diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9cd2b8e2..e157880f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rocket",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "tokio",
  "tokio-test",
 ]
 
diff --git a/aw-client-rust/Cargo.toml b/aw-client-rust/Cargo.toml
index e7633bf6..f41c3706 100644
--- a/aw-client-rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aw-client-rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 aw-models = { path = "../aw-models" }
+tokio = { version = "1.28.2", features = ["rt"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 aw-datastore = { path = "../aw-datastore" }
diff --git a/aw-client-rust/src/blocking.rs b/aw-client-rust/src/blocking.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5aab1c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aw-client-rust/src/blocking.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::future::Future;
+use std::vec::Vec;
+
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+
+use aw_models::{Bucket, Event};
+
+use super::AwClient as AsyncAwClient;
+
+pub struct AwClient {
+    client: AsyncAwClient,
+    pub baseurl: String,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub hostname: String,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for AwClient {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "AwClient(baseurl={:?})", self.client.baseurl)
+    }
+}
+
+fn block_on<F: Future>(f: F) -> F::Output {
+    tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .build()
+        .expect("build shell runtime")
+        .block_on(f)
+}
+
+macro_rules! proxy_method
+{
+    ($name:tt, $ret:ty, $($v:ident: $t:ty),*) => {
+        pub fn $name(&self, $($v: $t),*) -> Result<$ret, reqwest::Error>
+        { block_on(self.client.$name($($v),*)) }
+    };
+}
+
+impl AwClient {
+    pub fn new(ip: &str, port: &str, name: &str) -> AwClient {
+        let async_client = AsyncAwClient::new(ip, port, name);
+
+        AwClient {
+            baseurl: async_client.baseurl.clone(),
+            name: async_client.name.clone(),
+            hostname: async_client.hostname.clone(),
+            client: async_client,
+        }
+    }
+
+    proxy_method!(get_bucket, Bucket, bucketname: &str);
+    proxy_method!(get_buckets, HashMap<String, Bucket>,);
+    proxy_method!(create_bucket, (), bucket: &Bucket);
+    proxy_method!(create_bucket_simple, (), bucketname: &str, buckettype: &str);
+    proxy_method!(delete_bucket, (), bucketname: &str);
+    proxy_method!(
+        get_events,
+        Vec<Event>,
+        bucketname: &str,
+        start: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+        stop: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+        limit: Option<u64>
+    );
+    proxy_method!(insert_event, (), bucketname: &str, event: &Event);
+    proxy_method!(insert_events, (), bucketname: &str, events: Vec<Event>);
+    proxy_method!(
+        heartbeat,
+        (),
+        bucketname: &str,
+        event: &Event,
+        pulsetime: f64
+    );
+    proxy_method!(delete_event, (), bucketname: &str, event_id: i64);
+    proxy_method!(get_event_count, i64, bucketname: &str);
+    proxy_method!(get_info, aw_models::Info,);
+}
diff --git a/aw-client-rust/src/lib.rs b/aw-client-rust/src/lib.rs
index 1bca1035..0c055f91 100644
--- a/aw-client-rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/aw-client-rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ extern crate chrono;
 extern crate gethostname;
 extern crate reqwest;
 extern crate serde_json;
+extern crate tokio;
+
+pub mod blocking;
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::vec::Vec;
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ use serde_json::Map;
 pub use aw_models::{Bucket, BucketMetadata, Event};
 
 pub struct AwClient {
-    client: reqwest::blocking::Client,
+    client: reqwest::Client,
     pub baseurl: String,
     pub name: String,
     pub hostname: String,
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for AwClient {
 impl AwClient {
     pub fn new(ip: &str, port: &str, name: &str) -> AwClient {
         let baseurl = format!("http://{ip}:{port}");
-        let client = reqwest::blocking::Client::builder()
+        let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
             .timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(120))
             .build()
             .unwrap();
@@ -41,24 +44,31 @@ impl AwClient {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_bucket(&self, bucketname: &str) -> Result<Bucket, reqwest::Error> {
+    pub async fn get_bucket(&self, bucketname: &str) -> Result<Bucket, reqwest::Error> {
         let url = format!("{}/api/0/buckets/{}", self.baseurl, bucketname);
-        let bucket = self.client.get(url).send()?.error_for_status()?.json()?;
+        let bucket = self
+            .client
+            .get(url)
+            .send()
+            .await?
+            .error_for_status()?
+            .json()
+            .await?;
         Ok(bucket)
     }
 
-    pub fn get_buckets(&self) -> Result<HashMap<String, Bucket>, reqwest::Error> {
+    pub async fn get_buckets(&self) -> Result<HashMap<String, Bucket>, reqwest::Error> {
         let url = format!("{}/api/0/buckets/", self.baseurl);
-        self.client.get(url).send()?.json()
+        self.client.get(url).send().await?.json().await
     }
 
-    pub fn create_bucket(&self, bucket: &Bucket) -> Result<(), reqwest::Error> {
+    pub async fn create_bucket(&self, bucket: &Bucket) -> Result<(), reqwest::Error> {
         let url = format!("{}/api/0/buckets/{}", self.baseurl, bucket.id);
-        self.client.post(url).json(bucket).send()?;
+        self.client.post(url).json(bucket).send().await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn create_bucket_simple(
+    pub async fn create_bucket_simple(
         &self,
         bucketname: &str,
         buckettype: &str,
@@ -75,16 +85,16 @@ impl AwClient {
             created: None,
             last_updated: None,
         };
-        self.create_bucket(&bucket)
+        self.create_bucket(&bucket).await
     }
 
-    pub fn delete_bucket(&self, bucketname: &str) -> Result<(), reqwest::Error> {
+    pub async fn delete_bucket(&self, bucketname: &str) -> Result<(), reqwest::Error> {
         let url = format!("{}/api/0/buckets/{}", self.baseurl, bucketname);
-        self.client.delete(url).send()?;
+        self.client.delete(url).send().await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn get_events(
+    pub async fn get_events(
         &self,
         bucketname: &str,
         start: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
@@ -109,27 +119,31 @@ impl AwClient {
             url.query_pairs_mut()
                 .append_pair("limit", s.to_string().as_str());
         };
-        self.client.get(url).send()?.json()
+        self.client.get(url).send().await?.json().await
     }
 
-    pub fn insert_event(&self, bucketname: &str, event: &Event) -> Result<(), reqwest::Error> {
+    pub async fn insert_event(
+        &self,
+        bucketname: &str,
+        event: &Event,
+    ) -> Result<(), reqwest::Error> {
         let url = format!("{}/api/0/buckets/{}/events", self.baseurl, bucketname);
         let eventlist = vec![event.clone()];
-        self.client.post(url).json(&eventlist).send()?;
+        self.client.post(url).json(&eventlist).send().await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn insert_events(
+    pub async fn insert_events(
         &self,
         bucketname: &str,
         events: Vec<Event>,
     ) -> Result<(), reqwest::Error> {
         let url = format!("{}/api/0/buckets/{}/events", self.baseurl, bucketname);
-        self.client.post(url).json(&events).send()?;
+        self.client.post(url).json(&events).send().await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn heartbeat(
+    pub async fn heartbeat(
         &self,
         bucketname: &str,
         event: &Event,
@@ -139,22 +153,33 @@ impl AwClient {
             "{}/api/0/buckets/{}/heartbeat?pulsetime={}",
             self.baseurl, bucketname, pulsetime
         );
-        self.client.post(url).json(&event).send()?;
+        self.client.post(url).json(&event).send().await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn delete_event(&self, bucketname: &str, event_id: i64) -> Result<(), reqwest::Error> {
+    pub async fn delete_event(
+        &self,
+        bucketname: &str,
+        event_id: i64,
+    ) -> Result<(), reqwest::Error> {
         let url = format!(
             "{}/api/0/buckets/{}/events/{}",
             self.baseurl, bucketname, event_id
         );
-        self.client.delete(url).send()?;
+        self.client.delete(url).send().await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn get_event_count(&self, bucketname: &str) -> Result<i64, reqwest::Error> {
+    pub async fn get_event_count(&self, bucketname: &str) -> Result<i64, reqwest::Error> {
         let url = format!("{}/api/0/buckets/{}/events/count", self.baseurl, bucketname);
-        let res = self.client.get(url).send()?.error_for_status()?.text()?;
+        let res = self
+            .client
+            .get(url)
+            .send()
+            .await?
+            .error_for_status()?
+            .text()
+            .await?;
         let count: i64 = match res.trim().parse() {
             Ok(count) => count,
             Err(err) => panic!("could not parse get_event_count response: {err:?}"),
@@ -162,8 +187,8 @@ impl AwClient {
         Ok(count)
     }
 
-    pub fn get_info(&self) -> Result<aw_models::Info, reqwest::Error> {
+    pub async fn get_info(&self) -> Result<aw_models::Info, reqwest::Error> {
         let url = format!("{}/api/0/info", self.baseurl);
-        self.client.get(url).send()?.json()
+        self.client.get(url).send().await?.json().await
     }
 }
diff --git a/aw-client-rust/tests/test.rs b/aw-client-rust/tests/test.rs
index d7fe8c0e..f149cdca 100644
--- a/aw-client-rust/tests/test.rs
+++ b/aw-client-rust/tests/test.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ extern crate tokio_test;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use aw_client_rust::AwClient;
+    use aw_client_rust::blocking::AwClient;
     use aw_client_rust::Event;
     use chrono::{DateTime, Duration, Utc};
     use serde_json::Map;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ mod test {
         let shutdown_handler = server.shutdown();
 
         thread::spawn(move || {
-            let launch = block_on(server.launch()).unwrap();
+            let _ = block_on(server.launch()).unwrap();
         });
 
         shutdown_handler
diff --git a/aw-sync/src/accessmethod.rs b/aw-sync/src/accessmethod.rs
index 95887317..91825140 100644
--- a/aw-sync/src/accessmethod.rs
+++ b/aw-sync/src/accessmethod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
-use aw_client_rust::AwClient;
+use aw_client_rust::blocking::AwClient;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use reqwest::StatusCode;
 
diff --git a/aw-sync/src/main.rs b/aw-sync/src/main.rs
index 931aa42b..518e705d 100644
--- a/aw-sync/src/main.rs
+++ b/aw-sync/src/main.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Datelike, TimeZone, Utc};
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 
-use aw_client_rust::AwClient;
+use aw_client_rust::blocking::AwClient;
 
 mod accessmethod;
 mod sync;
diff --git a/aw-sync/src/sync.rs b/aw-sync/src/sync.rs
index 5c6958a7..8c4cfbb6 100644
--- a/aw-sync/src/sync.rs
+++ b/aw-sync/src/sync.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
-use aw_client_rust::AwClient;
+use aw_client_rust::blocking::AwClient;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 
 use aw_datastore::{Datastore, DatastoreError};