diff --git a/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.GetEventStore/EventSourcing/GetEventStore.cs b/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.GetEventStore/EventSourcing/GetEventStore.cs
index 70036d8ee..7f95c5e92 100644
--- a/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.GetEventStore/EventSourcing/GetEventStore.cs
+++ b/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.GetEventStore/EventSourcing/GetEventStore.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using EventStore.ClientAPI;
+using EventStore.ClientAPI.Projections;
 
 namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
 {
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
         private readonly IEventStoreConnection connection;
         private readonly string projectionHost;
         private readonly string prefix;
+        private ProjectionsManager projectionsManager;
 
         public GetEventStore(IEventStoreConnection connection, string prefix, string projectionHost)
         {
@@ -33,10 +35,6 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
             this.prefix = prefix?.Trim(' ', '-').WithFallback("squidex");
         }
 
-        public GetEventStore()
-        {
-        }
-
         public void Initialize()
         {
             try
@@ -47,23 +45,34 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
             {
                 throw new ConfigurationException("Cannot connect to event store.", ex);
             }
+
+            try
+            {
+                projectionsManager = connection.GetProjectionsManagerAsync(projectionHost).Result;
+
+                projectionsManager.ListAllAsync(connection.Settings.DefaultUserCredentials).Wait();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                throw new ConfigurationException($"Cannot connect to event store projections: {projectionHost}.", ex);
+            }
         }
 
         public IEventSubscription CreateSubscription(IEventSubscriber subscriber, string streamFilter, string position = null)
         {
-            return new GetEventStoreSubscription(connection, subscriber, projectionHost, prefix, position, streamFilter);
+            return new GetEventStoreSubscription(connection, subscriber, projectionsManager, prefix, position, streamFilter);
         }
 
         public async Task GetEventsAsync(Func<StoredEvent, Task> callback, CancellationToken cancellationToken, string streamFilter = null, string position = null)
         {
-            var streamName = await connection.CreateProjectionAsync(projectionHost, prefix, streamFilter);
+            var streamName = await connection.CreateProjectionAsync(projectionsManager, prefix, streamFilter);
 
             var sliceStart = ProjectionHelper.ParsePosition(position);
 
             StreamEventsSlice currentSlice;
             do
             {
-                currentSlice = await connection.ReadStreamEventsForwardAsync(GetStreamName(streamName), sliceStart, ReadPageSize, false);
+                currentSlice = await connection.ReadStreamEventsForwardAsync(streamName, sliceStart, ReadPageSize, false);
 
                 if (currentSlice.Status == SliceReadStatus.Success)
                 {
diff --git a/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.GetEventStore/EventSourcing/GetEventStoreSubscription.cs b/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.GetEventStore/EventSourcing/GetEventStoreSubscription.cs
index 607089bb1..0739cfb6c 100644
--- a/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.GetEventStore/EventSourcing/GetEventStoreSubscription.cs
+++ b/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.GetEventStore/EventSourcing/GetEventStoreSubscription.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using EventStore.ClientAPI;
 using EventStore.ClientAPI.Exceptions;
+using EventStore.ClientAPI.Projections;
 using Squidex.Infrastructure.Tasks;
 
 namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
         public GetEventStoreSubscription(
             IEventStoreConnection eventStoreConnection,
             IEventSubscriber eventSubscriber,
-            string projectionHost,
+            ProjectionsManager projectionsManager,
             string prefix,
             string position,
             string streamFilter)
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
             this.eventSubscriber = eventSubscriber;
             this.position = ProjectionHelper.ParsePositionOrNull(position);
 
-            var streamName = eventStoreConnection.CreateProjectionAsync(projectionHost, prefix, streamFilter).Result;
+            var streamName = eventStoreConnection.CreateProjectionAsync(projectionsManager, prefix, streamFilter).Result;
 
             subscription = SubscribeToStream(streamName);
         }
diff --git a/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.GetEventStore/EventSourcing/ProjectionHelper.cs b/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.GetEventStore/EventSourcing/ProjectionHelper.cs
index ee9905dd5..4cebf8f5d 100644
--- a/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.GetEventStore/EventSourcing/ProjectionHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.GetEventStore/EventSourcing/ProjectionHelper.cs
@@ -29,14 +29,12 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
             return string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, ProjectionName, prefix.Simplify(), filter.Simplify());
         }
 
-        public static async Task<string> CreateProjectionAsync(this IEventStoreConnection connection, string projectionHost, string prefix, string streamFilter = null)
+        public static async Task<string> CreateProjectionAsync(this IEventStoreConnection connection, ProjectionsManager projectionsManager, string prefix, string streamFilter = null)
         {
             var streamName = ParseFilter(prefix, streamFilter);
 
             if (SubscriptionsCreated.TryAdd(streamName, true))
             {
-                var projectsManager = await ConnectToProjections(connection, projectionHost);
-
                 var projectionConfig =
                     $@"fromAll()
                         .when({{
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
                 {
                     var credentials = connection.Settings.DefaultUserCredentials;
 
-                    await projectsManager.CreateContinuousAsync($"${streamName}", projectionConfig, credentials);
+                    await projectionsManager.CreateContinuousAsync($"${streamName}", projectionConfig, credentials);
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
             return streamName;
         }
 
-        private static async Task<ProjectionsManager> ConnectToProjections(IEventStoreConnection connection, string projectionHost)
+        public static async Task<ProjectionsManager> GetProjectionsManagerAsync(this IEventStoreConnection connection, string projectionHost)
         {
             var addressParts = projectionHost.Split(':');