diff --git a/packages/gov-portal-helper/package.json b/packages/gov-portal-helper/package.json
index 3639d4ea..5c790d9d 100644
--- a/packages/gov-portal-helper/package.json
+++ b/packages/gov-portal-helper/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@kosu/gov-portal-helper",
-    "version": "0.1.15",
+    "version": "0.1.16",
     "description": "Abstraction library for interacting with the Kosu contract system governance functions.",
     "main": "lib/index.js",
     "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/packages/gov-portal-helper/src/index.ts b/packages/gov-portal-helper/src/index.ts
index 92bca658..f7f70a27 100644
--- a/packages/gov-portal-helper/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gov-portal-helper/src/index.ts
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ class Gov {
             await this._processListing(listing);
         }
         this.kosu.eventEmitter.getFutureDecodedLogs(this.initBlock + 1, this._handleEvents.bind(this));
+        this.initialized = true;
     }
 
     /**