diff --git a/src/gui/views/camera.rs b/src/gui/views/camera.rs
index 24303e1a..020040e8 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/camera.rs
+++ b/src/gui/views/camera.rs
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ impl CameraContent {
 
         // Launch scanner at separate thread.
         thread::spawn(move || {
-            tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+            tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
                 .enable_all()
                 .build()
                 .unwrap()
diff --git a/src/gui/views/wallets/wallet/transport/send.rs b/src/gui/views/wallets/wallet/transport/send.rs
index 3babe2b8..69201514 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/wallets/wallet/transport/send.rs
+++ b/src/gui/views/wallets/wallet/transport/send.rs
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ use egui::{Id, RichText};
 use grin_core::core::{amount_from_hr_string, amount_to_hr_string};
 use grin_wallet_libwallet::{Error, SlatepackAddress};
 use parking_lot::RwLock;
-use tor_rtcompat::ToplevelBlockOn;
-use tor_rtcompat::tokio::TokioNativeTlsRuntime;
+
 use crate::gui::Colors;
 use crate::gui::platform::PlatformCallbacks;
-
 use crate::gui::views::{CameraContent, Modal, View};
 use crate::gui::views::types::TextEditOptions;
 use crate::gui::views::wallets::wallet::WalletTransactionModal;
@@ -311,8 +309,10 @@ impl TransportSendModal {
                 let res = self.send_result.clone();
                 self.sending = true;
                 thread::spawn(move || {
-                    let runtime = TokioNativeTlsRuntime::create().unwrap();
-                    runtime
+                    tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+                        .enable_all()
+                        .build()
+                        .unwrap()
                         .block_on(async {
                             let result = wallet.send_tor(a, &addr).await;
                             let mut w_res = res.write();
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 21b4d04b..1b31873b 100755
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 #![windows_subsystem = "windows"]
 
-use tor_rtcompat::ToplevelBlockOn;
-
 pub fn main() {
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
@@ -113,7 +111,6 @@ fn start_desktop_gui(platform: grim::gui::platform::Desktop) {
     let os = egui::os::OperatingSystem::from_target_os();
     let (width, height) = AppConfig::window_size();
     let mut viewport = egui::ViewportBuilder::default()
-
         .with_min_inner_size([AppConfig::MIN_WIDTH, AppConfig::MIN_HEIGHT])
         .with_inner_size([width, height]);
 
@@ -142,7 +139,6 @@ fn start_desktop_gui(platform: grim::gui::platform::Desktop) {
         ..Default::default()
     };
     // Use Glow renderer for Windows.
-    let is_win = os == egui::os::OperatingSystem::Windows;
     options.renderer = if is_win {
         eframe::Renderer::Glow
     } else {
@@ -175,9 +171,10 @@ fn start_desktop_gui(platform: grim::gui::platform::Desktop) {
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
 fn is_app_running(data: &Option<String>) -> bool {
-    use tor_rtcompat::ToplevelBlockOn;
-    let runtime = tor_rtcompat::tokio::TokioNativeTlsRuntime::create().unwrap();
-    let res: Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> = runtime
+    let res: Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .build()
+        .unwrap()
         .block_on(async {
             use interprocess::local_socket::{
                 tokio::{prelude::*, Stream}
@@ -214,9 +211,10 @@ fn is_app_running(data: &Option<String>) -> bool {
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
 fn start_app_socket(platform: grim::gui::platform::Desktop) {
     std::thread::spawn(move || {
-        use tor_rtcompat::ToplevelBlockOn;
-        let runtime = tor_rtcompat::tokio::TokioNativeTlsRuntime::create().unwrap();
-        let _: Result<_, _> = runtime
+        let _ = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+            .enable_all()
+            .build()
+            .unwrap()
             .block_on(async {
                 use interprocess::local_socket::{
                     tokio::{prelude::*, Stream},
diff --git a/src/wallet/connections/external.rs b/src/wallet/connections/external.rs
index 28d1872d..a8da9421 100644
--- a/src/wallet/connections/external.rs
+++ b/src/wallet/connections/external.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ impl ExternalConnection {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Check external connections availability.
+    /// Check external connection availability.
     pub fn check(id: Option<i64>, ui_ctx: &egui::Context) {
         let conn_list = ConnectionsConfig::ext_conn_list();
         for conn in conn_list {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ fn check_ext_conn(conn: &ExternalConnection, ui_ctx: &egui::Context) {
     let ui_ctx = ui_ctx.clone();
     ConnectionsConfig::update_ext_conn_status(conn.id, None);
     std::thread::spawn(move || {
-        tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
             .enable_all()
             .build()
             .unwrap()