diff --git a/openfeature/providers/elixir-provider/lib/provider/http_client.ex b/openfeature/providers/elixir-provider/lib/provider/http_client.ex
index df60b45a951..265c7b273db 100644
--- a/openfeature/providers/elixir-provider/lib/provider/http_client.ex
+++ b/openfeature/providers/elixir-provider/lib/provider/http_client.ex
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ defmodule ElixirProvider.HttpClient do
   Handles HTTP requests to the GO Feature Flag API.
   """
 
+  use GenServer
+
   # Define a struct to store HTTP connection, endpoint, and other configuration details
   defstruct [:conn, :endpoint, :headers]
 
@@ -12,6 +14,29 @@ defmodule ElixirProvider.HttpClient do
           headers: list()
         }
 
+  @spec start_link() :: GenServer.on_start()
+  def start_link() do
+    GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, :ok, name:  __MODULE__)
+  end
+
+  def stop() do
+    GenServer.stop(__MODULE__)
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def init([]) do
+    {:ok, %__MODULE__{}}
+  end
+
+  @spec start_http_connection(any()) ::
+          {:error,
+           %{
+             :__exception__ => true,
+             :__struct__ => Mint.HTTPError | Mint.TransportError,
+             :reason => any(),
+             optional(:module) => any()
+           }}
+          | {:ok, ElixirProvider.HttpClient.t()}
   def start_http_connection(options) do
     uri = URI.parse(options.endpoint)
     scheme = if uri.scheme == "https", do: :https, else: :http
diff --git a/openfeature/providers/elixir-provider/lib/provider/provider.ex b/openfeature/providers/elixir-provider/lib/provider/provider.ex
index 97f979c3ba1..106592af709 100644
--- a/openfeature/providers/elixir-provider/lib/provider/provider.ex
+++ b/openfeature/providers/elixir-provider/lib/provider/provider.ex
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ defmodule ElixirProvider.Provider do
   @impl true
   def initialize(%__MODULE__{} = provider, domain, _context) do
     {:ok, http_client} = HttpClient.start_http_connection(provider.options)
-    CacheController.start_link()
     {:ok, data_collector_hook} = DataCollectorHook.start(provider.options, http_client)
     {:ok, ws} = GoFWebSocketClient.connect(provider.options.endpoint)
 
diff --git a/openfeature/providers/elixir-provider/lib/provider/server_supervisor.ex b/openfeature/providers/elixir-provider/lib/provider/server_supervisor.ex
index c4411f575a5..66105582c45 100644
--- a/openfeature/providers/elixir-provider/lib/provider/server_supervisor.ex
+++ b/openfeature/providers/elixir-provider/lib/provider/server_supervisor.ex
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ defmodule ElixirProvider.ServerSupervisor do
   @impl true
   def init([_args]) do
     children = [
+      ElixirProvider.HttpClient,
       ElixirProvider.GoFWebSocketClient,
       ElixirProvider.CacheController,
       ElixirProvider.DataCollectorHook