diff --git a/net/webrtc/src/signaller/imp.rs b/net/webrtc/src/signaller/imp.rs
index 924c067ae..b44552008 100644
--- a/net/webrtc/src/signaller/imp.rs
+++ b/net/webrtc/src/signaller/imp.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 
-use crate::webrtcsink::WebRTCSink;
+use crate::webrtcsink::{RUNTIME, WebRTCSink};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Error};
-use tokio::runtime;
 use tokio::task;
 use async_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message as WsMessage;
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
@@ -25,14 +24,6 @@ static CAT: Lazy<gst::DebugCategory> = Lazy::new(|| {
     )
 });
 
-static RUNTIME: Lazy<runtime::Runtime> = Lazy::new(|| {
-    runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
-        .enable_all()
-        .worker_threads(1)
-        .build()
-        .unwrap()
-});
-
 #[derive(Default)]
 struct State {
     /// Sender for the websocket messages
diff --git a/net/webrtc/src/webrtcsink/imp.rs b/net/webrtc/src/webrtcsink/imp.rs
index 22ba814a1..071d68a2d 100644
--- a/net/webrtc/src/webrtcsink/imp.rs
+++ b/net/webrtc/src/webrtcsink/imp.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use gst_utils::StreamProducer;
 use gst_video::subclass::prelude::*;
 use gst_webrtc::WebRTCDataChannel;
 
-use tokio::runtime;
 use futures::prelude::*;
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Error};
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ use std::sync::Mutex;
 
 use super::homegrown_cc::CongestionController;
 use super::{WebRTCSinkCongestionControl, WebRTCSinkError, WebRTCSinkMitigationMode};
+use crate::webrtcsink::RUNTIME;
 use crate::signaller::Signaller;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@ static CAT: Lazy<gst::DebugCategory> = Lazy::new(|| {
     )
 });
 
-static RUNTIME: Lazy<runtime::Runtime> = Lazy::new(|| {
-    runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
-        .enable_all()
-        .worker_threads(1)
-        .build()
-        .unwrap()
-});
-
 const CUDA_MEMORY_FEATURE: &str = "memory:CUDAMemory";
 const GL_MEMORY_FEATURE: &str = "memory:GLMemory";
 const NVMM_MEMORY_FEATURE: &str = "memory:NVMM";
diff --git a/net/webrtc/src/webrtcsink/mod.rs b/net/webrtc/src/webrtcsink/mod.rs
index b0daccf4c..1446112f2 100644
--- a/net/webrtc/src/webrtcsink/mod.rs
+++ b/net/webrtc/src/webrtcsink/mod.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ use gst::glib;
 use gst::prelude::*;
 use gst::subclass::prelude::*;
 use std::error::Error;
+use tokio::runtime;
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 
 mod homegrown_cc;
 mod imp;
@@ -165,3 +167,11 @@ pub fn register(plugin: &gst::Plugin) -> Result<(), glib::BoolError> {
         WebRTCSink::static_type(),
     )
 }
+
+pub static RUNTIME: Lazy<runtime::Runtime> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .worker_threads(1)
+        .build()
+        .unwrap()
+});