diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4a05b0a..228e5c8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -89,28 +89,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-channel"
-version = "1.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "81953c529336010edd6d8e358f886d9581267795c61b19475b71314bffa46d35"
-dependencies = [
- "concurrent-queue",
- "event-listener 2.5.3",
- "futures-core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "async-trait"
-version = "0.1.89"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9035ad2d096bed7955a320ee7e2230574d28fd3c3a0f186cbea1ff3c7eed5dbb"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.111",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "atoi"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -231,7 +209,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "feed-rs",
  "html2md",
  "justerror",
- "moro",
  "rand 0.9.2",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
@@ -558,12 +535,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "event-listener"
-version = "2.5.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0206175f82b8d6bf6652ff7d71a1e27fd2e4efde587fd368662814d6ec1d9ce0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "event-listener"
 version = "5.4.1"
@@ -662,21 +633,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "new_debug_unreachable",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "futures"
-version = "0.3.31"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "65bc07b1a8bc7c85c5f2e110c476c7389b4554ba72af57d8445ea63a576b0876"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-executor",
- "futures-io",
- "futures-sink",
- "futures-task",
- "futures-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-channel"
 version = "0.3.31"
@@ -721,17 +677,6 @@ version = "0.3.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9e5c1b78ca4aae1ac06c48a526a655760685149f0d465d21f37abfe57ce075c6"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "futures-macro"
-version = "0.3.31"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "162ee34ebcb7c64a8abebc059ce0fee27c2262618d7b60ed8faf72fef13c3650"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.111",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-sink"
 version = "0.3.31"
@@ -750,10 +695,8 @@ version = "0.3.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9fa08315bb612088cc391249efdc3bc77536f16c91f6cf495e6fbe85b20a4a81"
 dependencies = [
- "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-io",
- "futures-macro",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-task",
  "memchr",
@@ -1436,17 +1379,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "moro"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8472c674b8319e7529bfdb3c51216810e36727be2056136d07130a0b1c132df6"
-dependencies = [
- "async-channel",
- "async-trait",
- "futures",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "native-tls"
 version = "0.2.14"
@@ -2247,7 +2179,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "crc",
  "crossbeam-queue",
  "either",
- "event-listener 5.4.1",
+ "event-listener",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-intrusive",
  "futures-io",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5b54afc..8d626df 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ clap = { version = "4.5.53", features = ["derive"] }
 feed-rs = { version = "2.3.1", features = ["sanitize"] }
 html2md = "0.2.15"
 justerror = "1.1.0"
-moro = "0.4.0"
 reqwest = "0.12.24"
 serde = { version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_urlencoded = "0.7.1"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index fbab847..1cc7ff1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ async fn main() {
 
     let bta = BlogdorTheAggregator::new().await;
     bta.spawn_http().await;
+
     run_loop(&bta).await;
 
     bta.close_db().await;
@@ -30,48 +31,43 @@ fn init_logs() {
 
 async fn run_loop(bta: &BlogdorTheAggregator) {
     let mut alarm = tokio::time::interval(BLOGDOR_SNOOZE);
-    moro::async_scope!(|scope| {
-        scope.spawn(async {
-            loop {
-                tokio::select! {
-                    biased;
-                    _ = alarm.tick() => {
-                        match bta.check_feeds().await {
-                            Ok(results) => {
-                                for result in results {
-                                    match result {
-                                        Ok(result) => {
-                                            if let Some(ref posts) = result.entries {
-                                                tracing::debug!(
-                                                    "got {} new posts from {}",
-                                                    posts.len(),
-                                                    result.url
-                                                );
-                                                bta.post_entries(posts).await;
-                                            } else {
-                                                tracing::debug!("no new posts from {}", result.url);
-                                            }
-                                        },
-                                        // inner error for singular feed
-                                        Err(e) => {
-                                            tracing::warn!("could not check feed: {e}");
-                                        },
+    loop {
+        tokio::select! {
+            biased;
+            _ = alarm.tick() => {
+                match bta.check_feeds().await {
+                    Ok(results) => {
+                        for result in results {
+                            match result {
+                                Ok(result) => {
+                                    if let Some(ref posts) = result.entries {
+                                        tracing::debug!(
+                                            "got {} new posts from {}",
+                                            posts.len(),
+                                            result.url
+                                        );
+                                        bta.post_entries(posts).await;
+                                    } else {
+                                        tracing::debug!("no new posts from {}", result.url);
                                     }
-                                }
-                            },
-                            // outer check_feeds error
-                            Err(e) => {
-                                tracing::warn!("could not check feeds: {e}");
+                                },
+                                // inner error for singular feed
+                                Err(e) => {
+                                    tracing::warn!("could not check feed: {e}");
+                                },
                             }
                         }
-                    }
-                    _ = bta.cancelled() => {
-                        tracing::info!("shutting down the aggregation loop");
-                        break;
+                    },
+                    // outer check_feeds error
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        tracing::warn!("could not check feeds: {e}");
                     }
                 }
             }
-        });
-    })
-    .await;
+            _ = bta.cancelled() => {
+                tracing::info!("shutting down the aggregation loop");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }