diff --git a/crates/core/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
index 2eafc004a..e4aefc016 100644
--- a/crates/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ serde_json            = { workspace = true }
 serde_yaml            = "0.9.22"
 svgr-rs               = "0.1.3"
 thiserror             = "1.0.43"
-tokio                 = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "sync"] }
+tokio                 = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "sync"] }
 tokio-tungstenite     = "0.19.0"
 toml                  = "0.7.6"
 tracing               = "0.1.37"
diff --git a/crates/mako/src/dev.rs b/crates/mako/src/dev.rs
index 881505753..080030499 100644
--- a/crates/mako/src/dev.rs
+++ b/crates/mako/src/dev.rs
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ use mako_core::notify_debouncer_full::new_debouncer;
 use mako_core::tokio::sync::broadcast;
 use mako_core::tracing::debug;
 use mako_core::tungstenite::Message;
-use mako_core::{hyper, hyper_staticfile, hyper_tungstenite, tokio};
+use mako_core::{hyper, hyper_staticfile, hyper_tungstenite};
 
 use crate::compiler::{Compiler, Context};
 use crate::plugin::{PluginGenerateEndParams, PluginGenerateStats};
+use crate::tokio_runtime;
 use crate::watch::Watcher;
 
 pub struct DevServer {
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ impl DevServer {
                     debug!("new websocket connection");
                     let (response, websocket) = hyper_tungstenite::upgrade(req, None).unwrap();
                     let txws = txws.clone();
-                    tokio::spawn(async move {
+                    tokio_runtime::spawn(async move {
                         let receiver = txws.subscribe();
                         Self::handle_websocket(websocket, receiver).await.unwrap();
                     });
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ impl DevServer {
     ) -> Result<()> {
         let websocket = websocket.await?;
         let (mut sender, mut ws_recv) = websocket.split();
-        let task = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let task = tokio_runtime::spawn(async move {
             loop {
                 if let Ok(msg) = receiver.recv().await {
                     if sender
diff --git a/crates/mako/src/lib.rs b/crates/mako/src/lib.rs
index c5ecea0bc..3381f1ade 100644
--- a/crates/mako/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/mako/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ mod targets;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test_helper;
 mod thread_pool;
+mod tokio_runtime;
 mod transform;
 mod transform_in_generate;
 mod transformers;
diff --git a/crates/mako/src/main.rs b/crates/mako/src/main.rs
index b600e5985..04bbe0da8 100644
--- a/crates/mako/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/mako/src/main.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use mako_core::anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use mako_core::clap::Parser;
-use mako_core::tokio;
 #[cfg(feature = "profile")]
 use mako_core::tokio::sync::Notify;
 use mako_core::tracing::debug;
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ mod targets;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test_helper;
 mod thread_pool;
+mod tokio_runtime;
 mod transform;
 mod transform_in_generate;
 mod transformers;
@@ -76,10 +76,7 @@ static GLOBAL: tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc = tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc;
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let fut = async { run().await };
 
-    tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
-        .build()
-        .expect("Failed to create tokio runtime.")
-        .block_on(fut)
+    tokio_runtime::block_on(fut)
 }
 
 async fn run() -> Result<()> {
@@ -128,7 +125,7 @@ async fn run() -> Result<()> {
         let notify = Arc::new(Notify::new());
         let to_be_notify = notify.clone();
 
-        tokio::spawn(async move {
+        tokio_runtime::spawn(async move {
             let compiler = compiler.clone();
 
             to_be_notify.notified().await;
diff --git a/crates/mako/src/plugins/copy.rs b/crates/mako/src/plugins/copy.rs
index 8cae626d0..6a9a5253f 100644
--- a/crates/mako/src/plugins/copy.rs
+++ b/crates/mako/src/plugins/copy.rs
@@ -2,23 +2,24 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use mako_core::anyhow::Result;
+use mako_core::fs_extra;
 use mako_core::glob::glob;
 use mako_core::notify::event::{CreateKind, DataChange, ModifyKind, RenameMode};
 use mako_core::notify::{EventKind, RecommendedWatcher, RecursiveMode, Watcher};
 use mako_core::tokio::sync::mpsc::channel;
 use mako_core::tracing::debug;
-use mako_core::{fs_extra, tokio};
 
 use crate::compiler::Context;
 use crate::plugin::Plugin;
 use crate::stats::StatsJsonMap;
+use crate::tokio_runtime;
 
 pub struct CopyPlugin {}
 
 impl CopyPlugin {
     fn watch(context: &Arc<Context>) {
         let context = context.clone();
-        tokio::spawn(async move {
+        tokio_runtime::spawn(async move {
             let (tx, mut rx) = channel(2);
             let mut watcher = RecommendedWatcher::new(
                 move |res| {
diff --git a/crates/mako/src/tokio_runtime.rs b/crates/mako/src/tokio_runtime.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9426c6482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/mako/src/tokio_runtime.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use std::future::Future;
+
+use mako_core::lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use mako_core::tokio;
+
+lazy_static! {
+    static ref TOKIO_RUNTIME: tokio::runtime::Runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        .enable_io()
+        .worker_threads(2)
+        .thread_name("tokio-worker")
+        .build()
+        .expect("failed to create tokio runtime.");
+}
+
+pub fn spawn<F>(future: F) -> tokio::task::JoinHandle<F::Output>
+where
+    F: Future + Send + 'static,
+    F::Output: Send + 'static,
+{
+    TOKIO_RUNTIME.spawn(future)
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub fn block_on<F: Future>(future: F) -> F::Output {
+    TOKIO_RUNTIME.block_on(future)
+}