diff --git a/src/backend/Cargo.lock b/src/backend/Cargo.lock
index 1f2710b4..1e144c9c 100644
--- a/src/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "nanoserde",
+ "num_cpus",
  "pty-process",
  "simple_logger",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/src/backend/Cargo.toml b/src/backend/Cargo.toml
index c2b7129b..8f9a7d6f 100644
--- a/src/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 warp = {version = "0.3.1", default-features = false, features = ["compression", "websocket", "tls"]}
-tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "time"] }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "time", "sync"] }
+num_cpus = "1.13.0"
 simple_logger = "1.13.0"
 log = "0.4.14"
 include_dir = "0.6.2"
@@ -22,3 +23,4 @@ infer = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false }
 lto = "fat"
 panic = "abort"
 codegen-units = 1
+incremental = false
diff --git a/src/backend/src/main.rs b/src/backend/src/main.rs
index a0b441ba..132bf045 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -9,82 +9,89 @@ mod systemdata;
 mod terminal;
 mod types;
 
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() {
-    const DIR: include_dir::Dir = include_dir::include_dir!("dist");
+fn main() {
+    tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        .worker_threads(num_cpus::get().max(2)) // We have to use num_cpus because heim is async, and the runtime hasn't been started yet. Minimum of 2 threads.
+        .enable_all()
+        .build()
+        .unwrap()
+        .block_on(async {
+            const DIR: include_dir::Dir = include_dir::include_dir!("dist");
 
-    let cfg = config::config();
+            let cfg = config::config();
 
-    SimpleLogger::new()
-        .with_level(log::LevelFilter::Info)
-        .env()
-        .init()
-        .unwrap();
+            SimpleLogger::new()
+                .with_level(log::LevelFilter::Info)
+                .env()
+                .init()
+                .unwrap();
 
-    let favicon_route = warp::path("favicon.png").map(|| {
-        warp::reply::with_header(
-            DIR.get_file("favicon.png").unwrap().contents(),
-            "content-type",
-            "image/png",
-        )
-    });
+            let favicon_route = warp::path("favicon.png").map(|| {
+                warp::reply::with_header(
+                    DIR.get_file("favicon.png").unwrap().contents(),
+                    "content-type",
+                    "image/png",
+                )
+            });
 
-    let assets_route = warp::path("assets")
-        .and(warp::path::param())
-        .map(|path: String| {
-            warp::reply::with_header(
-                DIR.get_file(format!("assets/{}", path)).unwrap().contents(),
-                "content-type",
-                format!(
-                    "text/{}",
-                    if path.rsplit('.').next().unwrap() == "js" {
-                        "javascript"
-                    } else {
-                        path.rsplit('.').next().unwrap()
-                    }
-                ),
-            )
-        });
+            let assets_route = warp::path("assets")
+                .and(warp::path::param())
+                .map(|path: String| {
+                    warp::reply::with_header(
+                        DIR.get_file(format!("assets/{}", path)).unwrap().contents(),
+                        "content-type",
+                        format!(
+                            "text/{}",
+                            if path.rsplit('.').next().unwrap() == "js" {
+                                "javascript"
+                            } else {
+                                path.rsplit('.').next().unwrap()
+                            }
+                        ),
+                    )
+                });
 
-    let terminal_route = warp::path!("ws" / "term")
-        .and(warp::ws())
-        .map(|ws: warp::ws::Ws| ws.on_upgrade(terminal::term_handler));
+            let terminal_route = warp::path!("ws" / "term")
+                .and(warp::ws())
+                .map(|ws: warp::ws::Ws| ws.on_upgrade(terminal::term_handler));
 
-    let socket_route = warp::path("ws")
-        .and(warp::ws())
-        .map(|ws: warp::ws::Ws| ws.on_upgrade(sockets::socket_handler));
+            let socket_route = warp::path("ws")
+                .and(warp::ws())
+                .map(|ws: warp::ws::Ws| ws.on_upgrade(sockets::socket_handler));
 
-    let main_route = warp::any()
-        .map(|| warp::reply::html(DIR.get_file("index.html").unwrap().contents_utf8().unwrap()));
+            let main_route = warp::any().map(|| {
+                warp::reply::html(DIR.get_file("index.html").unwrap().contents_utf8().unwrap())
+            });
 
-    let page_routes = favicon_route
-        .or(assets_route)
-        .or(main_route)
-        .with(warp::compression::gzip());
+            let page_routes = favicon_route
+                .or(assets_route)
+                .or(main_route)
+                .with(warp::compression::gzip());
 
-    let socket_routes = terminal_route.or(socket_route);
+            let socket_routes = terminal_route.or(socket_route);
 
-    let routes = socket_routes
-        .or(page_routes)
-        .with(warp::log::custom(|info| {
-            log::info!("Request to {}", info.path());
-            log::debug!(
-                "by {}, using {} {:?}, with response of HTTP code {:?}",
-                info.remote_addr().unwrap().ip(),
-                info.user_agent().unwrap(),
-                info.version(),
-                info.status()
-            );
-        }));
+            let routes = socket_routes
+                .or(page_routes)
+                .with(warp::log::custom(|info| {
+                    log::info!("Request to {}", info.path());
+                    log::debug!(
+                        "by {}, using {} {:?}, with response of HTTP code {:?}",
+                        info.remote_addr().unwrap().ip(),
+                        info.user_agent().unwrap(),
+                        info.version(),
+                        info.status()
+                    );
+                }));
 
-    if cfg.tls {
-        warp::serve(routes)
-            .tls()
-            .cert_path(cfg.cert)
-            .key_path(cfg.key)
-            .run(([0, 0, 0, 0], cfg.port))
-            .await;
-    } else {
-        warp::serve(routes).run(([0, 0, 0, 0], cfg.port)).await;
-    }
+            if cfg.tls {
+                warp::serve(routes)
+                    .tls()
+                    .cert_path(cfg.cert)
+                    .key_path(cfg.key)
+                    .run(([0, 0, 0, 0], cfg.port))
+                    .await;
+            } else {
+                warp::serve(routes).run(([0, 0, 0, 0], cfg.port)).await;
+            }
+        });
 }