diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6320e98..7cb9542 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 authors = ["Wyatt J. Miller <wjmiller2016@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 name = "bleak"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 
 [dependencies]
 chrono = "0.4.11"
@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@ serde_json = "1.0.53"
 smart-leds = "0.3.0"
 ws2812-spi = "0.3.0"
 
+[dependencies.async-std]
+version = "*"
+
 [dependencies.rppal]
 features = ["hal"]
 version = "0.11.3"
 
 [dependencies.reqwest]
-version = "0.9.24"
+version = "0.10.9"
 
 [dependencies.openssl]
 features = ["vendored"]
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 8d40f58..a5e7fae 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use async_std::{prelude::*, task};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ impl Configuration {
             port = self.port
         );
 
-        let response = request::get_request(&request);
+        let response = task::block_on(request::get_request(&request));
         
         match response {
             Ok(res) =>  {
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ impl Configuration {
             port = self.port
         );
         
-        let response = request::get_request(&request);
+        let response = task::block_on(request::get_request(&request));
         match response {
             Ok(res) =>  {
                 let document = Document::from_read(res)
diff --git a/src/request.rs b/src/request.rs
index 405f629..df08cf4 100644
--- a/src/request.rs
+++ b/src/request.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-pub fn get_request(request: &String) -> Result<reqwest::Response, reqwest::Error> {
-    let response = reqwest::get(request);
+use async_std::{prelude::*, io};
+
+pub async fn get_request(request: &String) -> io::Result<reqwest::Response, reqwest::Error> {
+    let response = reqwest::get(request).await?;
     response
 }
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