diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 3e9d9de08..7e30dff76 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
         "7860",
         "--reload",
         "--log-level",
-        "debug"
+        "debug",
+        "--loop",
+        "asyncio"
       ],
       "jinja": true,
       "justMyCode": false,
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 13aa20b49..b66018897 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ backend:
 	@-kill -9 `lsof -t -i:7860`
 ifeq ($(login),1)
 	@echo "Running backend without autologin";
-	poetry run uvicorn --factory langflow.main:create_app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7860 --reload --env-file .env
+	poetry run uvicorn --factory langflow.main:create_app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7860 --reload --env-file .env --loop asyncio
 else
 	@echo "Running backend with autologin";
-	LANGFLOW_AUTO_LOGIN=True poetry run uvicorn --factory langflow.main:create_app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7860 --reload --env-file .env
+	LANGFLOW_AUTO_LOGIN=True poetry run uvicorn --factory langflow.main:create_app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7860 --reload --env-file .env --loop asyncio
 endif
 
 build_and_run:
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/main.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/main.py
index baf0e6740..0aa55b2d9 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/main.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/main.py
@@ -130,4 +130,5 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         workers=get_number_of_workers(),
         log_level="debug",
         reload=True,
+        loop="asyncio",
     )