diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 86efc16..80c3714 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,20 +2,19 @@
 name = "hotshot-events-service"
 version = "0.1.3"
 edition = "2021"
-
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+async-broadcast = "0.7"
 async-compatibility-layer = { version = "1.1", default-features = false, features = [
     "logging-utils",
 ] }
-async-broadcast = "0.7"
-async-std = { version = "1", features = ["attributes"] }
 async-lock = "2.8"
+async-std = { version = "1", features = ["attributes"] }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 clap = { version = "4.4", features = ["derive", "env"] }
-derive_more = "0.99"
 derivative = "2.2"
+derive_more = "0.99"
 either = { version = "1.10", features = ["serde"] }
 futures = "0.3"
 hotshot-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.36" }
diff --git a/src/api.rs b/src/api.rs
index 0527abc..5f447fb 100644
--- a/src/api.rs
+++ b/src/api.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use tide_disco::api::{Api, ApiError};
 use toml::{map::Entry, Value};
 use vbs::version::StaticVersionType;
 
-pub(crate) fn load_api<State: 'static, Error : 'static, Ver: StaticVersionType + 'static>(
+pub(crate) fn load_api<State: 'static, Error: 'static, Ver: StaticVersionType + 'static>(
     path: Option<impl AsRef<Path>>,
     default: &str,
     extensions: impl IntoIterator<Item = Value>,
diff --git a/src/events_source.rs b/src/events_source.rs
index 7d60658..1ebf6e8 100644
--- a/src/events_source.rs
+++ b/src/events_source.rs
@@ -166,21 +166,21 @@ impl<Types: NodeType> EventsSource<Types> for EventsStreamer<Types> {
 
     async fn get_event_stream(&self) -> Self::EventStream {
         let recv_channel = self.inactive_to_subscribe_clone_recv.activate_cloned();
-        let starup_event_initialized = false;
+        let startup_event_initialized = false;
         let startup_event = self.get_startup_event().clone();
         stream::unfold(
-            (recv_channel, startup_event, starup_event_initialized),
-            |(mut recv_channel, startup_event, mut starup_event_initialized)| async move {
-                let event_res = if starup_event_initialized {
+            (recv_channel, startup_event, startup_event_initialized),
+            |(mut recv_channel, startup_event, mut startup_event_initialized)| async move {
+                let event_res = if startup_event_initialized {
                     recv_channel.recv().await.ok()
                 } else {
-                    starup_event_initialized = true;
+                    startup_event_initialized = true;
                     Some(Arc::new(startup_event.clone()))
                 };
                 event_res.map(|event| {
                     (
                         event,
-                        (recv_channel, startup_event, starup_event_initialized),
+                        (recv_channel, startup_event, startup_event_initialized),
                     )
                 })
             },
@@ -195,7 +195,10 @@ impl<Types: NodeType> EventsStreamer<Types> {
     ) -> Self {
         let (mut subscriber_send_channel, to_subscribe_clone_recv) =
             broadcast::<Arc<BuilderEvent<Types>>>(RETAINED_EVENTS_COUNT);
+        // set the overflow to true to drop older messages from the channel
         subscriber_send_channel.set_overflow(true);
+        // set the await active to false to not block the sender
+        subscriber_send_channel.set_await_active(false);
         let inactive_to_subscribe_clone_recv = to_subscribe_clone_recv.deactivate();
         EventsStreamer {
             subscriber_send_channel,
diff --git a/src/test.rs b/src/test.rs
index 1840d9d..8f6b457 100644
--- a/src/test.rs
+++ b/src/test.rs
@@ -30,9 +30,59 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[async_std::test]
+    async fn test_no_active_receiver() {
+        tracing::info!("Starting test_no_active_receiver");
+        setup_logging();
+        setup_backtrace();
+        let port = portpicker::pick_unused_port().expect("Could not find an open port");
+        let api_url = Url::parse(format!("http://localhost:{port}").as_str()).unwrap();
+
+        let known_nodes_with_stake = vec![];
+        let non_staked_node_count = 0;
+        let events_streamer = Arc::new(RwLock::new(EventsStreamer::new(
+            known_nodes_with_stake,
+            non_staked_node_count,
+        )));
+
+        // Start the web server.
+        let mut app = App::<_, Error>::with_state(events_streamer.clone());
+
+        let hotshot_events_api =
+            define_api::<Arc<RwLock<EventsStreamer<TestTypes>>>, TestTypes, Version01>(
+                &Options::default(),
+            )
+            .expect("Failed to define hotshot eventsAPI");
+
+        app.register_module("hotshot_events", hotshot_events_api)
+            .expect("Failed to register hotshot events API");
+
+        async_spawn(app.serve(api_url, STATIC_VER_0_1));
+        let total_count = 5;
+        let send_handle = async_spawn(async move {
+            let mut send_count = 0;
+            loop {
+                let tx_event = generate_event(send_count);
+                tracing::debug!("Before writing to events_source");
+                events_streamer
+                    .write()
+                    .await
+                    .handle_event(tx_event.clone())
+                    .await;
+                send_count += 1;
+                tracing::debug!("After writing to events_source");
+                if send_count >= total_count {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        send_handle.await;
+    }
+
     #[async_std::test]
     async fn test_event_stream() {
-        tracing::info!("Starting hotshot test_event_stream");
+        tracing::info!("Starting test_event_stream");
         setup_logging();
         setup_backtrace();
 
@@ -107,11 +157,11 @@ mod tests {
                 tracing::info!("Received event in Client 1: {:?}", event);
                 receive_count += 1;
                 if receive_count > total_count {
-                    tracing::info!("Clien1 Received all sent events, exiting loop");
+                    tracing::info!("Client1 Received all sent events, exiting loop");
                     break;
                 }
             }
-            // Offest 1 is due to the startup event info
+            // Offset 1 is due to the startup event info
             assert_eq!(receive_count, total_count + 1);
         });
 
@@ -127,7 +177,7 @@ mod tests {
                     break;
                 }
             }
-            // Offest 1 is due to the startup event info
+            // Offset 1 is due to the startup event info
             assert_eq!(receive_count, total_count + 1);
         });