diff --git a/cove-tui/src/client/cove/conn.rs b/cove-tui/src/client/cove/conn.rs
index 5743dfe..e27c2c3 100644
--- a/cove-tui/src/client/cove/conn.rs
+++ b/cove-tui/src/client/cove/conn.rs
@@ -368,8 +368,7 @@ impl CoveConnMt {
     }
 }
 
-// TODO Make sync
-pub async fn new(
+pub fn new(
     url: String,
     room: String,
     timeout: Duration,
diff --git a/cove-tui/src/client/cove/room.rs b/cove-tui/src/client/cove/room.rs
index 2016b37..236dbf3 100644
--- a/cove-tui/src/client/cove/room.rs
+++ b/cove-tui/src/client/cove/room.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
+use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::{self, UnboundedReceiver, UnboundedSender};
 use tokio::sync::oneshot::{self, Sender};
 use tokio::sync::{Mutex, MutexGuard};
@@ -18,14 +19,13 @@ struct ConnConfig {
 }
 
 impl ConnConfig {
-    async fn new_conn(&self) -> (CoveConn, CoveConnMt) {
+    fn new_conn(&self) -> (CoveConn, CoveConnMt) {
         conn::new(
             self.url.clone(),
             self.room.clone(),
             self.timeout,
             self.ev_tx.clone(),
         )
-        .await
     }
 }
 
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ pub struct CoveRoom {
 }
 
 impl CoveRoom {
-    pub async fn new<E, F>(
+    /// This method uses [`tokio::spawn`] and must thus be called in the context
+    /// of a tokio runtime.
+    pub fn new<E, F>(
         config: &'static Config,
         name: String,
         event_sender: UnboundedSender<E>,
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ impl CoveRoom {
             room: name.clone(),
             timeout: config.timeout,
         };
-        let (conn, mt) = conf.new_conn().await;
+        let (conn, mt) = conf.new_conn();
 
         let room = Self {
             name: name.clone(),
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ impl CoveRoom {
             url_exists = true;
 
             // TODO Clean up with restructuring assignments later?
-            let (new_conn, new_mt) = conf.new_conn().await;
+            let (new_conn, new_mt) = conf.new_conn();
             *conn.lock().await = new_conn;
             mt = new_mt;
         }
diff --git a/cove-tui/src/ui.rs b/cove-tui/src/ui.rs
index 605aa9e..7a2d79f 100644
--- a/cove-tui/src/ui.rs
+++ b/cove-tui/src/ui.rs
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ impl Ui {
                 Some(OverlayReaction::Close) => self.overlay = None,
                 Some(OverlayReaction::SwitchRoom(id)) => {
                     self.overlay = None;
-                    self.switch_to_room(id).await;
+                    self.switch_to_room(id);
                 }
                 None => {}
             }
@@ -197,13 +197,11 @@ impl Ui {
         event: KeyEvent,
     ) -> Option<EventHandleResult> {
         match &self.room {
-            Some(RoomId::Cove(name)) => {
-                if let Some(ui) = self.cove_rooms.get_mut(name) {
-                    ui.handle_key(event).map(|_| EventHandleResult::Continue)
-                } else {
-                    None
-                }
-            }
+            Some(RoomId::Cove(name)) => self
+                .cove_rooms
+                .get_mut(name)
+                .and_then(|ui| ui.handle_key(event))
+                .and(Some(EventHandleResult::Continue)),
             None => None,
         }
     }
@@ -344,7 +342,7 @@ impl Ui {
         }
     }
 
-    async fn switch_to_room(&mut self, id: RoomId) {
+    fn switch_to_room(&mut self, id: RoomId) {
         match &id {
             RoomId::Cove(name) => {
                 if let Entry::Vacant(entry) = self.cove_rooms.entry(name.clone()) {
@@ -353,8 +351,7 @@ impl Ui {
                         name.clone(),
                         self.event_tx.clone(),
                         UiEvent::cove,
-                    )
-                    .await;
+                    );
                     entry.insert(CoveUi::new(room));
                 }
             }