diff --git a/confluent_server/bin/confluent b/confluent_server/bin/confluent
index b5f56fe2..5eebfd75 100755
--- a/confluent_server/bin/confluent
+++ b/confluent_server/bin/confluent
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import asyncio
 import sys
 import os
 
@@ -35,12 +34,12 @@ import confluent.main
 #try:
 import multiprocessing
 
-async def main():
-    await confluent.main.run(sys.argv)
+def main():
+    confluent.main.run(sys.argv)
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     #multiprocessing.freeze_support()
     #asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(main())
-    asyncio.run(main())
+    main()
     #gt = spawn_for_awaitable(confluent.main.run(sys.argv))
     #gt.wait()
 #except:
diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/main.py b/confluent_server/confluent/main.py
index facb326f..bd8fea6b 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/main.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/main.py
@@ -276,8 +276,7 @@ def migrate_db():
     configmanager.init()
 
 
-async def run(args):
-    asyncio.get_event_loop().set_debug(True)
+def run(args):
     setlimits()
     try:
         configmanager.ConfigManager(None)
@@ -314,6 +313,10 @@ async def run(args):
         _redirectoutput()
     if havefcntl:
         _updatepidfile()
+    asyncio.run(asyncrun())
+
+async def asyncrun():
+    asyncio.get_event_loop().set_debug(True)
     signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, terminate)
     signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, terminate)
     atexit.register(doexit)