diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index f04b579..310286e 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -395,6 +395,14 @@ optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.5"
 version = "4.7.6"
 
+[[package]]
+category = "main"
+description = "Patch asyncio to allow nested event loops"
+name = "nest-asyncio"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
+version = "1.4.0"
+
 [[package]]
 category = "dev"
 description = "Core utilities for Python packages"
@@ -744,7 +752,7 @@ idna = ">=2.0"
 multidict = ">=4.0"
 
 [metadata]
-content-hash = "4044c6cf55441e98661abd6202db3abad444c2e338ab732a4dbc38514a2031b6"
+content-hash = "c92c18a07248bbd0df18fba9327c2387af07b06a9a489123e3276810fb4e89fc"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
 
 [metadata.files]
@@ -945,6 +953,10 @@ multidict = [
     {file = "multidict-4.7.6-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:7388d2ef3c55a8ba80da62ecfafa06a1c097c18032a501ffd4cabbc52d7f2b19"},
     {file = "multidict-4.7.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:fbb77a75e529021e7c4a8d4e823d88ef4d23674a202be4f5addffc72cbb91430"},
 ]
+nest-asyncio = [
+    {file = "nest_asyncio-1.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ea51120725212ef02e5870dd77fc67ba7343fc945e3b9a7ff93384436e043b6a"},
+    {file = "nest_asyncio-1.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5773054bbc14579b000236f85bc01ecced7ffd045ec8ca4a9809371ec65a59c8"},
+]
 packaging = [
     {file = "packaging-20.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:998416ba6962ae7fbd6596850b80e17859a5753ba17c32284f67bfff33784181"},
     {file = "packaging-20.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4357f74f47b9c12db93624a82154e9b120fa8293699949152b22065d556079f8"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 202e535..a7ba542 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ flask = "^1.1.2"
 werkzeug = "^1.0.1"
 asks = "^2.4.8"
 aiohttp = "^3.6.2"
+nest_asyncio = "^1.4.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 flake8 = "^3.8.3"
diff --git a/src/replit/database/__init__.py b/src/replit/database/__init__.py
index 9b581c2..36f1cbd 100644
--- a/src/replit/database/__init__.py
+++ b/src/replit/database/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from sys import stderr
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Tuple, Union
 
 import aiohttp
+import nest_asyncio
 
 
 JSON_TYPE = Union[str, int, float, bool, type(None), dict, list]
@@ -380,6 +381,7 @@ class ReplitDb(AsyncReplitDb):
     values = _async2sync(AsyncReplitDb.values)
 
 
+nest_asyncio.apply()
 db_url = os.environ.get("REPLIT_DB_URL")
 if db_url:
     db = ReplitDb(db_url)