diff --git a/fbclient/client.py b/fbclient/client.py
index 225663f..0909378 100644
--- a/fbclient/client.py
+++ b/fbclient/client.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 from fbclient.event_types import FlagEvent, Metric, MetricEvent, UserEvent
 from fbclient.interfaces import DataUpdateStatusProvider
 from fbclient.status import DataUpdateStatusProviderImpl
-from fbclient.status_types import State
 from fbclient.streaming import Streaming, _data_to_dict
 from fbclient.update_processor import NullUpdateProcessor
 from fbclient.utils import (cast_variation_by_flag_type, check_uwsgi, log,
@@ -67,7 +66,10 @@ def __init__(self, config: Config, start_wait: float = 15.):
             raise ValueError("Config is not valid")
 
         self._config = config
-        self._config.validate()
+        if self._config.is_offline:
+            log.info("FB Python SDK: SDK is in offline mode")
+        else:
+            self._config.validate()
 
         # init components
         # event processor
@@ -90,15 +92,11 @@ def __init__(self, config: Config, start_wait: float = 15.):
             if not isinstance(self._update_processor, NullUpdateProcessor):
                 log.info("FB Python SDK: Waiting for Client initialization in %s seconds" % str(start_wait))
 
-            if isinstance(self._data_storage, NullDataStorage) or not self._data_storage.initialized:
+            if isinstance(self._data_storage, NullDataStorage) or (not self._data_storage.initialized and not self._config.is_offline):
                 log.warning("FB Python SDK: SDK just returns default variation because of no data found in the given environment")
 
             update_processor_ready.wait(start_wait)
-            if self._config.is_offline:
-                log.info("FB Python SDK: SDK is in offline mode")
-            elif self._update_processor.initialized:
-                log.info("FB Python SDK: SDK initialization is completed")
-            else:
+            if not self._update_processor.initialized:
                 log.warning("FB Python SDK: SDK was not successfully initialized")
         else:
             log.info("FB Python SDK: SDK starts in asynchronous mode")
@@ -374,13 +372,10 @@ def initialize_from_external_json(self, json_str: str) -> bool:
         :param json_str: feature flags, segments...etc in the json format
         :return: True if the initialization is well done
         """
-        if self._config.is_offline and json_str:
+        if self._config.is_offline:
             all_data = json.loads(json_str)
             if valide_all_data(all_data):
                 version, data = _data_to_dict(all_data['data'])
-                res = self._update_status_provider.init(data, version)
-                if res:
-                    self._update_status_provider.update_state(State.ok_state())
-                return res
+                return self._update_status_provider.init(data, version)
 
         return False
diff --git a/fbclient/update_processor.py b/fbclient/update_processor.py
index 0689b8d..c1a6916 100644
--- a/fbclient/update_processor.py
+++ b/fbclient/update_processor.py
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 from threading import Event
 from fbclient.config import Config
 from fbclient.interfaces import DataUpdateStatusProvider, UpdateProcessor
+from fbclient.status_types import State
 
 
 class NullUpdateProcessor(UpdateProcessor):
 
     def __init__(self, config: Config, dataUpdateStatusProvider: DataUpdateStatusProvider, ready: Event):
         self.__ready = ready
+        self.__store = dataUpdateStatusProvider
 
     def start(self):
         self.__ready.set()
+        self.__store.update_state(State.ok_state())
 
     def stop(self):
         pass
diff --git a/fbclient/version.py b/fbclient/version.py
index 2a3eb2f..ca638cf 100644
--- a/fbclient/version.py
+++ b/fbclient/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = "1.1.0"
+VERSION = "1.1.1"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 56d21d4..d4012cb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def parse_requirements(filename):
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     install_requires=base_reqs,
     classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
diff --git a/tests/test_fbclient.py b/tests/test_fbclient.py
index d85bff8..031b673 100644
--- a/tests/test_fbclient.py
+++ b/tests/test_fbclient.py
@@ -93,15 +93,20 @@ def start():
         assert not client.initialize
 
 
+def test_start_and_nowait():
+    with make_fb_client(NullUpdateProcessor, NullEventProcessor, start_wait=0) as client:
+        assert client.update_status_provider.wait_for_OKState(timeout=0.1)
+        assert client.initialize
+
+
 @patch.object(NullUpdateProcessor, "start")
-def test_start_and_nowait(mock_start_method):
+def test_start_nowait_and_timeout(mock_start_method):
     def start():
         pass
     mock_start_method.side_effect = start
     with make_fb_client(NullUpdateProcessor, NullEventProcessor, start_wait=0) as client:
-        assert not client.initialize
-        sleep(0.1)
         assert not client.update_status_provider.wait_for_OKState(timeout=0.1)
+        assert not client.initialize
 
 
 @patch.object(NullUpdateProcessor, "start")