diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 559258a..2d36767 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper 0.11.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "odds 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tokio 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "tokio-core 0.1.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tokio-io 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 99d0239..7a72521 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ futures = "0.1.20"
 hyper = "0.11.25"
 odds = { version = "0.3.1", features = ["std-vec"] }
 tokio = "0.1.5"
+tokio-core = "0.1.17"
 tokio-io = "0.1.6"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5278bc9..71abbe0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 extern crate futures;
 extern crate hyper;
 extern crate tokio;
+extern crate tokio_core;
 extern crate tokio_io;
 extern crate webmetro;
 
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ mod commands;
 
 use clap::{App, AppSettings};
 use futures::prelude::*;
+use tokio_core::reactor::Core;
 use webmetro::error::WebmetroError;
 
 use commands::{
@@ -30,7 +32,10 @@ fn options() -> App<'static, 'static> {
 fn main() {
     let args = options().get_matches();
 
-    tokio_run(match args.subcommand() {
+    let core = Core::new().unwrap();
+    let handle = core.handle();
+
+    tokio_run(core, match args.subcommand() {
         ("filter", Some(sub_args)) => box_up(filter::run(sub_args)),
         ("relay", Some(sub_args)) => box_up(relay::run(sub_args)),
         ("dump", Some(sub_args)) => box_up(dump::run(sub_args)),
@@ -42,14 +47,15 @@ fn main() {
     });
 }
 
-fn tokio_run(task: Box<Future<Item=(), Error=WebmetroError> + Send + 'static>) {
-    tokio::run(task.into_future().map_err(|err| {
+fn tokio_run(mut core: Core, task: Box<Future<Item=(), Error=WebmetroError>>) {
+    core.run(task.into_future()).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
         eprintln!("Error: {}", err);
         ::std::process::exit(1);
-    }));
+    });
 }
 
-fn box_up<F: IntoFuture<Item=(), Error=WebmetroError>>(task: F) -> Box<Future<Item=(), Error=WebmetroError> + Send + 'static>
-where F::Future: Send + 'static {
+fn box_up<F: IntoFuture<Item=(), Error=WebmetroError>>(task: F) -> Box<Future<Item=(), Error=WebmetroError>>
+where F::Future: 'static
+{
     Box::new(task.into_future())
 }