diff --git a/src/handler.py b/src/handler.py
index 51c045d..2d539e6 100644
--- a/src/handler.py
+++ b/src/handler.py
@@ -45,17 +45,24 @@ async def async_handler(job):
 max_concurrency = int(os.getenv("MAX_CONCURRENCY", 100))
 print(f"MAX_CONCURRENCY {max_concurrency}")
 
-async def main():
+# Use a synchronous handler that wraps the async handler
+def handler(job):
+    return asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(async_handler(job))
+
+async def init():
     await engine.wait_for_server()
-    await runpod.serverless.start({
-        "handler": async_handler,
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Initialize the server
+    asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(init())
+
+    # Start the serverless function with a synchronous handler
+    runpod.serverless.start({
+        "handler": handler,
         "concurrency_modifier": lambda x: max_concurrency,
         "return_aggregate_stream": True
     })
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
-
 # Ensure the server is shut down when the serverless function is terminated
 import atexit
 atexit.register(engine.shutdown)
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