diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c2615b1..868a858 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,5 +15,4 @@ int-enum = "0.5.0"
 thiserror = "1"
 anyhow = "1"
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-rusqlite = { version = "0.29", features = [ "bundled" ] }
-async-std = { version = "1", features = [ "attributes" ] }
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+rusqlite = { version = "0.29", features = [ "bundled" ] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 35585a1..4000de7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ pub struct CliArgs {
     pub filepath: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
-// TODO: We either make everything async or we remove the dependency
-#[async_std::main]
-async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+fn main() -> anyhow::Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let dbpath = CliArgs::parse()
         .filepath
         .unwrap_or(PathBuf::from("./kanban.db"));