diff --git a/raspberry/roberto/__init__.py b/raspberry/roberto/__init__.py
index 5c24005..4d30644 100644
--- a/raspberry/roberto/__init__.py
+++ b/raspberry/roberto/__init__.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def initialize_extensions(app):
     from roberto.model import db
     db.init_app(app)
     #login.init_app(app)
-    socketio.init_app(app, cors_allowed_origins="*", engineio_logger=app.config['DEBUG'])
+    socketio.init_app(app, cors_allowed_origins="*", engineio_logger=app.config['DEBUG'], async_mode='eventlet')
     pass
 
 def register_blueprints(app):