diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 737636c..d444578 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1206,7 +1206,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
- "tokio 1.2.0",
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f0ee5a5..a5c2f64 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ image = "0.23.7"
 walkdir = "2"
 rayon = "1.3"
 notify = "4.0"
-tokio = "1"
 path-absolutize = "3.0.6"
 log="0.4"
 env_logger="0.8"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index fb7e310..70cd111 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use actix::{Actor, Addr};
 use actix_files::NamedFile;
 use actix_multipart as mp;
-use actix_web::web::{HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Json};
 use actix_web::{get, post, web, App, HttpServer, Responder};
+use actix_web::{
+    middleware,
+    web::{HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Json},
+};
 use notify::{watcher, DebouncedEvent, RecursiveMode, Watcher};
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use serde::Serialize;
@@ -157,7 +160,7 @@ async fn generate_video(
         let filename = name.to_str().expect("Filename should convert to string");
         let playlist = format!("tmp/{}.m3u8", filename);
         if let Some(path) = is_valid_path(&body.path) {
-            if let Ok(child) = create_playlist(&path.to_str().unwrap(), &playlist) {
+            if let Ok(child) = create_playlist(&path.to_str().unwrap(), &playlist).await {
                 data.stream_manager
                     .do_send(ProcessMessage(playlist.clone(), child));
             }
diff --git a/src/video.rs b/src/video.rs
index 4395e66..c143621 100644
--- a/src/video.rs
+++ b/src/video.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl Handler<ProcessMessage> for StreamActor {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn create_playlist(video_path: &str, playlist_file: &str) -> Result<Child> {
+pub async fn create_playlist(video_path: &str, playlist_file: &str) -> Result<Child> {
     if Path::new(playlist_file).exists() {
         debug!("Playlist already exists: {}", playlist_file);
         return Err(std::io::Error::from(std::io::ErrorKind::AlreadyExists));
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pub fn create_playlist(video_path: &str, playlist_file: &str) -> Result<Child> {
         .arg("-c:v")
         .arg("h264")
         .arg("-crf")
-        .arg("23")
+        .arg("21")
         .arg("-preset")
         .arg("veryfast")
         .arg("-hls_time")
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub fn create_playlist(video_path: &str, playlist_file: &str) -> Result<Child> {
 
     let start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
     loop {
-        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1));
+        actix::clock::delay_for(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
 
         if Path::new(playlist_file).exists()
             || std::time::Instant::now() - start_time > std::time::Duration::from_secs(5)