diff --git a/agent/Cargo.toml b/agent/Cargo.toml
index 53b3f9e..2b99cff 100644
--- a/agent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/agent/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 authors = ["The crypto-auditing developers"]
 
+[features]
+default = ["tokio-uring"]
+
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 bytes = "1.2"
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ serde = "1.0"
 serde_cbor = "0.10"
 time = { version = "0.3", features=["formatting", "local-offset", "macros"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.23", features=["full"] }
-tokio-uring = "0.4"
+tokio-uring = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 toml = "0.6"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features=["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/agent/src/log_writer.rs b/agent/src/log_writer.rs
index eeac1d3..d7933f7 100644
--- a/agent/src/log_writer.rs
+++ b/agent/src/log_writer.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ use serde_cbor::{ser::IoWrite, Serializer};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use time::{macros::format_description, OffsetDateTime};
 use tokio::time::{Duration, Instant};
+#[cfg(not(feature = "tokio-uring"))]
+use tokio::{
+    fs::{rename, File},
+    io::AsyncWriteExt,
+};
+#[cfg(feature = "tokio-uring")]
 use tokio_uring::fs::{rename, File};
 
 pub struct LogWriter {
@@ -97,6 +103,7 @@ impl LogWriter {
             .await
             .with_context(|| format!("unable to sync file `{}`", self.config.log_file.display()))?;
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "tokio-uring")]
         file.close().await.with_context(|| {
             format!("unable to close file `{}`", self.config.log_file.display())
         })?;
@@ -151,8 +158,14 @@ impl LogWriter {
                 config::Format::Packed => serde_cbor::ser::to_vec_packed(&group)?,
                 config::Format::Minimal => to_vec_minimal(&group)?,
             };
-            let (res, _) = match self.file {
-                Some(ref file) => file.write_at(v, self.offset).await,
+            #[cfg(feature = "tokio-uring")]
+            let res = match self.file {
+                Some(ref file) => file.write_at(v, self.offset).await.0,
+                _ => bail!("log file is not opened"),
+            };
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "tokio-uring"))]
+            let res = match self.file {
+                Some(ref mut file) => file.write(&v).await,
                 _ => bail!("log file is not opened"),
             };
             let n = res?;
diff --git a/agent/src/main.rs b/agent/src/main.rs
index 52bb9b0..9e6fc3a 100644
--- a/agent/src/main.rs
+++ b/agent/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Context as _, Result};
 use bytes::BytesMut;
+use core::future::Future;
 use crypto_auditing::types::{ContextID, EventGroup};
 use openssl::{
     rand::rand_bytes,
@@ -71,6 +72,20 @@ impl Tracer {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "tokio-uring")]
+fn start<F: Future>(future: F) -> F::Output {
+    tokio_uring::start(future)
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "tokio-uring"))]
+fn start<F: Future>(future: F) -> F::Output {
+    tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .build()
+        .unwrap()
+        .block_on(future)
+}
+
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let config = config::Config::new()?;
 
@@ -136,7 +151,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let mut encryption_key = vec![0; cipher.key_len()];
     rand_bytes(&mut encryption_key)?;
 
-    tokio_uring::start(async {
+    start(async {
         let mut rb = ringbuf::RingBuffer::new(skel.obj.map_mut("ringbuf").unwrap());
 
         if let Some((ref user, ref group)) = config.user {