dist/index.js

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export class SwarmClient extends Client {
         this._ready = undefined;
     }
     async start() {
-        await this._connectBackoff.run(() => this.init());
+        this._connectBackoff.run(() => this.init());
         this._connectBackoff.on("retry", (error) => {
             this.logErr(error);
         });

src/index.ts

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export class SwarmClient extends Client {
   }
 
   async start(): Promise<void> {
-    await this._connectBackoff.run(() => this.init());
+    this._connectBackoff.run(() => this.init());
 
     this._connectBackoff.on("retry", (error: any) => {
       this.logErr(error);