diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd9e48d..646fae6 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Nothing
 
+## [0.6.2](https://github.com/jmagnusson/netsuite/compare/v0.6.1...v0.6.2) - 2021-04-25
+
+### Fixed
+- `NetSuiteRestApi` no longer requires a running asyncio loop to be instantiated
+
 ## [0.6.1](https://github.com/jmagnusson/netsuite/compare/v0.6.0...v0.6.1) - 2021-04-25
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/netsuite/rest_api.py b/netsuite/rest_api.py
index 48e404c..b3ac33c 100644
--- a/netsuite/rest_api.py
+++ b/netsuite/rest_api.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from typing import Sequence
 
 from . import json
+from .util import cached_property
 
 try:
     import httpx
@@ -62,7 +63,13 @@ def __init__(
         self._token_secret = token_secret
         self._hostname = self._make_hostname()
         self._default_timeout = default_timeout
-        self._request_semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(concurrent_requests)
+        self._concurrent_requests = concurrent_requests
+
+    @cached_property
+    def request_semaphore(self) -> asyncio.Semaphore:
+        # NOTE: Shouldn't be put in __init__ as we might not have a running
+        #       event loop at that time.
+        return asyncio.Semaphore(self._concurrent_requests)
 
     @classmethod
     def has_required_dependencies(cls) -> bool:
@@ -157,7 +164,7 @@ async def _raw_request(
             f"Making {method.upper()} request to {url}. Keyword arguments: {kw}"
         )
 
-        async with self._request_semaphore:
+        async with self.request_semaphore:
             async with httpx.AsyncClient() as c:
                 resp = await c.request(
                     method=method,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ec12ea1..8382ae2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "netsuite"
-version = "0.6.1"
+version = "0.6.2"
 description = "Wrapper around Netsuite SuiteTalk SOAP/REST Web Services and Restlets."
 authors = ["Jacob Magnusson <m@jacobian.se>"]
 license = "MIT"