diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b473ea7..2952338 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2",
  "tar",
  "tempfile",
+ "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -327,6 +328,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2",
  "tar",
  "tempfile",
+ "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1f77454..8ea43b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ sha2 = "0.10.6"
 tar = "0.4.38"
 tempfile = "3.3.0"
 color-eyre = "0.6.2"
+tokio = { version = "1.25.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/crates/dagger-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/dagger-core/Cargo.toml
index 9a31351..53c2051 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/dagger-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ serde_json = "1.0.93"
 sha2 = "0.10.6"
 tar = "0.4.38"
 tempfile = "3.3.0"
+tokio = { version = "1.25.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/crates/dagger-core/src/cli_session.rs b/crates/dagger-core/src/cli_session.rs
index 5cf9ed4..42a62d6 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-core/src/cli_session.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-core/src/cli_session.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::{
     io::{BufRead, BufReader},
     path::PathBuf,
     process::{Child, Stdio},
-    sync::{mpsc::sync_channel, Arc},
+    sync::Arc,
 };
 
 use crate::{config::Config, connect_params::ConnectParams};
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ impl CliSession {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn connect(
+    pub async fn connect(
         &self,
         config: &Config,
         cli_path: &PathBuf,
     ) -> eyre::Result<(ConnectParams, Child)> {
-        self.inner.connect(config, cli_path)
+        self.inner.connect(config, cli_path).await
     }
 }
 
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ impl CliSession {
 struct InnerCliSession {}
 
 impl InnerCliSession {
-    pub fn connect(
+    pub async fn connect(
         &self,
         config: &Config,
         cli_path: &PathBuf,
     ) -> eyre::Result<(ConnectParams, Child)> {
         let proc = self.start(config, cli_path)?;
-        let params = self.get_conn(proc)?;
+        let params = self.get_conn(proc).await?;
         Ok(params)
     }
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ impl InnerCliSession {
         return Ok(proc);
     }
 
-    fn get_conn(
+    async fn get_conn(
         &self,
         mut proc: std::process::Child,
     ) -> eyre::Result<(ConnectParams, std::process::Child)> {
@@ -84,14 +84,14 @@ impl InnerCliSession {
             .take()
             .ok_or(eyre::anyhow!("could not acquire stderr from child process"))?;
 
-        let (sender, receiver) = sync_channel(1);
+        let (sender, mut receiver) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(1);
 
-        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
             let stdout_bufr = BufReader::new(stdout);
             for line in stdout_bufr.lines() {
                 let out = line.as_ref().unwrap();
                 if let Ok(conn) = serde_json::from_str::<ConnectParams>(&out) {
-                    sender.send(conn).unwrap();
+                    sender.send(conn).await.unwrap();
                 }
                 if let Ok(line) = line {
                     println!("dagger: {}", line);
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ impl InnerCliSession {
             }
         });
 
-        std::thread::spawn(|| {
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
             let stderr_bufr = BufReader::new(stderr);
             for line in stderr_bufr.lines() {
                 if let Ok(line) = line {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ impl InnerCliSession {
             }
         });
 
-        let conn = receiver.recv()?;
+        let conn = receiver.recv().await.ok_or(eyre::anyhow!("could not receive ok signal from dagger-engine"))?;
 
         Ok((conn, proc))
     }
diff --git a/crates/dagger-core/src/downloader.rs b/crates/dagger-core/src/downloader.rs
index 7e5d1a8..6489bc4 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-core/src/downloader.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-core/src/downloader.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ impl Downloader {
         Ok(path)
     }
 
-    pub fn get_cli(&self) -> eyre::Result<PathBuf> {
+    pub async fn get_cli(&self) -> eyre::Result<PathBuf> {
         let version = &self.version;
         let mut cli_bin_path = self.cache_dir()?;
         cli_bin_path.push(format!("{CLI_BIN_PREFIX}{version}"));
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ impl Downloader {
 
         if !cli_bin_path.exists() {
             cli_bin_path = self
-                .download(cli_bin_path)
+                .download(cli_bin_path).await
                 .context("failed to download CLI from archive")?;
         }
 
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ impl Downloader {
         Ok(cli_bin_path)
     }
 
-    fn download(&self, path: PathBuf) -> eyre::Result<PathBuf> {
-        let expected_checksum = self.expected_checksum()?;
+    async fn download(&self, path: PathBuf) -> eyre::Result<PathBuf> {
+        let expected_checksum = self.expected_checksum().await?;
 
         let mut bytes = vec![];
         let actual_hash = self.extract_cli_archive(&mut bytes)?;
@@ -165,15 +165,15 @@ impl Downloader {
         Ok(path)
     }
 
-    fn expected_checksum(&self) -> eyre::Result<String> {
+    async fn expected_checksum(&self) -> eyre::Result<String> {
         let archive_url = &self.archive_url();
         let archive_path = PathBuf::from(&archive_url);
         let archive_name = archive_path
             .file_name()
             .ok_or(eyre::anyhow!("could not get file_name from archive_url"))?;
-        let resp = reqwest::blocking::get(self.checksum_url())?;
+        let resp = reqwest::get(self.checksum_url()).await?;
         let resp = resp.error_for_status()?;
-        for line in resp.text()?.lines() {
+        for line in resp.text().await?.lines() {
             let mut content = line.split_whitespace();
             let checksum = content
                 .next()
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@ impl Downloader {
 mod test {
     use super::Downloader;
 
-    #[test]
-    fn download() {
-        let cli_path = Downloader::new("0.3.10".into()).unwrap().get_cli().unwrap();
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn download() {
+        let cli_path = Downloader::new("0.3.10".into()).unwrap().get_cli().await.unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(
             Some("dagger-0.3.10"),
diff --git a/crates/dagger-core/src/engine.rs b/crates/dagger-core/src/engine.rs
index f993f68..873a337 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-core/src/engine.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-core/src/engine.rs
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ impl Engine {
         Self {}
     }
 
-    fn from_cli(&self, cfg: &Config) -> eyre::Result<(ConnectParams, Child)> {
-        let cli = Downloader::new("0.3.12".into())?.get_cli()?;
+    async fn from_cli(&self, cfg: &Config) -> eyre::Result<(ConnectParams, Child)> {
+        let cli = Downloader::new("0.3.12".into())?.get_cli().await?;
 
         let cli_session = CliSession::new();
 
-        Ok(cli_session.connect(cfg, &cli)?)
+        Ok(cli_session.connect(cfg, &cli).await?)
     }
 
-    pub fn start(&self, cfg: &Config) -> eyre::Result<(ConnectParams, Child)> {
+    pub async fn start(&self, cfg: &Config) -> eyre::Result<(ConnectParams, Child)> {
         // TODO: Add from existing session as well
-        self.from_cli(cfg)
+        self.from_cli(cfg).await
     }
 }
 
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ mod tests {
     use super::Engine;
 
     // TODO: these tests potentially have a race condition
-    #[test]
-    fn engine_can_start() {
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn engine_can_start() {
         let engine = Engine::new();
-        let params = engine.start(&Config::new(None, None, None, None)).unwrap();
+        let params = engine.start(&Config::new(None, None, None, None)).await.unwrap();
 
         assert_ne!(
             params.0,
diff --git a/crates/dagger-core/src/schema.rs b/crates/dagger-core/src/schema.rs
index b52729d..7b3dbed 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-core/src/schema.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-core/src/schema.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 use crate::introspection::IntrospectionResponse;
 use crate::{config::Config, engine::Engine, session::Session};
 
-pub fn get_schema() -> eyre::Result<IntrospectionResponse> {
+pub async fn get_schema() -> eyre::Result<IntrospectionResponse> {
     let cfg = Config::new(None, None, None, None);
 
     //TODO: Implement context for proc
-    let (conn, _proc) = Engine::new().start(&cfg)?;
+    let (conn, _proc) = Engine::new().start(&cfg).await?;
     let session = Session::new();
     let req_builder = session.start(&cfg, &conn)?;
-    let schema = session.schema(req_builder)?;
+    let schema = session.schema(req_builder).await?;
 
     Ok(schema)
 }
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ pub fn get_schema() -> eyre::Result<IntrospectionResponse> {
 mod tests {
     use super::get_schema;
 
-    #[test]
-    fn can_get_schema() {
-        let _ = get_schema().unwrap();
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn can_get_schema() {
+        let _ = get_schema().await.unwrap();
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/dagger-core/src/session.rs b/crates/dagger-core/src/session.rs
index d719f30..6f4c083 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-core/src/session.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-core/src/session.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use graphql_client::GraphQLQuery;
 use reqwest::{
-    blocking::{Client, RequestBuilder},
     header::{HeaderMap, HeaderValue, ACCEPT, CONTENT_TYPE},
+    Client, RequestBuilder,
 };
 
 use crate::{config::Config, connect_params::ConnectParams, introspection::IntrospectionResponse};
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ impl Session {
         Ok(req_builder)
     }
 
-    pub fn schema(&self, req_builder: RequestBuilder) -> eyre::Result<IntrospectionResponse> {
+    pub async fn schema(&self, req_builder: RequestBuilder) -> eyre::Result<IntrospectionResponse> {
         let request_body: graphql_client::QueryBody<()> = graphql_client::QueryBody {
             variables: (),
             query: introspection_query::QUERY,
             operation_name: introspection_query::OPERATION_NAME,
         };
 
-        let res = req_builder.json(&request_body).send()?;
+        let res = req_builder.json(&request_body).send().await?;
 
         if res.status().is_success() {
             // do nothing
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ impl Session {
             return Err(eyre::anyhow!("server error!"));
         } else {
             let status = res.status();
-            let error_message = match res.text() {
+            let error_message = match res.text().await {
                 Ok(msg) => match serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(&msg) {
                     Ok(json) => {
                         format!("HTTP {}\n{}", status, serde_json::to_string_pretty(&json)?)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ impl Session {
             return Err(eyre::anyhow!(error_message));
         }
 
-        let json: IntrospectionResponse = res.json()?;
+        let json: IntrospectionResponse = res.json().await?;
 
         Ok(json)
     }
diff --git a/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/build-the-application/main.rs b/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/build-the-application/main.rs
index 8f9d2b4..e387c05 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/build-the-application/main.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/build-the-application/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use dagger_sdk::HostDirectoryOpts;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
-    let client = dagger_sdk::connect()?;
+    let client = dagger_sdk::connect().await?;
 
     let host_source_dir = client.host().directory_opts(
         "examples/build-the-application/app",
diff --git a/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/caching/main.rs b/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/caching/main.rs
index 2d8819c..c2c9b36 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/caching/main.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/caching/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use rand::Rng;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
-    let client = dagger_sdk::connect()?;
+    let client = dagger_sdk::connect().await?;
 
     let host_source_dir = client.host().directory_opts(
         "./examples/caching/app",
diff --git a/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/existing-dockerfile/main.rs b/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/existing-dockerfile/main.rs
index c1b4e77..7cb0e26 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/existing-dockerfile/main.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/existing-dockerfile/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use rand::Rng;
 async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
     let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
 
-    let client = dagger_sdk::connect()?;
+    let client = dagger_sdk::connect().await?;
 
     let context_dir = client
         .host()
diff --git a/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/first-pipeline/main.rs b/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/first-pipeline/main.rs
index 2c2c088..192cf6e 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/first-pipeline/main.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/first-pipeline/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
-    let client = dagger_sdk::connect()?;
+    let client = dagger_sdk::connect().await?;
 
     let version = client
         .container()
diff --git a/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/multi-stage-build/main.rs b/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/multi-stage-build/main.rs
index 5baeac2..1bc0e06 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/multi-stage-build/main.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/multi-stage-build/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use rand::Rng;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
-    let client = dagger_sdk::connect()?;
+    let client = dagger_sdk::connect().await?;
 
     let host_source_dir = client.host().directory_opts(
         "examples/publish-the-application/app",
diff --git a/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/publish-the-application/main.rs b/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/publish-the-application/main.rs
index cba4b0d..ba80ad1 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/publish-the-application/main.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/publish-the-application/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use rand::Rng;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
-    let client = dagger_sdk::connect()?;
+    let client = dagger_sdk::connect().await?;
     let output = "examples/publish-the-application/app/build";
 
     let host_source_dir = client.host().directory_opts(
diff --git a/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/test-the-application/main.rs b/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/test-the-application/main.rs
index a3b69c1..c758763 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/test-the-application/main.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-sdk/examples/test-the-application/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use dagger_sdk::HostDirectoryOpts;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
-    let client = dagger_sdk::connect()?;
+    let client = dagger_sdk::connect().await?;
 
     let host_source_dir = client.host().directory_opts(
         "examples/test-the-application/app",
diff --git a/crates/dagger-sdk/src/client.rs b/crates/dagger-sdk/src/client.rs
index b0b4a8f..482654f 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-sdk/src/client.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-sdk/src/client.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ use crate::querybuilder::query;
 
 pub type DaggerConn = Arc<Query>;
 
-pub fn connect() -> eyre::Result<DaggerConn> {
+pub async fn connect() -> eyre::Result<DaggerConn> {
     let cfg = Config::default();
-    let (conn, proc) = DaggerEngine::new().start(&cfg)?;
+    let (conn, proc) = DaggerEngine::new().start(&cfg).await?;
 
     Ok(Arc::new(Query {
         conn,
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ pub fn graphql_client(conn: &ConnectParams) -> gql_client::Client {
 mod test {
     use super::connect;
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_connect() {
-        let _ = connect().unwrap();
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_connect() {
+        let _ = connect().await.unwrap();
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/dagger-sdk/src/gen.rs b/crates/dagger-sdk/src/gen.rs
index 4c76fff..5b2108c 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-sdk/src/gen.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-sdk/src/gen.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ pub struct SecretId(String);
 pub struct SocketId(String);
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
 pub struct BuildArg {
-    pub name: String,
     pub value: String,
+    pub name: String,
 }
 pub struct CacheVolume {
     pub proc: Arc<Child>,
diff --git a/crates/dagger-sdk/tests/mod.rs b/crates/dagger-sdk/tests/mod.rs
index 9de0a06..6980530 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-sdk/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-sdk/tests/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use dagger_sdk::{connect, ContainerExecOptsBuilder};
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_example_container() {
-    let client = connect().unwrap();
+    let client = connect().await.unwrap();
 
     let alpine = client.container().from("alpine:3.16.2");
 
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index ae5f005..943d6ae 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ impl Cli {
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn execute(self, args: &[&str]) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    pub async fn execute(self, args: &[&str]) -> eyre::Result<()> {
         let matches = self.cmd.get_matches_from(args);
 
         match matches.subcommand() {
-            Some(("generate", args)) => cli_generate::GenerateCommand::exec(args)?,
+            Some(("generate", args)) => cli_generate::GenerateCommand::exec(args).await?,
             _ => eyre::bail!("command missing"),
         }
 
diff --git a/src/cli_generate.rs b/src/cli_generate.rs
index c9c5e75..d2457fb 100644
--- a/src/cli_generate.rs
+++ b/src/cli_generate.rs
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ impl GenerateCommand {
         clap::Command::new("generate").arg(Arg::new("output").long("output"))
     }
 
-    pub fn exec(arg_matches: &ArgMatches) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    pub async fn exec(arg_matches: &ArgMatches) -> eyre::Result<()> {
         let cfg = Config::default();
-        let (conn, _proc) = Engine::new().start(&cfg)?;
+        let (conn, _proc) = Engine::new().start(&cfg).await?;
         let session = Session::new();
         let req = session.start(&cfg, &conn)?;
-        let schema = session.schema(req)?;
+        let schema = session.schema(req).await?;
         let code = generate(
             schema.into_schema().schema.unwrap(),
             Arc::new(RustGenerator {}),
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a9cbd75..545d401 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ use cli::Cli;
 pub mod cli;
 mod cli_generate;
 
-fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
     color_eyre::install().unwrap();
 
     let args = std::env::args();
     let args = args.collect::<Vec<String>>();
     let args = args.iter().map(|s| s.as_str()).collect::<Vec<&str>>();
 
-    Cli::new()?.execute(args.as_slice())?;
+    Cli::new()?.execute(args.as_slice()).await?;
 
     Ok(())
 }