diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/apps/app/app.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/apps/app/app.element.ts
index 547d4d78df..ae130a4a24 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/apps/app/app.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/apps/app/app.element.ts
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ export class UmbAppElement extends UmbLitElement {
 		*/
 		OpenAPI.BASE = this.serverUrl;
 
-		this.#serverConnection = new UmbServerConnection(this.serverUrl);
-		await this.#serverConnection.connect();
+		this.#serverConnection = await new UmbServerConnection(this.serverUrl).connect();
 
 		this.#authContext = new UmbAuthContext(this, this.serverUrl, this.backofficePath, this.bypassAuth);
 		new UmbAppContext(this, { backofficePath: this.backofficePath, serverUrl: this.serverUrl });
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/apps/app/server-connection.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/apps/app/server-connection.ts
index 48fb1d9bf4..5655be20f2 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/apps/app/server-connection.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/apps/app/server-connection.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export class UmbServerConnection {
 	 */
 	async connect() {
 		await this.#setStatus();
+		return this;
 	}
 
 	/**