diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/ktor/WebsocketLoxoneClient.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/ktor/WebsocketLoxoneClient.kt
index 8753512..0e10576 100644
--- a/src/commonMain/kotlin/ktor/WebsocketLoxoneClient.kt
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/ktor/WebsocketLoxoneClient.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package cz.smarteon.loxone.ktor
 
-import co.touchlab.stately.concurrency.AtomicReference
 import cz.smarteon.loxone.Codec
 import cz.smarteon.loxone.Codec.loxJson
 import cz.smarteon.loxone.Command
@@ -22,6 +21,8 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.launchIn
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.onEach
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.receiveAsFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.Mutex
+import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.withLock
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withTimeout
 import kotlin.jvm.JvmOverloads
 
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ class WebsocketLoxoneClient internal constructor(
 
     private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
-    private val webSocketSession = AtomicReference<ClientWebSocketSession?>(null)
+    private val sessionMutex = Mutex()
+    private var session: ClientWebSocketSession? = null
 
     private val scope = CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.Default) // TODO think more about correct dispacthers
 
@@ -70,25 +72,27 @@ class WebsocketLoxoneClient internal constructor(
 
     override suspend fun close() {
         scope.cancel("Closing the connection")
-        webSocketSession.get()?.close(CloseReason(NORMAL, "LoxoneKotlin finished"))
+        session?.close(CloseReason(NORMAL, "LoxoneKotlin finished"))
     }
 
     private suspend fun ensureSession(): ClientWebSocketSession {
-        webSocketSession.compareAndSet(
-            null,
-            client.webSocketSession(
-                host = endpoint?.host,
-                port = endpoint?.port,
-                path = if (endpoint != null) endpoint.path + WS_PATH else WS_PATH,
-                block = {
-                    url.protocol = if (endpoint?.useSsl == true) URLProtocol.WSS else URLProtocol.WS
+        sessionMutex.withLock {
+            if (session == null) {
+                client.webSocketSession(
+                    host = endpoint?.host,
+                    port = endpoint?.port,
+                    path = if (endpoint != null) endpoint.path + WS_PATH else WS_PATH,
+                    block = {
+                        url.protocol = if (endpoint?.useSsl == true) URLProtocol.WSS else URLProtocol.WS
+                    }
+                ).let { newSession ->
+                    logger.debug { "WebSocketSession session created" }
+                    session = newSession
+                    newSession.incoming.receiveAsFlow().onEach(::processFrame).launchIn(scope)
                 }
-            )
-        )
-        return checkNotNull(webSocketSession.get()) { "WebSocketSession should not be null right after init" }
-            .also { session ->
-                session.incoming.receiveAsFlow().onEach(::processFrame).launchIn(scope)
             }
+        }
+        return checkNotNull(session) { "WebSocketSession should not be null after init" }
     }
 
     private suspend fun processFrame(frame: Frame) {