diff --git a/simplematrixbotlib/bot.py b/simplematrixbotlib/bot.py
index 15180ef..2c0e252 100644
--- a/simplematrixbotlib/bot.py
+++ b/simplematrixbotlib/bot.py
@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ def run(self):
 
         """
 
-        asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(self.main())
+        asyncio.run(self.main())