diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/src/org/eclipse/glsp/server/internal/actions/DefaultActionDispatcher.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/src/org/eclipse/glsp/server/internal/actions/DefaultActionDispatcher.java
index 4f26f60c..a877ffa2 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/src/org/eclipse/glsp/server/internal/actions/DefaultActionDispatcher.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/src/org/eclipse/glsp/server/internal/actions/DefaultActionDispatcher.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2019-2023 EclipseSource and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2024 EclipseSource and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ public class DefaultActionDispatcher extends Disposable implements ActionDispatc
    @Inject
    protected ClientActionForwarder clientActionForwarder;
 
-   protected final String name;
+   protected String name;
 
-   protected final Thread thread;
+   protected Thread thread;
 
    protected final BlockingQueue<Action> actionsQueue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(100, true);
 
@@ -87,11 +87,23 @@ public class DefaultActionDispatcher extends Disposable implements ActionDispatc
    protected Provider<GLSPClient> client;
 
    public DefaultActionDispatcher() {
+      this.initialize();
+   }
+
+   protected void initialize() {
       this.name = getClass().getSimpleName() + " " + COUNT.incrementAndGet();
-      this.thread = new Thread(this::runThread);
-      this.thread.setName(this.name);
-      this.thread.setDaemon(true);
-      this.thread.start();
+      this.thread = this.createThread();
+      this.initializeThread(thread, name);
+      thread.start();
+   }
+
+   protected Thread createThread() {
+      return new Thread(this::runThread);
+   }
+
+   protected void initializeThread(final Thread thread, final String name) {
+      thread.setName(name);
+      thread.setDaemon(true);
    }
 
    @Override