diff --git a/bin/sendAlertStream.py b/bin/sendAlertStream.py
index 781286a..903e297 100644
--- a/bin/sendAlertStream.py
+++ b/bin/sendAlertStream.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 content.
 """
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import argparse
 import glob
 import time
@@ -33,44 +32,6 @@
 from lsst.alert.stream import alertProducer
 from lsst.alert.packet import retrieve_alerts
 
-
-@asyncio.coroutine
-def delay(wait_sec, function, *args):
-    """Sleep for a given time before calling a function.
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    wait_sec
-        Time in seconds to sleep before calling `function`.
-    function
-        Function to return after sleeping.
-    """
-    yield from asyncio.sleep(wait_sec)
-    return function(*args)
-
-
-@asyncio.coroutine
-def schedule_delays(eventloop, function, argslist, interval=39):
-    """Schedule delayed calls of functions at a repeating interval.
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    eventloop
-        Event loop returned by asyncio.get_event_loop().
-    function
-        Function to be scheduled.
-    argslist
-        List of inputs for function to loop over.
-    interval
-        Time in seconds between calls.
-    """
-    counter = 1
-    for arg in argslist:
-        wait_time = interval - (time.time() % interval)
-        yield from asyncio.ensure_future(delay(wait_time, function, arg))
-        print('visits finished: {} \t time: {}'.format(counter, time.time()))
-        counter += 1
-    eventloop.stop()
-
-
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
     parser.add_argument('broker', type=str,
@@ -89,23 +50,31 @@ def main():
     files.sort()
 
     def send_visit(f):
-        print('visit:', f[15:20], '\ttime:', time.time())
+        start_time = time.time()
+        print('visit:', f[15:20], '\ttime:', start_time)
         # Load alert contents
         with open(f, mode='rb') as file_data:
             # TODO replace Avro files with visits having better S/N cut
             # for now, limit to first 10,000 alerts (current have ~70,000)
             schema, alert_packets = retrieve_alerts(file_data)
-            alert_count = 0
-            for record in alert_packets:
-                if alert_count < 10000:
-                    streamProducer.send(schema, record)
-                    alert_count += 1
-                else:
-                    break
+        ALERTS_TO_SEND = 10000
+        for alert_count, record in enumerate(alert_packets):
+            if alert_count < ALERTS_TO_SEND:
+                streamProducer.send(schema, record)
+            else:
+                break
         streamProducer.flush()
+        print(f"Sent {alert_count} alerts in {time.time() - start_time}s.")
 
+    # Schedule visits to be send every `interval` seconds.
     loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-    asyncio.ensure_future(schedule_delays(loop, send_visit, files))
+    interval = 39  # Seconds between visits
+    for delay, filename in zip(range(0, interval * len(files), interval),
+                               files):
+        loop.call_later(delay, send_visit, filename)
+
+    # Shut down the event loop after the last visit has been sent.
+    loop.call_later(delay, loop.stop)
     loop.run_forever()
     loop.close()