diff --git a/internal/logger/target/http/http.go b/internal/logger/target/http/http.go
index 9aa3377bf..e8cefdf84 100644
--- a/internal/logger/target/http/http.go
+++ b/internal/logger/target/http/http.go
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ func (h *Target) ping(ctx context.Context) bool {
 	if err := h.send(ctx, []byte(`{}`), webhookCallTimeout); err != nil {
 		return !xnet.IsNetworkOrHostDown(err, false) && !xnet.IsConnRefusedErr(err)
 	}
+	// We are online.
+	h.workerStartMu.Lock()
+	h.lastStarted = time.Now()
+	h.workerStartMu.Unlock()
 	go h.startHTTPLogger(ctx)
 	return true
 }
@@ -199,14 +203,6 @@ func (h *Target) init(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 						return
 					}
 					if h.ping(ctx) {
-						// We are online.
-						if atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&h.status, statusOffline, statusOnline) {
-							h.workerStartMu.Lock()
-							h.lastStarted = time.Now()
-							h.workerStartMu.Unlock()
-							atomic.AddInt64(&h.workers, 1)
-							go h.startHTTPLogger(ctx)
-						}
 						return
 					}
 				}
@@ -214,14 +210,6 @@ func (h *Target) init(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 		})
 		return err
 	}
-
-	if atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&h.status, statusOffline, statusOnline) {
-		h.workerStartMu.Lock()
-		h.lastStarted = time.Now()
-		h.workerStartMu.Unlock()
-		atomic.AddInt64(&h.workers, 1)
-		go h.startHTTPLogger(ctx)
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -306,6 +294,9 @@ func (h *Target) logEntry(ctx context.Context, entry interface{}) {
 }
 
 func (h *Target) startHTTPLogger(ctx context.Context) {
+	atomic.AddInt64(&h.workers, 1)
+	defer atomic.AddInt64(&h.workers, -1)
+
 	h.logChMu.RLock()
 	logCh := h.logCh
 	if logCh != nil {
@@ -314,15 +305,12 @@ func (h *Target) startHTTPLogger(ctx context.Context) {
 		defer h.wg.Done()
 	}
 	h.logChMu.RUnlock()
-
-	defer atomic.AddInt64(&h.workers, -1)
-
 	if logCh == nil {
 		return
 	}
+
 	// Send messages until channel is closed.
 	for entry := range logCh {
-		atomic.AddInt64(&h.totalMessages, 1)
 		h.logEntry(ctx, entry)
 	}
 }
@@ -394,8 +382,10 @@ func (h *Target) Send(ctx context.Context, entry interface{}) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+retry:
 	select {
 	case h.logCh <- entry:
+		atomic.AddInt64(&h.totalMessages, 1)
 	case <-ctx.Done():
 		// return error only for context timedout.
 		if errors.Is(ctx.Err(), context.DeadlineExceeded) {
@@ -407,24 +397,13 @@ func (h *Target) Send(ctx context.Context, entry interface{}) error {
 		if nWorkers < maxWorkers {
 			// Only have one try to start at the same time.
 			h.workerStartMu.Lock()
-			defer h.workerStartMu.Unlock()
-			// Start one max every second.
 			if time.Since(h.lastStarted) > time.Second {
-				if atomic.CompareAndSwapInt64(&h.workers, nWorkers, nWorkers+1) {
-					// Start another logger.
-					h.lastStarted = time.Now()
-					go h.startHTTPLogger(ctx)
-				}
+				h.lastStarted = time.Now()
+				go h.startHTTPLogger(ctx)
 			}
-			select {
-			case h.logCh <- entry:
-			case <-ctx.Done():
-				// return error only for context timedout.
-				if errors.Is(ctx.Err(), context.DeadlineExceeded) {
-					return ctx.Err()
-				}
-			}
-			return nil
+			h.workerStartMu.Unlock()
+
+			goto retry
 		}
 		atomic.AddInt64(&h.totalMessages, 1)
 		atomic.AddInt64(&h.failedMessages, 1)