diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a936517..d733439 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ __pycache__
 /build
 /dist
 /src/socketify/*.so
-*.so
\ No newline at end of file
+*.so
+*.o
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 99e4845..5c9ee4a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,12 +19,21 @@ import subprocess
 _ROOT = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
 
 UWS_CAPI_DIR = str(_ROOT / "build" / "uWebSockets" / "capi") 
-UWS_CAPI_DIR = str(_ROOT / "build" / "uWebSockets" / "capi")
 UWS_LIB_PATH = str(_ROOT / "build" / "uWebSockets" / "capi" / "libuwebsockets.so")
 UWS_DIR = str(_ROOT / "src" / "socketify" /"uWebSockets")
 UWS_BUILD_DIR = str(_ROOT / "build" /"uWebSockets")
 UWS_LIB_OUTPUT = str(_ROOT / "src" / "socketify" / "libuwebsockets.so")
 
+
+NATIVE_CAPI_DIR = str(_ROOT / "build" / "native") 
+NATIVE_LIB_PATH = str(_ROOT / "build" / "native" / "libsocketify.so")
+NATIVE_DIR = str(_ROOT / "src" / "socketify" /"native")
+NATIVE_BUILD_DIR = str(_ROOT / "build" /"native")
+NATIVE_LIB_OUTPUT = str(_ROOT / "src" / "socketify" / "native"/ "libsocketify.so")
+
+
+
+
 class Prepare(sdist):
     def run(self):
         super().run()
@@ -39,6 +48,15 @@ class Makefile(build_ext):
 
         subprocess.run(["make", "shared"], cwd=UWS_CAPI_DIR, env=env, check=True)
         shutil.move(UWS_LIB_PATH, UWS_LIB_OUTPUT)
+
+
+        if os.path.exists(NATIVE_CAPI_DIR):
+            shutil.rmtree(NATIVE_CAPI_DIR)
+        shutil.copytree(NATIVE_DIR, NATIVE_CAPI_DIR)
+
+        subprocess.run(["make"], cwd=NATIVE_CAPI_DIR, env=env, check=True)
+        shutil.move(NATIVE_LIB_PATH, NATIVE_LIB_OUTPUT)
+        
         super().run()
 
 
@@ -66,7 +84,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
     ],
     packages=["socketify"],
     package_dir={"": "src"},
-    package_data={"": ['./*.so', './uWebSockets/*','./uWebSockets/*/*','./uWebSockets/*/*/*']},
+    package_data={"": ['./*.so', './uWebSockets/*','./uWebSockets/*/*','./uWebSockets/*/*/*', './native/*','./native/*/*','./native/*/*/*']},
     python_requires=">=3.7",
     install_requires=["cffi>=1.0.0"],
     has_ext_modules=lambda: True,
diff --git a/src/socketify/loop.py b/src/socketify/loop.py
index 0e1ff6f..883a25a 100644
--- a/src/socketify/loop.py
+++ b/src/socketify/loop.py
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ import asyncio
 import threading
 import time
 
-def loop_thread(loop, exception_handler):
-    if hasattr(exception_handler, '__call__'):
-        loop.set_exception_handler(lambda loop, context: exception_handler(loop, context, None))
-    loop.run_forever()
+from .native import UVLoop
+
 
 def future_handler(future, loop, exception_handler, response):
     try:
@@ -27,6 +25,7 @@ def future_handler(future, loop, exception_handler, response):
 class Loop:
     def __init__(self, exception_handler=None):
         self.loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        self.uv_loop = UVLoop()
         if hasattr(exception_handler, '__call__'):
             self.exception_handler = exception_handler
             self.loop.set_exception_handler(lambda loop, context: exception_handler(loop, context, None))
@@ -34,24 +33,46 @@ class Loop:
             self.exception_handler = None
 
         asyncio.set_event_loop(self.loop)
-        self.loop_thread = None
+        self.started = False
+        # self.loop_thread = None
 
     def start(self):
-        self.loop_thread = threading.Thread(target=loop_thread, args=(self.loop,self.exception_handler), daemon=True)
-        self.loop_thread.start()  
-        
+        self.started = True
+        self.timer = self.uv_loop.create_timer(0, 100, lambda loop: loop.run_once_asyncio(), self)
+    
+    def run(self):
+        self.uv_loop.run()
+
+    def run_once(self):
+        self.uv_loop.run_once()
+
+    def run_once_asyncio(self):
+        #run only one step
+        self.loop.call_soon(self.loop.stop)
+        self.loop.run_forever()
     def stop(self):
-        #stop loop
-        self.loop.call_soon_threadsafe(self.loop.stop) 
-        #wait loop thread to stops
-        self.loop_thread.join()
+        if(self.started):
+            self.timer.stop()
+            self.started = False
+        #unbind run_once 
+        #if is still running stops
+        if self.loop.is_running(): 
+            self.loop.stop()
+
         # Find all running tasks in main thread:
         pending = asyncio.all_tasks(self.loop)
         # Run loop until tasks done
         self.loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.gather(*pending))
+        
+    #Exposes native loop for uWS
+    def get_native_loop(self):
+        return self.uv_loop.get_native_loop()
 
     def run_async(self, task, response=None):
-        future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(task, self.loop)
+        #with run_once
+        future = asyncio.ensure_future(task, loop=self.loop)
+
+        #with threads
         future.add_done_callback(lambda f: future_handler(f, self.loop, self.exception_handler, response))
         return future
 
diff --git a/src/socketify/native/Makefile b/src/socketify/native/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fdd6b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/socketify/native/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+LIBRARY_NAME := libsocketify
+
+default:
+	$(CC) -c -O3 -luv -flto -fPIC -I ./src ./src/$(LIBRARY_NAME).c
+	$(CC) -shared -o $(LIBRARY_NAME).so  $(LIBRARY_NAME).o -luv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/socketify/native/__init__.py b/src/socketify/native/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4001ef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/socketify/native/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .uv import UVLoop
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/socketify/native/src/libsocketify.c b/src/socketify/native/src/libsocketify.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24c0426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/socketify/native/src/libsocketify.c
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+#include "uv.h"
+#include "libsocketify.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+
+void socketify_generic_prepare_callback(uv_prepare_t *prepare){
+    socketify_loop* loop = (socketify_loop*)uv_handle_get_data((uv_handle_t*)prepare);
+    loop->on_prepare_handler(loop->on_prepare_data);
+}
+
+void socketify_generic_timer_callback(uv_timer_t *timer){
+    socketify_timer* loop_data = (socketify_timer*)uv_handle_get_data((uv_handle_t*)timer);
+    loop_data->handler(loop_data->user_data);
+}
+
+
+void* socketify_get_native_loop(socketify_loop* loop){
+    return loop->uv_loop;
+}
+
+socketify_loop * socketify_create_loop(){
+    socketify_loop* loop = malloc(sizeof(uv_prepare_t));
+    loop->uv_loop = NULL;
+    loop->on_prepare_handler = NULL;
+    loop->uv_prepare_ptr = NULL;
+
+    uv_loop_t* uv_loop = malloc(sizeof(uv_loop_t));
+    if(uv_loop_init(uv_loop)){
+        free(uv_loop);
+        return loop;
+    }
+    loop->uv_loop = uv_loop;
+    return loop;
+}
+
+bool socketify_constructor_failed(socketify_loop* loop){
+    return loop->uv_loop == NULL;
+}
+
+bool socketify_on_prepare(socketify_loop* loop, socketify_prepare_handler handler, void* user_data){
+    if (loop->uv_prepare_ptr != NULL) return false;
+    if(handler == NULL) return false;
+    uv_prepare_t* prepare = malloc(sizeof(uv_prepare_t));
+    if(uv_prepare_init(loop->uv_loop, prepare)){
+        free(prepare);
+        return false;
+    }
+    
+    loop->on_prepare_handler = handler;
+    loop->on_prepare_data = user_data;
+    loop->uv_prepare_ptr = prepare;
+    uv_handle_set_data((uv_handle_t*)prepare, loop);
+    uv_prepare_start(prepare, socketify_generic_prepare_callback);
+
+    return true;
+    // uv_unref((uv_handle_t *) loop->uv_pre);
+    // loop->uv_pre->data = loop;
+}
+
+bool socketify_prepare_unbind(socketify_loop* loop){
+    if(loop->uv_prepare_ptr == NULL) return false;
+    uv_prepare_stop(loop->uv_prepare_ptr);
+
+    free(loop->uv_prepare_ptr);
+    loop->uv_prepare_ptr = NULL;
+    return true;
+}
+
+int socketify_loop_run(socketify_loop* loop, socketify_run_mode mode){
+    return uv_run(loop->uv_loop, (uv_run_mode)mode);
+}
+
+void socketify_loop_stop(socketify_loop* loop){
+     if(uv_loop_alive(loop->uv_loop)){
+        uv_stop(loop->uv_loop);
+    }
+}
+
+void socketify_destroy_loop(socketify_loop* loop){
+    socketify_loop_stop(loop);
+
+    uv_loop_close(loop->uv_loop);
+    free(loop->uv_loop);
+    if(loop->uv_prepare_ptr){
+        free(loop->uv_prepare_ptr);
+    }
+    free(loop);
+}
+
+socketify_timer* socketify_create_timer(socketify_loop* loop, int64_t timeout, int64_t repeat, socketify_timer_handler handler, void* user_data){
+       
+    uv_timer_t* uv_timer = malloc(sizeof(uv_timer_t));
+    // uv_timer_init(loop->uv_loop, uv_timer);
+    if(uv_timer_init(loop->uv_loop, uv_timer)){
+         free(uv_timer);
+         return NULL;
+    }
+
+    socketify_timer* timer = malloc(sizeof(socketify_timer));
+    timer->uv_timer_ptr = uv_timer;
+    timer->user_data = user_data;
+    timer->handler = handler;
+
+    uv_handle_set_data((uv_handle_t*)uv_timer, timer);
+    uv_timer_start(uv_timer, socketify_generic_timer_callback, timeout, repeat);
+
+    return timer;
+}
+
+//stops and destroy timer info
+void socketify_timer_destroy(socketify_timer* timer){
+    uv_timer_stop(timer->uv_timer_ptr);
+    free(timer->uv_timer_ptr);
+    free(timer);
+}
+
+// int socketify_set_timeout(socketify_loop* loop, int64_t timeout, socketify_timer_handler handler, void* user_data){
+
+//     uv_timer_t* timer = malloc(sizeof(uv_timer_t));
+//     if(!uv_timer_init(loop->uv_loop, timer)){
+//          free(timer);
+//          return -1;
+//     }
+//     uv_handle_set_data((uv_handle_t*)timer, handler);
+//     uv_timer_start(timer, socketify_generic_timer_callback, timeout, 0);
+//     return 0;
+// }
+
+// int uv_timer_init(uv_loop_t *loop, uv_timer_t *handle)
+
+// int uv_timer_start(uv_timer_t *handle, uv_timer_cb cb, uint64_t timeout, uint64_t repeat)
diff --git a/src/socketify/native/src/libsocketify.h b/src/socketify/native/src/libsocketify.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb0e06d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/socketify/native/src/libsocketify.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#ifndef SOCKETIFY_CAPI_HEADER
+#define SOCKETIFY_CAPI_HEADER
+#include "uv.h"
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+
+typedef void (*socketify_prepare_handler)(void* user_data);
+typedef void (*socketify_timer_handler)(void* user_data);
+
+typedef enum {
+  SOCKETIFY_RUN_DEFAULT = 0,
+  SOCKETIFY_RUN_ONCE,
+  SOCKETIFY_RUN_NOWAIT
+} socketify_run_mode;
+
+typedef struct {
+    void* uv_prepare_ptr;
+    socketify_prepare_handler on_prepare_handler;
+    void* on_prepare_data;
+    void* uv_loop;
+} socketify_loop;
+
+typedef struct{
+    void* uv_timer_ptr;
+    socketify_timer_handler handler;
+    void* user_data;
+} socketify_timer;
+
+socketify_loop * socketify_create_loop();
+bool socketify_constructor_failed(socketify_loop* loop);
+bool socketify_on_prepare(socketify_loop* loop, socketify_prepare_handler handler, void* user_data);
+bool socketify_prepare_unbind(socketify_loop* loop);
+void socketify_destroy_loop(socketify_loop* loop);
+void* socketify_get_native_loop(socketify_loop* loop);
+
+int socketify_loop_run(socketify_loop* loop, socketify_run_mode mode);
+void socketify_loop_stop(socketify_loop* loop);
+
+socketify_timer* socketify_create_timer(socketify_loop* loop, int64_t timeout, int64_t repeat, socketify_timer_handler handler, void* user_data);
+void socketify_timer_destroy(socketify_timer* timer);
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/socketify/native/uv.py b/src/socketify/native/uv.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1085c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/socketify/native/uv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+
+import cffi
+import os
+
+ffi = cffi.FFI()
+ffi.cdef("""
+
+
+typedef void (*socketify_prepare_handler)(void* user_data);
+typedef void (*socketify_timer_handler)(void* user_data);
+
+typedef enum {
+  SOCKETIFY_RUN_DEFAULT = 0,
+  SOCKETIFY_RUN_ONCE,
+  SOCKETIFY_RUN_NOWAIT
+} socketify_run_mode;
+
+typedef struct {
+    void* uv_prepare_ptr;
+    socketify_prepare_handler on_prepare_handler;
+    void* on_prepare_data;
+    void* uv_loop;
+} socketify_loop;
+
+typedef struct{
+    void* uv_timer_ptr;
+    socketify_timer_handler handler;
+    void* user_data;
+} socketify_timer;
+
+socketify_loop * socketify_create_loop();
+bool socketify_constructor_failed(socketify_loop* loop);
+bool socketify_on_prepare(socketify_loop* loop, socketify_prepare_handler handler, void* user_data);
+bool socketify_prepare_unbind(socketify_loop* loop);
+void socketify_destroy_loop(socketify_loop* loop);
+void* socketify_get_native_loop(socketify_loop* loop);
+
+int socketify_loop_run(socketify_loop* loop, socketify_run_mode mode);
+void socketify_loop_stop(socketify_loop* loop);
+
+socketify_timer* socketify_create_timer(socketify_loop* loop, int64_t timeout, int64_t repeat, socketify_timer_handler handler, void* user_data);
+void socketify_timer_destroy(socketify_timer* timer);
+
+
+""")
+library_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "libsocketify.so")
+
+lib = ffi.dlopen(library_path)
+
+@ffi.callback("void(void *)")
+def socketify_generic_handler(data):
+    if not data == ffi.NULL:
+        (handler, user_data) = ffi.from_handle(data)
+        handler(user_data)
+
+class UVTimer:
+    def __init__(self, loop, timeout, repeat, handler, user_data):
+        self._handler_data = ffi.new_handle((handler, user_data))
+        self._ptr = lib.socketify_create_timer(loop, ffi.cast("int64_t", timeout), ffi.cast("int64_t", repeat), socketify_generic_handler, self._handler_data)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        lib.socketify_timer_destroy(self._ptr)
+        self._handler_data = None
+        self._ptr = ffi.NULL
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        if self._ptr != ffi.NULL:
+            lib.socketify_timer_destroy(self._ptr)
+            self.self._handler_data = None
+
+
+class UVLoop:
+    def __init__(self, exception_handler=None):
+        self._loop = lib.socketify_create_loop()
+        if bool(lib.socketify_constructor_failed(self._loop)):
+            raise RuntimeError("Failed to create socketify uv loop")
+
+    def on_prepare(self, handler, user_data):
+        self._handler_data = ffi.new_handle((handler, user_data))
+        lib.socketify_on_prepare(self._loop, socketify_generic_handler, self._handler_data)
+
+    def create_timer(self, timeout, repeat, handler, user_data):
+        return UVTimer(self._loop, timeout, repeat, handler, user_data)
+
+    def prepare_unbind(self):
+        lib.socketify_prepare_unbind(self._loop)
+
+    def get_native_loop(self):
+        return lib.socketify_get_native_loop(self._loop)
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        lib.socketify_destroy_loop(self._loop)
+        self.self._handler_data = None
+  
+    def run(self):
+        return lib.socketify_loop_run(self._loop, lib.SOCKETIFY_RUN_DEFAULT)
+
+    def run_once(self):
+        return lib.socketify_loop_run(self._loop, lib.SOCKETIFY_RUN_ONCE)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        lib.socketify_loop_stop(self._loop)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/socketify/socketify.py b/src/socketify/socketify.py
index 9606c13..e5904a7 100644
--- a/src/socketify/socketify.py
+++ b/src/socketify/socketify.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from .loop import Loop
 from .status_codes import status_codes
 import json
 import inspect
-import threading
+import signal
 
 ffi = cffi.FFI()
 ffi.cdef("""
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ struct us_listen_socket_t {
 void us_listen_socket_close(int ssl, struct us_listen_socket_t *ls);
 int us_socket_local_port(int ssl, struct us_listen_socket_t *ls);
 struct us_loop_t *uws_get_loop();
-
+struct us_loop_t *uws_get_loop_with_native(void* existing_native_loop);
 typedef enum
 {
     _COMPRESSOR_MASK = 0x00FF,
@@ -466,12 +466,19 @@ class App:
         else:
             self.is_ssl = False
             self.SSL = ffi.cast("int", 0)
+
+        self.loop = Loop(lambda loop, context, response: self.trigger_error(context, response, None))
+
+        #set async loop to be the last created (is thread_local), App must be one per thread otherwise will use only the lasted loop
+        #needs to be called before uws_create_app or otherwise will create another loop and will not receive the right one
+        lib.uws_get_loop_with_native(self.loop.get_native_loop())
         self.app = lib.uws_create_app(self.SSL, socket_options)
         self._ptr = ffi.new_handle(self)
         if bool(lib.uws_constructor_failed(self.SSL, self.app)):
             raise RuntimeError("Failed to create connection") 
+
+
         self.handlers = []
-        self.loop = Loop(lambda loop, context, response: self.trigger_error(context, response, None))
         self.error_handler = None
 
     def get(self, path, handler):
@@ -547,15 +554,17 @@ class App:
         return self.loop.run_async(task, response)
 
     def run(self):
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, lambda sig, frame: self.close())
         self.loop.start()
-        lib.uws_app_run(self.SSL, self.app)
-        self.loop.stop()
+        self.loop.run()
+        # lib.uws_app_run(self.SSL, self.app)
         return self
         
     def close(self):
         if hasattr(self, "socket"):
             if not self.socket == ffi.NULL:
                 lib.us_listen_socket_close(self.SSL, self.socket)
+                self.loop.stop()
         return self
 
     def set_error_handler(self, handler):
diff --git a/src/socketify/uWebSockets b/src/socketify/uWebSockets
index c168734..9112923 160000
--- a/src/socketify/uWebSockets
+++ b/src/socketify/uWebSockets
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c168734e80daa0c91123ed44172f193b1ba8e365
+Subproject commit 91129232631c108a975278cfd7892d4351ccf71d
diff --git a/tests/examples/async.py b/tests/examples/async.py
index 5cba560..60fc5c7 100644
--- a/tests/examples/async.py
+++ b/tests/examples/async.py
@@ -30,4 +30,5 @@ app.get("/json", json)
 app.any("/*", not_found)
 
 app.listen(3000, lambda config: print("Listening on port http://localhost:%s now\n" % str(config.port)))
+
 app.run()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/examples/forks.py b/tests/examples/forks.py
index 752850e..3007a3e 100644
--- a/tests/examples/forks.py
+++ b/tests/examples/forks.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import multiprocessing
 
 def run_app():
     app = App()
-    app.get("/", lambda res, req: res.end("Hello World socketify from Python!"))
+    app.get("/", lambda res, req: res.end("Hello, World!"))
     app.listen(3000, lambda config: print("PID %d Listening on port http://localhost:%d now\n" % (os.getpid(), config.port)))
     app.run()