diff --git a/logzio/sender.py b/logzio/sender.py
index 3a40dd0..8ed7c0d 100644
--- a/logzio/sender.py
+++ b/logzio/sender.py
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ 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"
@@ -45,7 +42,7 @@ class LogzioSender:
     def append(self, logs_message):
         # Queue lib is thread safe, no issue here
         if not self.sending_thread.is_alive():
-            self._initialize_sending_thread()
+            self.sending_thread.start()
         self.queue.put(json.dumps(logs_message))
 
     def flush(self):