diff --git a/apps/expert/lib/expert.ex b/apps/expert/lib/expert.ex
index ab033f4a..55d58e8c 100644
--- a/apps/expert/lib/expert.ex
+++ b/apps/expert/lib/expert.ex
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ defmodule Expert do
     GenLSP.Notifications.TextDocumentDidOpen,
     GenLSP.Notifications.TextDocumentDidSave,
     GenLSP.Notifications.Exit,
-    GenLSP.Notifications.Initialized,
     GenLSP.Requests.Shutdown
   ]
 
@@ -47,13 +46,6 @@ defmodule Expert do
 
     case State.initialize(state, request) do
       {:ok, response, state} ->
-        # TODO: this should be gated behind the dynamic registration in the initialization params
-        registrations = registrations()
-
-        if nil != GenLSP.request(lsp, registrations) do
-          Logger.error("Failed to register capability")
-        end
-
         lsp = assign(lsp, state: state)
         {:ok, response} = Forge.Protocol.Convert.to_lsp(response)
 
@@ -119,6 +111,16 @@ defmodule Expert do
     end
   end
 
+  def handle_notification(%GenLSP.Notifications.Initialized{}, lsp) do
+    registrations = registrations()
+
+    if nil != GenLSP.request(lsp, registrations) do
+      Logger.error("Failed to register capability")
+    end
+
+    {:noreply, lsp}
+  end
+
   def handle_notification(%mod{} = notification, lsp) when mod in @server_specific_messages do
     with {:ok, notification} <- Convert.to_native(notification),
          {:ok, state} <- apply_to_state(assigns(lsp).state, notification) do
diff --git a/apps/expert/lib/expert/state.ex b/apps/expert/lib/expert/state.ex
index c17a54b8..b9bd5f23 100644
--- a/apps/expert/lib/expert/state.ex
+++ b/apps/expert/lib/expert/state.ex
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ defmodule Expert.State do
 
     response = initialize_result()
 
-    Project.Supervisor.start(config.project)
+    Task.start_link(fn -> Project.Supervisor.start(config.project) end)
+
     {:ok, response, new_state}
   end