diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5daf25c..6c7dc3d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -150,21 +150,6 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-channel"
-version = "0.5.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ab3db02a9c5b5121e1e42fbdb1aeb65f5e02624cc58c43f2884c6ccac0b82f95"
-dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-utils",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-utils"
-version = "0.8.19"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "248e3bacc7dc6baa3b21e405ee045c3047101a49145e7e9eca583ab4c2ca5345"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "deranged"
 version = "0.3.11"
@@ -242,7 +227,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "git2",
  "memchr",
  "slog",
- "slog-async",
  "slog-term",
  "tempfile",
 ]
@@ -480,18 +464,6 @@ version = "2.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8347046d4ebd943127157b94d63abb990fcf729dc4e9978927fdf4ac3c998d06"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "slog-async"
-version = "2.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "72c8038f898a2c79507940990f05386455b3a317d8f18d4caea7cbc3d5096b84"
-dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-channel",
- "slog",
- "take_mut",
- "thread_local",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "slog-term"
 version = "2.9.1"
@@ -522,12 +494,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "take_mut"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f764005d11ee5f36500a149ace24e00e3da98b0158b3e2d53a7495660d3f4d60"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.10.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 394a190..33639f7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ clap_complete = "4"
 clap_complete_nushell = "4"
 slog = "2.5"
 slog-term = "2.6"
-slog-async = "2.5"
 memchr = "2.3"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index db51d5d..e54c0dc 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ fn main() {
 
     let decorator = slog_term::TermDecorator::new().build();
     let drain = slog_term::FullFormat::new(decorator).build().fuse();
-    let drain = slog_async::Async::new(drain).build().fuse();
+    let drain = std::sync::Mutex::new(drain).fuse();
+
     let drain = slog::LevelFilter::new(
         drain,
         if verbose {