diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6583999..3cfaf45 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mqtt-exporter"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 dependencies = [
  "backoff",
  "bytes",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ff0e3ad..f4bbed9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mqtt-exporter"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ed79bad..32c042f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use regex::Regex;
 use rumqttc::{
     AsyncClient, ConnAck,
     Event::{self},
-    MqttOptions, Packet, Publish, QoS, SubscribeFilter,
+    EventLoop, MqttOptions, Packet, Publish, QoS, SubscribeFilter,
 };
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::{
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ struct AppConfig {
 }
 struct App {
     config: AppConfig,
+    client: AsyncClient,
     transformers: Vec<Box<dyn Transform>>,
 }
 
@@ -209,10 +210,10 @@ impl App {
         Ok(json::parse(str::from_utf8(payload)?)?)
     }
 
-    fn handle_event(&self, event: &Event) {
+    async fn handle_event(&self, event: &Event) {
         match event {
             Event::Incoming(Packet::Publish(notification)) => self.handle_publish(notification),
-            Event::Incoming(Packet::ConnAck(ack)) => self.handle_connack(ack),
+            Event::Incoming(Packet::ConnAck(ack)) => self.handle_connack(ack).await,
             // Event::Incoming(Packet::SubAck(ack)) => self.handle_suback(ack),
             Event::Outgoing(_) => {}
             e => debug!(target: "mqtt-exporter::mqtt", "Unhandled event: {:?}", e),
@@ -228,10 +229,11 @@ impl App {
         }
     }
 
-    fn handle_connack(&self, ack: &ConnAck) {
+    async fn handle_connack(&self, ack: &ConnAck) {
         match ack.code {
             rumqttc::ConnectReturnCode::Success => {
-                info!(target: "mqtt-exporter::mqtt", "Successfully connected to MQTT broker")
+                info!(target: "mqtt-exporter::mqtt", "Successfully connected to MQTT broker");
+                self.subscribe().await;
             }
             code => {
                 warn!(target: "mqtt-exporter::mqtt", "Non success connection return code {:?}", code)
@@ -263,8 +265,9 @@ impl App {
         self.parse_metrics(data, &topic, &topic, metric_path, &labels);
     }
 
-    async fn subscribe(&self, client: &AsyncClient) {
-        match client
+    async fn subscribe(&self) {
+        match self
+            .client
             .subscribe_many(self.config.mqtt_topic.iter().map(|topic| SubscribeFilter {
                 path: topic.to_owned(),
                 qos: QoS::AtLeastOnce,
@@ -280,32 +283,14 @@ impl App {
         }
     }
 
-    async fn mqtt_task(self) {
-        let mut opts = MqttOptions::new(
-            &self.config.mqtt_client_id,
-            &self.config.mqtt_address,
-            self.config.mqtt_port,
-        );
-        opts.set_keep_alive(Duration::from_secs(self.config.mqtt_keepalive))
-            .set_max_packet_size(150000, 150000);
-
-        if let (Some(username), Some(password)) =
-            (&self.config.mqtt_username, &self.config.mqtt_password)
-        {
-            opts.set_credentials(username, password);
-        }
-
-        let (client, mut eventloop) = AsyncClient::new(opts, 10);
-
-        self.subscribe(&client).await;
-
+    async fn mqtt_task(self, mut eventloop: EventLoop) {
         let mut bo = backoff::ExponentialBackoff::default();
 
         loop {
             match eventloop.poll().await {
                 Ok(event) => {
                     bo.reset();
-                    self.handle_event(&event)
+                    self.handle_event(&event).await
                 }
                 Err(e) => {
                     error!(target: "mqtt-exporter::mqtt", "Connection error: {}", e);
@@ -336,7 +321,7 @@ impl App {
         builder.install().unwrap();
     }
 
-    fn new(config: AppConfig) -> Self {
+    fn new(config: AppConfig, client: AsyncClient) -> Self {
         let mut transformers: Vec<Box<dyn Transform>> = Vec::new();
         if !config.zwave_topic_prefix.is_empty() {
             transformers.push(Box::new(ZwaveNormalize::new(&config.zwave_topic_prefix)))
@@ -346,7 +331,8 @@ impl App {
                 &config.esphome_topic_prefixes,
             )))
         }
-        if !config.hubitat_topic_prefixes.is_empty() && !config.hubitat_topic_prefixes[0].is_empty() {
+        if !config.hubitat_topic_prefixes.is_empty() && !config.hubitat_topic_prefixes[0].is_empty()
+        {
             transformers.push(Box::new(HubitatNormalize::new(
                 &config.hubitat_topic_prefixes,
             )))
@@ -355,8 +341,10 @@ impl App {
             transformers.push(Box::new(Zigbee2MqttAvailability::default()))
         }
         debug!(target: "mqtt-exporter::config", "Transformers enabled: {:?}", transformers);
+
         Self {
             config,
+            client,
             transformers,
         }
     }
@@ -380,10 +368,25 @@ async fn main() {
         )
         .build()
         .unwrap();
-    let app_config = config.try_deserialize().unwrap();
+    let app_config: AppConfig = config.try_deserialize().unwrap();
     info!(target: "mqtt-exporter::config", "Loaded config: {app_config:?}");
 
-    let app = App::new(app_config);
+    let mut opts = MqttOptions::new(
+        &app_config.mqtt_client_id,
+        &app_config.mqtt_address,
+        app_config.mqtt_port,
+    );
+    opts.set_keep_alive(Duration::from_secs(app_config.mqtt_keepalive))
+        .set_max_packet_size(150000, 150000);
+
+    if let (Some(username), Some(password)) = (&app_config.mqtt_username, &app_config.mqtt_password)
+    {
+        opts.set_credentials(username, password);
+    }
+
+    let (client, mut eventloop) = AsyncClient::new(opts, 10);
+
+    let app = App::new(app_config, client);
     app.prom_task().await;
-    app.mqtt_task().await;
+    app.mqtt_task(eventloop).await;
 }