diff --git a/apps/efka/src/client/efka_client.erl b/apps/efka/src/client/efka_client.erl
index 8398567..e31656c 100644
--- a/apps/efka/src/client/efka_client.erl
+++ b/apps/efka/src/client/efka_client.erl
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ send_event(EventType, Params) when is_integer(EventType), is_binary(Params) ->
 -spec(start_link(ServiceId :: binary(), Host :: string(), Port :: integer()) ->
     {ok, Pid :: pid()} | ignore | {error, Reason :: term()}).
 start_link(ServiceId, Host, Port) when is_binary(ServiceId), is_list(Host), is_integer(Port) ->
-    gen_server:start_link(?MODULE, [ServiceId, Host, Port], []).
+    gen_server:start_link({local, ?MODULE}, ?MODULE, [ServiceId, Host, Port], []).
 
 %%%===================================================================
 %%% gen_server callbacks