diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0b35ac..977c88d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 ## Upcoming 
 * (please add here)
 
+## 1.1.2 - 2022-07-08
+Added functionality to start initial syncs and syncs on paused connectors via the FivetranOperator 
+
 ## [1.1.1](https://github.com/fivetran/airflow-provider-fivetran/compare/v1.1.0...v1.1.1) - 2022-06-21
 Fixed timestamp comparisons in `start_fivetran_sync` to be compare between pendulum.datetime.datetime instead of comparing strings
 
diff --git a/fivetran_provider/hooks/fivetran.py b/fivetran_provider/hooks/fivetran.py
index 052da0d..fa371a9 100644
--- a/fivetran_provider/hooks/fivetran.py
+++ b/fivetran_provider/hooks/fivetran.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class FivetranHook(BaseHook):
     default_conn_name = "fivetran_default"
     conn_type = "fivetran"
     hook_name = "Fivetran"
-    api_user_agent = "airflow_provider_fivetran/1.1.1"
+    api_user_agent = "airflow_provider_fivetran/1.1.2"
     api_protocol = "https"
     api_host = "api.fivetran.com"
     api_path_connectors = "v1/connectors/"
@@ -230,11 +230,15 @@ def start_fivetran_sync(self, connector_id):
         :return: Timestamp of previously completed sync
         :rtype: str
         """
-        endpoint = self.api_path_connectors + connector_id + "/force"
-        self._do_api_call(("POST", endpoint))
         connector_details = self.get_connector(connector_id)
         succeeded_at = connector_details["succeeded_at"]
         failed_at = connector_details["failed_at"]
+        endpoint = self.api_path_connectors + connector_id
+        if self._do_api_call(("GET", endpoint))['data']['paused'] == True:
+            self._do_api_call(("PATCH", endpoint),json.dumps({"paused": False}))
+            if succeeded_at == None and failed_at == None:
+                succeeded_at = str(pendulum.now())
+        self._do_api_call(("POST", endpoint + "/force"))
         last_sync = (
             succeeded_at
             if self._parse_timestamp(succeeded_at) > self._parse_timestamp(failed_at)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c1194c8..d4b0843 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = airflow-provider-fivetran
-version = 1.1.1
+version = 1.1.2
 description = A Fivetran provider for Apache Airflow
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown