diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d95a486..3d1f1f9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ msgbox = "0.4.0"
 rust-embed = { version = "5.2.0", features = ["debug-embed"] }
 image = "0.22.3"
 nvim-rs = "0.1.0"
+#nvim-rs = { git = "https://github.com/KillTheMule/nvim-rs", branch = "master" }
 tokio = { version = "0.2.9", features = [ "blocking" ] }
 async-trait = "0.1.18"
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e1c3d67..947ccdf 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,21 +8,20 @@ mod renderer;
 mod error_handling;
 mod ui_commands;
 
-#[macro_use] extern crate async_trait;
 #[macro_use] extern crate derive_new;
 #[macro_use] extern crate rust_embed;
 
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
-use std::thread;
+//use std::thread;
 use std::process::Stdio;
-use std::sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver, Sender};
+use std::sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver};
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use rmpv::Value;
 use nvim_rs::runtime::ChildStdin;
 use nvim_rs::{create, Neovim, UiAttachOptions, Handler};
 use tokio::process::Command;
-use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
+use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 
 use window::ui_loop;
 use editor::Editor;
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ struct NeovimHandler(Arc<Mutex<Editor>>);
 impl Handler for NeovimHandler {
     type Writer = ChildStdin;
 
-    async fn handle_notify(&self, event_name: String, arguments: Vec<Value>, neovim: Neovim<ChildStdin>) {
+    async fn handle_notify(&self, event_name: String, arguments: Vec<Value>, _neovim: Neovim<ChildStdin>) {
         dbg!(&event_name);
         let parsed_events = parse_neovim_event(event_name, arguments)
             .unwrap_or_explained_panic("Could not parse event", "Could not parse event from neovim");
@@ -69,8 +68,7 @@ impl Handler for NeovimHandler {
     }
 }
 
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn start_nvim(editor: Arc<Mutex<Editor>>) -> Sender<UiCommand> {
+async fn start_nvim(editor: Arc<Mutex<Editor>>, receiver: Receiver<UiCommand>) {
     let (mut nvim, io_handler, _) = create::new_child_cmd(&mut create_nvim_command(), NeovimHandler(editor.clone())).await
         .unwrap_or_explained_panic("Could not create nvim process", "Could not locate or start the neovim process");
 
@@ -86,23 +84,31 @@ async fn start_nvim(editor: Arc<Mutex<Editor>>) -> Sender<UiCommand> {
     let mut options = UiAttachOptions::new();
     options.set_linegrid_external(true);
     options.set_rgb(true);
-    nvim.set_var("neovide", Value::Boolean(true)).await;
+    nvim.set_var("neovide", Value::Boolean(true)).await
+        .unwrap_or_explained_panic("Could not communicate.", "Could not communicate with neovim process");
     nvim.ui_attach(INITIAL_WIDTH as i64, INITIAL_HEIGHT as i64, &options).await
         .unwrap_or_explained_panic("Could not attach.", "Could not attach ui to neovim process");
 
-    let (mut sender, receiver) = channel::<UiCommand>();
-    tokio::spawn(async move {
-        while let Ok(ui_command) = spawn_blocking(|| receiver.recv()).await.unwrap() {
-            dbg!(&ui_command);
-            ui_command.execute(&nvim).await;
-        }
-    });
+    loop {
+      let r = receiver.recv();
 
-    sender
+      if let Ok(ui_command) = r {
+        dbg!(&ui_command);
+        ui_command.execute(&nvim).await;
+      } else {
+        return
+      }
+    }
 }
 
 fn main() {
+    let rt = Runtime::new().unwrap();
+
     let editor = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Editor::new(INITIAL_WIDTH, INITIAL_HEIGHT)));
-    let sender = start_nvim(editor.clone());
+    let (sender, receiver) = channel::<UiCommand>();
+    let editor_clone = editor.clone();
+    rt.spawn(async move {
+      start_nvim(editor_clone, receiver).await;
+    });
     ui_loop(editor, sender, (INITIAL_WIDTH, INITIAL_HEIGHT));
 }