diff --git a/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/application.rs b/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/application.rs
index c6c41000..10db473a 100644
--- a/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/application.rs
+++ b/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/application.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl<Doc: DocumentLike> ApplicationHandler<BlitzEvent> for Application<Doc> {
 
         // Initialise pending windows
         for window_config in self.pending_windows.drain(..) {
-            let mut view = View::init(window_config, event_loop, &self.proxy, &self.rt);
+            let mut view = View::init(window_config, event_loop, &self.proxy);
             view.resume(&self.rt);
             if !view.renderer.is_active() {
                 continue;
diff --git a/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/window.rs b/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/window.rs
index 81134a71..90bcef3b 100644
--- a/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/window.rs
+++ b/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/window.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ use blitz_dom::util::Resource;
 use blitz_net::AsyncProvider;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::task::Waker;
-use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 use winit::dpi::LogicalSize;
 use winit::event::{ElementState, MouseButton};
 use winit::event_loop::{ActiveEventLoop, EventLoopProxy};
@@ -85,11 +84,10 @@ impl<Doc: DocumentLike> View<Doc> {
         config: WindowConfig<Doc>,
         event_loop: &ActiveEventLoop,
         proxy: &EventLoopProxy<BlitzEvent>,
-        rt: &Runtime,
     ) -> Self {
         let winit_window = Arc::from(event_loop.create_window(config.attributes).unwrap());
 
-        rt.spawn(Arc::clone(&config.net).resolve(proxy.clone(), winit_window.id()));
+        Arc::clone(&config.net).resolve(proxy.clone(), winit_window.id());
 
         // TODO: make this conditional on text input focus
         winit_window.set_ime_allowed(true);
diff --git a/packages/net/Cargo.toml b/packages/net/Cargo.toml
index 840f48f0..4b1b8198 100644
--- a/packages/net/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/net/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ tracing = "0.1.40"
 thiserror = "1.0.63"
 
 [features]
-default = ["non_blocking"]
+default = []
 blocking = ["dep:ureq"]
 non_blocking = ["dep:tokio", "dep:winit", "dep:futures-util", "dep:reqwest"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/net/src/provider/non_blocking.rs b/packages/net/src/provider/non_blocking.rs
index 12b65bef..f38a2a59 100644
--- a/packages/net/src/provider/non_blocking.rs
+++ b/packages/net/src/provider/non_blocking.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub struct AsyncProvider<T> {
     client: Client,
     futures: Mutex<FuturesUnordered<TaskHandle<T>>>,
 }
-impl<T: Send + Sync> AsyncProvider<T> {
+impl<T: Send + Sync + 'static> AsyncProvider<T> {
     pub fn new(rt: &Runtime) -> Self {
         Self {
             rt: rt.handle().clone(),
@@ -27,32 +27,34 @@ impl<T: Send + Sync> AsyncProvider<T> {
             futures: Mutex::new(FuturesUnordered::new()),
         }
     }
-    pub async fn resolve<P: From<(WindowId, T)>>(
+    pub fn resolve<P: From<(WindowId, T)> + Send>(
         self: Arc<Self>,
         event_loop_proxy: EventLoopProxy<P>,
         window_id: WindowId,
     ) {
-        let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_millis(100));
+        self.rt.clone().spawn(async move {
+            let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_millis(100));
 
-        'thread: loop {
-            interval.tick().await;
-            while let Some(ir) = self.futures.lock().await.next().await {
-                match ir {
-                    Ok(Ok(t)) => {
-                        let e = event_loop_proxy.send_event((window_id, t).into());
-                        if e.is_err() {
-                            break 'thread;
+            'thread: loop {
+                interval.tick().await;
+                while let Some(ir) = self.futures.lock().await.next().await {
+                    match ir {
+                        Ok(Ok(t)) => {
+                            let e = event_loop_proxy.send_event((window_id, t).into());
+                            if e.is_err() {
+                                break 'thread;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Ok(Err(e)) => {
+                            tracing::error!("Fetch failed with {e:?}")
+                        }
+                        Err(e) => {
+                            tracing::error!("Fetch thread failed with {e}")
                         }
-                    }
-                    Ok(Err(e)) => {
-                        tracing::error!("Fetch failed with {e:?}")
-                    }
-                    Err(e) => {
-                        tracing::error!("Fetch thread failed with {e}")
                     }
                 }
             }
-        }
+        });
     }
 }
 impl<T: Send + 'static> AsyncProvider<T> {