diff --git a/src/obelisk/asynchronous/core.py b/src/obelisk/asynchronous/core.py
index 9d865ba..85a18fb 100644
--- a/src/obelisk/asynchronous/core.py
+++ b/src/obelisk/asynchronous/core.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 from typing_extensions import Self
 from numbers import Number
 
+from obelisk.strategies.retry import NoRetryStrategy, RetryStrategy
+from obelisk.types import ObeliskKind
+
 
 DataType = Literal['number', 'number[]', 'json', 'bool', 'string']
 """The possible types of data Obelisk can accept"""
@@ -180,6 +183,16 @@ class Client(BaseClient):
     page_limit: int = 250
     """How many datapoints to request per page in a cursored fetch"""
 
+
+    def __init__(self, client: str, secret: str,
+                 retry_strategy: RetryStrategy = NoRetryStrategy()) -> None:
+        BaseClient.__init__(
+            client=client,
+            secret=secret,
+            retry_strategy=retry_strategy,
+            kind=ObeliskKind.CORE
+        )
+
     async def send(
         self,
         dataset: str,