diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 13e60ff..93c055d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ clap = { version = "4.1.13", default-features = false, features = ["std", "deriv
 env_logger = { version = "0.10.0", default-features = false }
 log = { version = "0.4.17", default-features = false }
 nom = { version = "7.1.3", default-features = false }
+tokio = { version = "1.27.0", default-features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "io-std", "io-util", "macros", "time", "process"] }
diff --git a/src/handshake.rs b/src/handshake.rs
index b0c0a3d..a69989d 100644
--- a/src/handshake.rs
+++ b/src/handshake.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ use crate::stdin_reader::StdinReader;
 pub const CONFIG_END: &[u8] = b"config|ready\n";
 pub const CONFIG_TAG: &[u8] = b"config|";
 
-pub fn read_config(reader: &mut StdinReader) {
+pub async fn read_config(reader: &mut StdinReader) {
 	loop {
-		let line = reader.read_line();
+		let line = reader.read_line().await;
 		if line == CONFIG_END {
 			log::trace!("configuration is ready");
 			return;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0d61563..3685cdf 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -56,25 +56,27 @@ macro_rules! log_messages {
 	};
 }
 
-fn main() {
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 	match config::Config::init() {
 		Ok(cnf) => {
 			logs::init_log_system(&cnf);
 			log::debug!("{cnf:?}");
-			main_loop(&cnf)
+			main_loop(&cnf).await
 		}
 		Err(e) => eprintln!("{e}"),
 	}
+	Ok(())
 }
 
-fn main_loop(cnf: &config::Config) {
+async fn main_loop(cnf: &config::Config) {
 	let mut reader = StdinReader::new();
 	let mut messages: HashMap<String, Message> = HashMap::new();
-	handshake::read_config(&mut reader);
+	handshake::read_config(&mut reader).await;
 	handshake::register_filter();
 	log_messages!(messages);
 	loop {
-		match Entry::from_bytes(&reader.read_line()) {
+		match Entry::from_bytes(&reader.read_line().await) {
 			Ok(entry) => {
 				let msg_id = entry.get_msg_id();
 				match messages.get_mut(&msg_id) {
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ fn main_loop(cnf: &config::Config) {
 							msg.append_line(entry.get_data());
 						} else {
 							log::debug!("message ready: {msg_id}");
-							msg.sign_and_return(&cnf);
+							msg.sign_and_return(&cnf).await;
 							messages.remove(&msg_id);
 							log::debug!("message removed: {msg_id}");
 						}
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ fn main_loop(cnf: &config::Config) {
 							messages.insert(msg_id, msg);
 						} else {
 							log::debug!("empty new message: {msg_id}");
-							msg.sign_and_return(&cnf);
+							msg.sign_and_return(&cnf).await;
 						}
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/src/message.rs b/src/message.rs
index b79a56f..c394508 100644
--- a/src/message.rs
+++ b/src/message.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::entry::Entry;
 use crate::parsed_message::ParsedMessage;
-use std::io::{BufWriter, Write};
+use tokio::io::{AsyncWriteExt, BufWriter};
 
 pub const RETURN_SEP: &[u8] = b"|";
 pub const RETURN_START: &[u8] = b"filter-dataline|";
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ impl Message {
 		self.nb_lines
 	}
 
-	pub fn sign_and_return(&self, cnf: &Config) {
+	pub async fn sign_and_return(&self, cnf: &Config) {
 		log::trace!("content: {}", crate::display_bytes!(&self.content));
 		match ParsedMessage::from_bytes(&self.content) {
 			Ok(parsed_msg) => {
@@ -80,25 +80,26 @@ impl Message {
 				log::error!("{}: unable to parse message", self.session_id);
 			}
 		}
-		self.print_msg();
+		self.print_msg().await;
 	}
 
-	fn print_msg(&self) {
+	async fn print_msg(&self) {
 		let i = self.content.len() - 1;
 		for line in self.content[0..i].split(|&b| b == b'\n') {
-			self.print_line(line);
+			self.print_line(line).await;
 		}
-		self.print_line(b".");
+		self.print_line(b".").await;
 	}
 
-	fn print_line(&self, line: &[u8]) {
-		let mut stdout = BufWriter::new(std::io::stdout());
-		stdout.write_all(RETURN_START).unwrap();
-		stdout.write_all(self.session_id.as_bytes()).unwrap();
-		stdout.write_all(RETURN_SEP).unwrap();
-		stdout.write_all(self.token.as_bytes()).unwrap();
-		stdout.write_all(RETURN_SEP).unwrap();
-		stdout.write_all(line).unwrap();
-		stdout.write_all(b"\n").unwrap();
+	async fn print_line(&self, line: &[u8]) {
+		let mut stdout = BufWriter::new(tokio::io::stdout());
+		stdout.write_all(RETURN_START).await.unwrap();
+		stdout.write_all(self.session_id.as_bytes()).await.unwrap();
+		stdout.write_all(RETURN_SEP).await.unwrap();
+		stdout.write_all(self.token.as_bytes()).await.unwrap();
+		stdout.write_all(RETURN_SEP).await.unwrap();
+		stdout.write_all(line).await.unwrap();
+		stdout.write_all(b"\n").await.unwrap();
+		stdout.flush().await.unwrap();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/stdin_reader.rs b/src/stdin_reader.rs
index ba16ba9..1868173 100644
--- a/src/stdin_reader.rs
+++ b/src/stdin_reader.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
 use crate::display_bytes;
-use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
+use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, BufReader};
 
 pub struct StdinReader {
-	reader: BufReader<std::io::Stdin>,
+	reader: BufReader<tokio::io::Stdin>,
 	buffer: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
 impl StdinReader {
 	pub fn new() -> Self {
 		Self {
-			reader: BufReader::new(std::io::stdin()),
+			reader: BufReader::new(tokio::io::stdin()),
 			buffer: Vec::with_capacity(crate::DEFAULT_BUFF_SIZE),
 		}
 	}
 
-	pub fn read_line(&mut self) -> Vec<u8> {
+	pub async fn read_line(&mut self) -> Vec<u8> {
 		self.buffer.clear();
 		log::trace!("reading line from stdin");
-		if self.reader.read_until(b'\n', &mut self.buffer).unwrap() == 0 {
+		if self
+			.reader
+			.read_until(b'\n', &mut self.buffer)
+			.await
+			.unwrap() == 0
+		{
 			std::process::exit(0)
 		}
 		log::trace!("line read from stdin: {}", display_bytes!(self.buffer));