# Wait for server initialization

To manually trigger and wait for server initialization, use the `initIfNeeded` method:

{% code title="src/lib/getHypertune.ts" %}

```typescript
import { createSource } from '../generated/hypertune'

const hypertuneSource = createSource({
  token: process.env.HYPERTUNE_TOKEN!,
  initDataRefreshIntervalMs: 5_000,
})

export default async function getHypertune() {
  await hypertuneSource.initIfNeeded()

  return hypertuneSource.root({
    args: {
      context: {
        environment:
          process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
            ? 'development'
            : 'production',
        user: {
          id: 'e23cc9a8-0287-40aa-8500-6802df91e56a',
          name: 'Example User',
          email: 'user@example.com',
        },
      },
    },
  })
}
```

{% endcode %}

When using `initIfNeeded`, the `initDataRefreshIntervalMs` option specifies the minimum time between initialization requests.

For example, if you set this to `5_000`, `initIfNeeded` will only trigger a new initialization request if the last one was over 5 seconds ago.

So you can await `initIfNeeded` on every backend request to ensure flag values are fresh while minimizing network latency and bandwidth.

This is particularly useful in [serverless and edge environments](/sdk-reference/serverless-environments.md) like Vercel deployments, Cloudflare Workers, AWS Lambdas, etc, where background SDK tasks like fetching updates aren't guaranteed to execute.

## Check for server initialization

To check for server initialization, use the `getLastInitDataRefreshTime` method:

{% code title="src/components/ClientComponent.tsx" %}

```tsx
import { useHypertune } from '../generated/hypertune.react'

export default function ClientComponent() {
  const hypertune = useHypertune()

  if (!hypertune.getLastInitDataRefreshTime()) {
    return null
  }

  const exampleFlag = hypertune.exampleFlag({ fallback: false })

  return <div>Example Flag: {String(exampleFlag)}</div>
}
```

{% endcode %}


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