diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 309505d..23a6a86 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ class ChristmasBot(commands.Bot):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        import uvloop
+
+        uvloop.install()
+        print("Succesfully initialized uvloop")
+    except ModuleNotFoundError:
+        pass
+
     config = json.load(open("config.json", "r", encoding="utf-8"))
     token = config.pop("token")
     bot = ChristmasBot(config)
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 3557484..9095636 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -262,6 +262,19 @@ category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "uvloop"
+version = "0.16.0"
+description = "Fast implementation of asyncio event loop on top of libuv"
+category = "main"
+optional = true
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["Cython (>=0.29.24,<0.30.0)", "pytest (>=3.6.0)", "Sphinx (>=4.1.2,<4.2.0)", "sphinxcontrib-asyncio (>=0.3.0,<0.4.0)", "sphinx-rtd-theme (>=0.5.2,<0.6.0)", "aiohttp", "flake8 (>=3.9.2,<3.10.0)", "psutil", "pycodestyle (>=2.7.0,<2.8.0)", "pyOpenSSL (>=19.0.0,<19.1.0)", "mypy (>=0.800)"]
+docs = ["Sphinx (>=4.1.2,<4.2.0)", "sphinxcontrib-asyncio (>=0.3.0,<0.4.0)", "sphinx-rtd-theme (>=0.5.2,<0.6.0)"]
+test = ["aiohttp", "flake8 (>=3.9.2,<3.10.0)", "psutil", "pycodestyle (>=2.7.0,<2.8.0)", "pyOpenSSL (>=19.0.0,<19.1.0)", "mypy (>=0.800)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "yarl"
 version = "1.5.1"
@@ -277,7 +290,7 @@ multidict = ">=4.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "fc38f4742a2189475a175fe2ec93ca9fe6509ddec3d64bc6f5dfbd53ef9816c7"
+content-hash = "9ecfdbfb13478abd79ab060516a2001a0706019f52c946f63e5ebb308e01622f"
 
 [metadata.files]
 aiohttp = [
@@ -514,6 +527,24 @@ typing-extensions = [
     {file = "typing_extensions-3.10.0.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f1d25edafde516b146ecd0613dabcc61409817af4766fbbcfb8d1ad4ec441a34"},
     {file = "typing_extensions-3.10.0.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:49f75d16ff11f1cd258e1b988ccff82a3ca5570217d7ad8c5f48205dd99a677e"},
 ]
+uvloop = [
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:6224f1401025b748ffecb7a6e2652b17768f30b1a6a3f7b44660e5b5b690b12d"},
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:30ba9dcbd0965f5c812b7c2112a1ddf60cf904c1c160f398e7eed3a6b82dcd9c"},
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_12_x86_64.manylinux2010_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:bd53f7f5db562f37cd64a3af5012df8cac2c464c97e732ed556800129505bd64"},
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:772206116b9b57cd625c8a88f2413df2fcfd0b496eb188b82a43bed7af2c2ec9"},
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0-cp37-cp37m-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:b572256409f194521a9895aef274cea88731d14732343da3ecdb175228881638"},
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0-cp37-cp37m-manylinux_2_12_x86_64.manylinux2010_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:04ff57aa137230d8cc968f03481176041ae789308b4d5079118331ab01112450"},
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0-cp37-cp37m-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:3a19828c4f15687675ea912cc28bbcb48e9bb907c801873bd1519b96b04fb805"},
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0-cp38-cp38-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:e814ac2c6f9daf4c36eb8e85266859f42174a4ff0d71b99405ed559257750382"},
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0-cp38-cp38-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:bd8f42ea1ea8f4e84d265769089964ddda95eb2bb38b5cbe26712b0616c3edee"},
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0-cp38-cp38-manylinux_2_12_x86_64.manylinux2010_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:647e481940379eebd314c00440314c81ea547aa636056f554d491e40503c8464"},
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0-cp38-cp38-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:8e0d26fa5875d43ddbb0d9d79a447d2ace4180d9e3239788208527c4784f7cab"},
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0-cp39-cp39-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:6ccd57ae8db17d677e9e06192e9c9ec4bd2066b77790f9aa7dede2cc4008ee8f"},
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0-cp39-cp39-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:089b4834fd299d82d83a25e3335372f12117a7d38525217c2258e9b9f4578897"},
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0-cp39-cp39-manylinux_2_12_x86_64.manylinux2010_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:98d117332cc9e5ea8dfdc2b28b0a23f60370d02e1395f88f40d1effd2cb86c4f"},
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0-cp39-cp39-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:1e5f2e2ff51aefe6c19ee98af12b4ae61f5be456cd24396953244a30880ad861"},
+    {file = "uvloop-0.16.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f74bc20c7b67d1c27c72601c78cf95be99d5c2cdd4514502b4f3eb0933ff1228"},
+]
 yarl = [
     {file = "yarl-1.5.1-cp35-cp35m-macosx_10_14_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:db6db0f45d2c63ddb1a9d18d1b9b22f308e52c83638c26b422d520a815c4b3fb"},
     {file = "yarl-1.5.1-cp35-cp35m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:17668ec6722b1b7a3a05cc0167659f6c95b436d25a36c2d52db0eca7d3f72593"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6d01ab1..c560149 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ python = "^3.8"
 lavalink = "^3.1.4"
 humanize = "^3.12.0"
 "discord.py" = { git = "https://github.com/iDevision/enhanced-discord.py", branch = "2.0", extras = ["voice", "speed"] }
+uvloop = {version = "^0.16.0", optional = true}
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 black = {version = "^21.9b0", allow-prereleases = true}