diff --git a/src/cmd/src/standalone.rs b/src/cmd/src/standalone.rs
index 8edf3bf2cb..10714d88e5 100644
--- a/src/cmd/src/standalone.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/src/standalone.rs
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ impl StartCommand {
             table_metadata_manager.clone(),
         )
         .with_kv_backend(kv_backend.clone());
-        let flownode = Arc::new(flow_builder.build());
+        let flownode = Arc::new(flow_builder.build().await);
 
         let builder =
             DatanodeBuilder::new(dn_opts, fe_plugins.clone()).with_kv_backend(kv_backend.clone());
diff --git a/src/flow/src/adapter.rs b/src/flow/src/adapter.rs
index e5fbf7713b..bbd4abcb54 100644
--- a/src/flow/src/adapter.rs
+++ b/src/flow/src/adapter.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use common_meta::key::table_info::{TableInfoManager, TableInfoValue};
 use common_meta::key::table_name::{TableNameKey, TableNameManager};
 use common_meta::key::{TableMetadataManager, TableMetadataManagerRef};
 use common_meta::kv_backend::KvBackendRef;
+use common_telemetry::info;
 use greptime_proto::v1;
 use hydroflow::scheduled::graph::Hydroflow;
 use itertools::Itertools;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ use smallvec::SmallVec;
 use snafu::{OptionExt, ResultExt};
 use store_api::storage::RegionId;
 use table::metadata::TableId;
-use tokio::sync::{broadcast, mpsc, oneshot, Mutex};
+use tokio::sync::{broadcast, mpsc, oneshot, Mutex, RwLock};
 use tokio::task::LocalSet;
 
 use crate::adapter::error::{
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ impl FlownodeBuilder {
     }
 
     /// TODO(discord9): error handling
-    pub fn build(self) -> FlownodeManager {
+    pub async fn build(self) -> FlownodeManager {
         let query_engine_factory = QueryEngineFactory::new_with_plugins(
             // query engine in flownode only translate plan with resolved table source.
             MemoryCatalogManager::with_default_setup(),
@@ -131,10 +132,12 @@ impl FlownodeBuilder {
             let (flow_node_manager, mut worker) =
                 FlownodeManager::new_with_worker(node_id, query_engine, self.table_meta.clone());
             let _ = tx.send(flow_node_manager);
+            info!("Flow Worker started in new thread");
             worker.run();
         });
-
-        rx.blocking_recv().unwrap()
+        let man = rx.await.unwrap();
+        info!("Flow Node Manager started");
+        man
     }
 }
 
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ pub struct FlownodeManager {
     query_engine: Arc<dyn QueryEngine>,
     /// Getting table name and table schema from table info manager
     table_info_source: TableInfoSource,
-    frontend_invoker: Mutex<Option<Box<dyn FrontendInvoker + Send + Sync>>>,
+    frontend_invoker: RwLock<Option<Box<dyn FrontendInvoker + Send + Sync>>>,
     /// contains mapping from table name to global id, and table schema
     node_context: Mutex<FlowNodeContext>,
     tick_manager: FlowTickManager,
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ impl FlownodeManager {
 
     /// set frontend invoker
     pub async fn set_frontend_invoker(&self, frontend: Box<dyn FrontendInvoker + Send + Sync>) {
-        *self.frontend_invoker.lock().await = Some(frontend);
+        *self.frontend_invoker.write().await = Some(frontend);
     }
 
     /// Create **without** setting `frontend_invoker`
@@ -213,7 +216,7 @@ impl FlownodeManager {
             worker_handles,
             query_engine,
             table_info_source: srv_map,
-            frontend_invoker: Mutex::new(None),
+            frontend_invoker: RwLock::new(None),
             node_context: Mutex::new(node_context),
             tick_manager,
             node_id,
@@ -445,7 +448,7 @@ impl FlownodeManager {
                         };
                         req_cnt += 1;
                         self.frontend_invoker
-                            .lock()
+                            .read()
                             .await
                             .as_ref()
                             .with_context(|| UnexpectedSnafu {
@@ -470,7 +473,7 @@ impl FlownodeManager {
 
                         req_cnt += 1;
                         self.frontend_invoker
-                            .lock()
+                            .read()
                             .await
                             .as_ref()
                             .with_context(|| UnexpectedSnafu {
diff --git a/tests-integration/src/standalone.rs b/tests-integration/src/standalone.rs
index 86da0de5a1..4fad9e4b2e 100644
--- a/tests-integration/src/standalone.rs
+++ b/tests-integration/src/standalone.rs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ impl GreptimeDbStandaloneBuilder {
             table_metadata_manager.clone(),
         )
         .with_kv_backend(kv_backend.clone());
-        let flownode = Arc::new(flow_builder.build());
+        let flownode = Arc::new(flow_builder.build().await);
 
         let flow_metadata_manager = Arc::new(FlowMetadataManager::new(kv_backend.clone()));
         let multi_cache_invalidator = Arc::new(MultiCacheInvalidator::default());