diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0a5e3ec77..efb18a772 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4006,6 +4006,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tauri-plugin-shell",
  "tauri-plugin-window-state",
  "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
  "ts-rs",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/radicle-tauri/Cargo.toml b/crates/radicle-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 9019f4fcf..352b8c7a8 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/radicle-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ tauri-plugin-shell = { version = "2.0.1" }
 tauri-plugin-window-state = { version = "2.0.1" }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0.64" }
 ts-rs = { version = "10.0.0", features = ["serde-json-impl", "no-serde-warnings"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.40.0", features = ["time"] }
 
 [features]
 # by default Tauri runs in production mode
diff --git a/crates/radicle-tauri/src/lib.rs b/crates/radicle-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 507567796..ea2a03ae4 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pub fn run() {
             tauri::async_runtime::spawn(async move {
                 loop {
                     let _ = node_handler.emit("node_running", node_status.is_running());
-                    std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2));
+                    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
                 }
             });
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub fn run() {
                         log::debug!("node: event subscription loop has exited.");
                     }
 
-                    std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2));
+                    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
                 }
             });