diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 69608af..1e3d2cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>io.split.openfeature</groupId>
 	<artifactId>split-openfeature-provider</artifactId>
-	<version>1.2.1</version>
+	<version>1.2.2</version>
 	<name>split-openfeature-provider-java</name>
 	<description>Split OpenFeature Java Provider</description>
 	<url>www.split.io</url>
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>3.2.8</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<gpgArguments>
+					<arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+					<arg>loopback</arg>
+					</gpgArguments>
+				</configuration>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>sign-artifacts</id>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/split/openfeature/SplitProvider.java b/src/main/java/io/split/openfeature/SplitProvider.java
index 67c43cf..d7927af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/split/openfeature/SplitProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/split/openfeature/SplitProvider.java
@@ -17,15 +17,20 @@
 import io.split.client.SplitClient;
 import io.split.client.api.SplitResult;
 import io.split.openfeature.utils.Serialization;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 public class SplitProvider implements FeatureProvider {
+  private static final Logger _log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SplitProvider.class);
 
   private static final String NAME = "Split";
 
@@ -33,6 +38,14 @@ public class SplitProvider implements FeatureProvider {
 
   public SplitProvider(SplitClient splitClient) {
     client = splitClient;
+    try {
+      this.client.blockUntilReady();
+    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      _log.error("Interrupted Exception: ", e);
+      Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+    } catch (TimeoutException e) {
+      throw new GeneralError("Error occurred initializing the client.", e);
+    }
   }
 
   public SplitProvider(String apiKey) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/split/openfeature/ClientTest.java b/src/test/java/io/split/openfeature/ClientTest.java
index 9dd966a..667d33b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/split/openfeature/ClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/split/openfeature/ClientTest.java
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ public class ClientTest {
   public void init() {
     openFeatureAPI = OpenFeatureAPI.getInstance();
     try {
-      SplitClientConfig config = SplitClientConfig.builder().splitFile("src/test/resources/split.yaml").build();
+      SplitClientConfig config = SplitClientConfig
+              .builder()
+              .splitFile("src/test/resources/split.yaml")
+              .setBlockUntilReadyTimeout(10000)
+              .build();
       splitClient = SplitFactoryBuilder.build("localhost", config).client();
       openFeatureAPI.setProviderAndWait(new SplitProvider(splitClient));
     } catch (URISyntaxException | IOException e) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/split/openfeature/SplitProviderTest.java b/src/test/java/io/split/openfeature/SplitProviderTest.java
index 14f4575..5282bc8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/split/openfeature/SplitProviderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/split/openfeature/SplitProviderTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
@@ -470,10 +471,10 @@ public void evalStructureErrorTest() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void trackWithDetailsTest() {
+  public void trackWithDetailsTest() throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
     SplitProvider provider = new SplitProvider(mockSplitClient);
 
-
+    verify(mockSplitClient).blockUntilReady();
     EvaluationContext ctx = new MutableContext(key).add("trafficType", "user");
     TrackingEventDetails details = new MutableTrackingEventDetails(42.5)
             .add("plan", new Value("pro"))
@@ -491,18 +492,19 @@ public void trackWithDetailsTest() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void trackTargetingKeyErrorTest() {
+  public void trackTargetingKeyErrorTest() throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
     // Tracking without targetingKey should throw error
     SplitProvider provider = new SplitProvider(mockSplitClient);
     EvaluationContext ctx = new MutableContext().add("trafficType", "user");
 
     assertThrows(dev.openfeature.sdk.exceptions.TargetingKeyMissingError.class,
             () -> provider.track("purchase", ctx, null));
-    verifyNoInteractions(mockSplitClient);
+    verify(mockSplitClient).blockUntilReady();
+    verifyNoMoreInteractions(mockSplitClient);
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void trackEventNameErrorTest() {
+  public void trackEventNameErrorTest() throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
     // Tracking without eventName should throw error
     SplitProvider provider = new SplitProvider(mockSplitClient);
     EvaluationContext ctx = new MutableContext(key).add("trafficType", "user");
@@ -510,11 +512,12 @@ public void trackEventNameErrorTest() {
     GeneralError ex = assertThrows(GeneralError.class,
             () -> provider.track("  ", ctx, null)); // blank name
     assertTrue(ex.getMessage().toLowerCase().contains("eventname"));
-    verifyNoInteractions(mockSplitClient);
+    verify(mockSplitClient).blockUntilReady();
+    verifyNoMoreInteractions(mockSplitClient);
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void trackTrafficTypeErrorTest() {
+  public void trackTrafficTypeErrorTest() throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
     // Tracking without trafficType should throw error
     SplitProvider provider = new SplitProvider(mockSplitClient);
     EvaluationContext ctx = new MutableContext(key);
@@ -522,7 +525,8 @@ public void trackTrafficTypeErrorTest() {
     GeneralError ex = assertThrows(GeneralError.class,
             () -> provider.track("purchase", ctx, null));
     assertTrue(ex.getMessage().toLowerCase().contains("traffictype"));
-    verifyNoInteractions(mockSplitClient);
+    verify(mockSplitClient).blockUntilReady();
+    verifyNoMoreInteractions(mockSplitClient);
   }
 
   @Test