diff --git a/src/index.jsx b/src/index.jsx
index f8b515b19e2e..6078ea745285 100644
--- a/src/index.jsx
+++ b/src/index.jsx
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ function init() {
     window.Events = Events;
     window.TaskButton = taskButton;
 
+    initializeAutoCast();
+
     serverAddress().then(server => {
         if (server) {
             ServerConnections.initApiClient(server);
@@ -76,8 +78,6 @@ function init() {
     }).then(() => {
         console.debug('initAfterDependencies promises resolved');
 
-        initializeAutoCast(ServerConnections.currentApiClient());
-
         loadCoreDictionary().then(function () {
             onGlobalizeInit();
         });
diff --git a/src/scripts/autocast.js b/src/scripts/autocast.js
index 16f586572390..2c70e42c6f7a 100644
--- a/src/scripts/autocast.js
+++ b/src/scripts/autocast.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import ServerConnections from 'components/ServerConnections';
 import { playbackManager } from '../components/playback/playbackmanager';
 import Events from '../utils/events.ts';
 
@@ -43,16 +44,14 @@ function onOpen() {
     });
 }
 
-export function initialize(apiClient) {
-    if (apiClient) {
-        if (apiClient.isWebSocketOpen()) {
-            console.debug('[autoCast] connection ready');
-            onOpen();
-        } else {
-            console.debug('[autoCast] initializing connection listener');
-            Events.on(apiClient, 'websocketopen', onOpen);
-        }
-    } else {
-        console.warn('[autoCast] cannot initialize missing apiClient');
-    }
+export function initialize() {
+    ServerConnections.getApiClients().forEach(apiClient => {
+        Events.off(apiClient, 'websocketopen', onOpen);
+        Events.on(apiClient, 'websocketopen', onOpen);
+    });
+
+    Events.on(ServerConnections, 'apiclientcreated', (e, apiClient) => {
+        Events.off(apiClient, 'websocketopen', onOpen);
+        Events.on(apiClient, 'websocketopen', onOpen);
+    });
 }