diff --git a/src/services/spotify/clients/librespotcontroller.cpp b/src/services/spotify/clients/librespotcontroller.cpp
index ce8f78cb..583fc647 100644
--- a/src/services/spotify/clients/librespotcontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/services/spotify/clients/librespotcontroller.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ static constexpr int PROCESS_TERMINATE_TIMEOUT_MS = 1000;
 LibrespotController::LibrespotController(QObject *parent)
     : AbstractSpotifyClientController(parent, gmLibrespotController())
 {
-    m_hasAuthenticated = std::make_unique<QPromise<bool>>();
     initProcess();
 }
 
@@ -67,6 +66,7 @@ auto LibrespotController::start() -> QFuture<bool>
     }
 
     qCDebug(gmLibrespotController()) << QString(info);
+    m_hasAuthenticated = std::make_unique<QPromise<bool>>();
     m_hasAuthenticated->start();
 
     const auto args = getLibrespotArgs(username);
diff --git a/src/services/spotify/clients/librespotcontroller.h b/src/services/spotify/clients/librespotcontroller.h
index 73306670..f5291990 100644
--- a/src/services/spotify/clients/librespotcontroller.h
+++ b/src/services/spotify/clients/librespotcontroller.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class LibrespotController : public AbstractSpotifyClientController
     auto getLibrespotInfo() -> LibrespotInfo;
     void printOutputAndUpdateStatus(const QString &line);
 
-    std::unique_ptr<QPromise<bool>> m_hasAuthenticated;
+    std::unique_ptr<QPromise<bool>> m_hasAuthenticated = nullptr;
 
 private slots:
     void onLibrespotFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus);