diff --git a/kinesis.go b/kinesis.go
index e6777a4..d528f08 100644
--- a/kinesis.go
+++ b/kinesis.go
@@ -91,9 +91,41 @@ type kinesis struct {
 }
 
 func (k *kinesis) initWithStartTime(stream, shard, shardIteratorType, accessKey, secretKey, region string, endpoint string, startTime *time.Time) (*kinesis, error) {
-	k.startTime = startTime
+	httpClient := &http.Client{
+		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			Dial: (&net.Dialer{
+				Timeout: DialTimeout,
+			}).Dial,
+			TLSHandshakeTimeout: HandShakeTimeout},
+		Timeout: HTTPTimeout,
+	}
+	sess, err := authenticate(accessKey, secretKey)
+	awsConf := aws.NewConfig().WithRegion(region).WithHTTPClient(httpClient)
+	if conf.Debug.Verbose {
+		awsConf = awsConf.WithLogLevel(aws.LogDebugWithRequestRetries | aws.LogDebugWithRequestErrors)
+	}
+
+	if k.endPoint != "" {
+		awsConf = awsConf.WithEndpoint(k.endPoint)
+	} else if endpoint != "" {
+		awsConf = awsConf.WithEndpoint(endpoint)
+	}
+
+	client := awsKinesis.New(sess, awsConf)
+
+	k = &kinesis{
+		stream:            stream,
+		shard:             shard,
+		shardIteratorType: "AT_TIMESTAMP",
+		client:            client,
+		startTime:         startTime,
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return k, err
+	}
 
-	return k.init(stream, shard, "AT_TIMESTAMP", accessKey, secretKey, region, endpoint)
+	err = k.initShardIterator()
+	return k, err
 }
 
 func (k *kinesis) init(stream, shard, shardIteratorType, accessKey, secretKey, region string, endpoint string) (*kinesis, error) {