diff --git a/doorboy.py b/doorboy.py
index a317a89..41e6e52 100644
--- a/doorboy.py
+++ b/doorboy.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from sanic import Sanic, response
 from sanic.response import text, json, stream
 from motor.motor_asyncio import AsyncIOMotorClient
-import uvloop, asyncio
+import asyncio
 import pymongo
 import os
 import const
@@ -59,6 +59,4 @@ async def view_longpoll(request):
     return stream(g, content_type="text/event-stream")
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(uvloop.EventLoopPolicy()) # swap default event loop to uvloop
-    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-    app.run(host='::', debug=False, loop=loop)
+    app.run(debug=False, host='::')