diff --git a/src/GraphQL.Client/GraphQLHttpClient.cs b/src/GraphQL.Client/GraphQLHttpClient.cs
index 1f9a3b5a..ea828ec1 100644
--- a/src/GraphQL.Client/GraphQLHttpClient.cs
+++ b/src/GraphQL.Client/GraphQLHttpClient.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ namespace GraphQL.Client.Http
 {
     public class GraphQLHttpClient : IGraphQLClient
     {
-        private readonly GraphQLHttpWebSocket _graphQlHttpWebSocket;
+        private readonly Lazy<GraphQLHttpWebSocket> _lazyHttpWebSocket;
+        private GraphQLHttpWebSocket _graphQlHttpWebSocket => _lazyHttpWebSocket.Value;
+
         private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
         private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<Tuple<GraphQLRequest, Type>, object> _subscriptionStreams = new ConcurrentDictionary<Tuple<GraphQLRequest, Type>, object>();
 
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ public GraphQLHttpClient(GraphQLHttpClientOptions options, IGraphQLWebsocketJson
             if (!HttpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.Any())
                 HttpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.Add(new ProductInfoHeaderValue(GetType().Assembly.GetName().Name, GetType().Assembly.GetName().Version.ToString()));
 
-            _graphQlHttpWebSocket = new GraphQLHttpWebSocket(GetWebSocketUri(), this);
+            _lazyHttpWebSocket = new Lazy<GraphQLHttpWebSocket>(() => new GraphQLHttpWebSocket(GetWebSocketUri(), this));
         }
 
         #endregion
@@ -186,7 +188,8 @@ protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
                 Debug.WriteLine($"Disposing GraphQLHttpClient on endpoint {Options.EndPoint}");
                 _cancellationTokenSource.Cancel();
                 HttpClient.Dispose();
-                _graphQlHttpWebSocket.Dispose();
+                if ( _lazyHttpWebSocket.IsValueCreated )
+                    _lazyHttpWebSocket.Value.Dispose();
                 _cancellationTokenSource.Dispose();
             }
         }