diff --git a/evolved-npcs/src/main.rs b/evolved-npcs/src/main.rs
index e273180..33ca6f1 100644
--- a/evolved-npcs/src/main.rs
+++ b/evolved-npcs/src/main.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     // Manually configure the Tokio runtime
     let runtime: Result<()> = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        .enable_io()
         .worker_threads(num_cpus::get())
         // .worker_threads(NUM_THREADS)
         .build()?