diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e90210f5..e5e28b32 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -833,6 +833,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cosmic-text",
  "egui",
  "egui_plot",
+ "futures-executor",
  "i18n-embed",
  "i18n-embed-fl",
  "iced_tiny_skia",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a2ae94f6..394d19f8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ reis = { version = "0.5", features = ["calloop"] }
 clap_lex = "0.7"
 parking_lot = "0.12.5"
 logind-zbus = { version = "5.3.2", optional = true }
+futures-executor = { version = "0.3.31", features = ["thread-pool"] }
 
 [dependencies.id_tree]
 branch = "feature/copy_clone"
diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
index 2e900845..1dc7b6ef 100644
--- a/src/state.rs
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use crate::{
 use anyhow::Context;
 use calloop::RegistrationToken;
 use cosmic_comp_config::output::comp::{OutputConfig, OutputState};
+use futures_executor::ThreadPool;
 use i18n_embed::{
     DesktopLanguageRequester,
     fluent::{FluentLanguageLoader, fluent_language_loader},
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ pub struct Common {
     pub display_handle: DisplayHandle,
     pub event_loop_handle: LoopHandle<'static, State>,
     pub event_loop_signal: LoopSignal,
+    pub async_executor: ThreadPool,
 
     pub popups: PopupManager,
     pub shell: Arc<parking_lot::RwLock<Shell>>,
@@ -710,6 +712,7 @@ impl State {
                 display_handle: dh.clone(),
                 event_loop_handle: handle,
                 event_loop_signal: signal,
+                async_executor: ThreadPool::builder().pool_size(1).create().unwrap(),
 
                 popups: PopupManager::default(),
                 shell,