diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 5ac3973..3d769c0 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ categories.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 nanopub = { version = "0.0.7", path = "../lib" }
 clap = { version = "4.4", features = ["derive"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.34", features = ["macros"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.34", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }