diff --git a/packages/aws-appsync/src/client.ts b/packages/aws-appsync/src/client.ts
index 26c4b2d4..52120f6e 100644
--- a/packages/aws-appsync/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-appsync/src/client.ts
@@ -28,14 +28,17 @@ import { createRetryLink } from './link/retry-link';
 import { boundEnqueueDeltaSync, buildSync, DELTASYNC_KEY, hashForOptions } from "./deltaSync";
 import { Subscription } from 'apollo-client/util/Observable';
 import { PERMANENT_ERROR_KEY } from './link/retry-link';
+import { OfflineStatusChangeCallbackCreator } from './store';
+import defaultOfflineConfig from '@redux-offline/redux-offline/lib/defaults';
 
+const { detectNetwork: defaultDetectNetwork } = defaultOfflineConfig;
 
 export { defaultDataIdFromObject };
 
 class CatchErrorLink extends ApolloLink {
-    
+
     private link: ApolloLink;
-    
+
     constructor(linkGenerator: () => ApolloLink) {
         try {
             super();
@@ -146,6 +149,7 @@ export interface AWSAppSyncClientOptions {
     cacheOptions?: ApolloReducerConfig,
     disableOffline?: boolean,
     offlineConfig?: OfflineConfig,
+    detectNetwork?: OfflineStatusChangeCallbackCreator,
 }
 
 export type OfflineConfig = Pick<Partial<StoreOptions<any>>, 'storage' | 'callback' | 'keyPrefix'> & {
@@ -193,6 +197,7 @@ class AWSAppSyncClient<TCacheShape extends NormalizedCacheObject> extends Apollo
             callback = () => { },
             storeCacheRootMutation = false,
         } = {},
+        detectNetwork = defaultDetectNetwork,
     }: AWSAppSyncClientOptions, options?: Partial<ApolloClientOptions<TCacheShape>>) {
         const { cache: customCache = undefined, link: customLink = undefined } = options || {};
 
@@ -216,7 +221,8 @@ class AWSAppSyncClient<TCacheShape extends NormalizedCacheObject> extends Apollo
             dataIdFromObject,
             storage,
             keyPrefix,
-            callback
+            callback,
+            detectNetwork,
         });
         const cache: ApolloCache<any> = disableOffline
             ? (customCache || new InMemoryCache(cacheOptions))
diff --git a/packages/aws-appsync/src/store.ts b/packages/aws-appsync/src/store.ts
index 892c96a8..f2cfc313 100644
--- a/packages/aws-appsync/src/store.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-appsync/src/store.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { OfflineAction, NetInfo, NetworkCallback } from '@redux-offline/redux-of
 import { offlineEffectConfig as deltaSyncConfig } from "./deltaSync";
 import { Observable } from 'apollo-link';
 
-const { detectNetwork } = defaultOfflineConfig;
 
 const logger = rootLogger.extend('store');
 
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ export type StoreOptions<TCacheShape extends NormalizedCacheObject> = {
     keyPrefix?: string,
     storage?: any,
     callback: OfflineCallback,
+    detectNetwork?: OfflineStatusChangeCallbackCreator
 };
 
 export const DEFAULT_KEY_PREFIX = REDUX_PERSIST_KEY_PREFIX;
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const newStore = <TCacheShape extends NormalizedCacheObject>({
     keyPrefix,
     storage,
     callback = () => { },
+    detectNetwork,
 }: StoreOptions<TCacheShape>): Store<any> => {
     logger('Creating store');
 
@@ -83,9 +84,10 @@ const newStore = <TCacheShape extends NormalizedCacheObject>({
                     store,
                     clientGetter(),
                     callback,
-                    detectNetwork as OfflineStatusChangeCallbackCreator
+                    detectNetwork
                 ),
                 discard: (error, action, retries) => discard(callback, error, action, retries),
+                detectNetwork
             })
         )
     );