        self.assertTrue(self.logzio_listener.find_log(child_log_message))
+        self.assertTrue(self.logzio_listener.find_log(parent_log_message))