diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/DuckDuckGoApplication.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/DuckDuckGoApplication.kt
index abade181e9a0..6c134554303c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/DuckDuckGoApplication.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/DuckDuckGoApplication.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import com.duckduckgo.app.fire.FireActivity
 import com.duckduckgo.app.global.install.AppInstallStore
 import com.duckduckgo.app.global.notification.NotificationRegistrar
 import com.duckduckgo.app.global.shortcut.AppShortcutCreator
+import com.duckduckgo.app.httpsupgrade.HttpsUpgrader
 import com.duckduckgo.app.job.AppConfigurationSyncer
 import com.duckduckgo.app.migration.LegacyMigration
 import com.duckduckgo.app.statistics.api.StatisticsUpdater
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ import io.reactivex.schedulers.Schedulers
 import org.jetbrains.anko.doAsync
 import timber.log.Timber
 import javax.inject.Inject
+import kotlin.concurrent.thread
 
 open class DuckDuckGoApplication : HasActivityInjector, HasServiceInjector, HasSupportFragmentInjector, Application(), LifecycleObserver {
 
@@ -87,6 +89,9 @@ open class DuckDuckGoApplication : HasActivityInjector, HasServiceInjector, HasS
     @Inject
     lateinit var appShortcutCreator: AppShortcutCreator
 
+    @Inject
+    lateinit var httpsUpgrader: HttpsUpgrader
+
     override fun onCreate() {
         super.onCreate()
 
@@ -110,6 +115,9 @@ open class DuckDuckGoApplication : HasActivityInjector, HasServiceInjector, HasS
 
         migrateLegacyDb()
         notificationRegistrar.registerApp()
+
+        initializeHttpsUpgrader()
+
     }
 
     private fun recordInstallationTimestamp() {
@@ -164,6 +172,10 @@ open class DuckDuckGoApplication : HasActivityInjector, HasServiceInjector, HasS
         statisticsUpdater.initializeAtb()
     }
 
+    private fun initializeHttpsUpgrader() {
+        thread { httpsUpgrader.reloadData() }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Immediately syncs data. Upon completion (successful or error),
      * it will schedule a recurring job to keep the data in sync.
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/httpsupgrade/HttpsUpgrader.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/httpsupgrade/HttpsUpgrader.kt
index 9dd3375eb941..87cf68eb18c0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/httpsupgrade/HttpsUpgrader.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/httpsupgrade/HttpsUpgrader.kt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import com.duckduckgo.app.httpsupgrade.api.HttpsBloomFilterFactory
 import com.duckduckgo.app.httpsupgrade.db.HttpsWhitelistDao
 import timber.log.Timber
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock
-import kotlin.concurrent.thread
 
 interface HttpsUpgrader {
 
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ interface HttpsUpgrader {
         return uri.buildUpon().scheme(UrlScheme.https).build()
     }
 
+    @WorkerThread
     fun reloadData()
 }
 
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ class HttpsUpgraderImpl(
     private var httpsBloomFilter: BloomFilter? = null
     private val dataReloadLock = ReentrantLock()
 
-    init {
-        thread {
-            reloadData()
-        }
-    }
-
     @WorkerThread
     override fun shouldUpgrade(uri: Uri): Boolean {