diff --git a/core/medium_parser/core.py b/core/medium_parser/core.py
index 9a49d48..c92afb4 100644
--- a/core/medium_parser/core.py
+++ b/core/medium_parser/core.py
@@ -252,21 +252,21 @@ class MediumParser:
                 if out_paragraphs:
                     css_class.append("pt-12")
                 header_template = jinja_env.from_string('<h2 class="font-bold font-sans break-normal text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100 text-1xl md:text-2xl {{ css_class }}">{{ text }}</h2>')
-                header_template_rendered = await header_template.render_async(text=text_formater.get_text(), css_class="".join(css_class))
+                header_template_rendered = header_template.render(text=text_formater.get_text(), css_class="".join(css_class))
                 out_paragraphs.append(header_template_rendered)
             elif paragraph["type"] == "H3":
                 css_class = []
                 if out_paragraphs:
                     css_class.append("pt-12")
                 header_template = jinja_env.from_string('<h3 class="font-bold font-sans break-normal text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100 text-1xl md:text-2xl {{ css_class }}">{{ text }}</h3>')
-                header_template_rendered = await header_template.render_async(text=text_formater.get_text(), css_class="".join(css_class))
+                header_template_rendered = header_template.render(text=text_formater.get_text(), css_class="".join(css_class))
                 out_paragraphs.append(header_template_rendered)
             elif paragraph["type"] == "H4":
                 css_class = []
                 if out_paragraphs:
                     css_class.append("pt-8")
                 header_template = jinja_env.from_string('<h4 class="font-bold font-sans break-normal text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100 text-l md:text-xl {{ css_class }}">{{ text }}</h4>')
-                header_template_rendered = await header_template.render_async(text=text_formater.get_text(), css_class="".join(css_class))
+                header_template_rendered = header_template.render(text=text_formater.get_text(), css_class="".join(css_class))
                 out_paragraphs.append(header_template_rendered)
             elif paragraph["type"] == "IMG":
                 image_template = jinja_env.from_string(
@@ -276,20 +276,20 @@ class MediumParser:
                 if paragraph["layout"] == "OUTSET_ROW":
                     image_templates_row = []
                     img_row_template = jinja_env.from_string('<div class="mx-5"><div class="flex flex-row justify-center">{{ images }}</div></div>')
-                    image_template_rendered = await image_template.render_async(paragraph=paragraph)
+                    image_template_rendered = image_template.render(paragraph=paragraph)
                     image_templates_row.append(image_template_rendered)
                     _tmp_current_pos = current_pos + 1
                     while len(paragraphs) > _tmp_current_pos:
                         _paragraph = paragraphs[_tmp_current_pos]
                         if _paragraph["layout"] == "OUTSET_ROW_CONTINUE":
-                            image_template_rendered = await image_template.render_async(paragraph=_paragraph)
+                            image_template_rendered = image_template.render(paragraph=_paragraph)
                             image_templates_row.append(image_template_rendered)
                         else:
                             break
 
                         _tmp_current_pos += 1
 
-                    img_row_template_rendered = await img_row_template.render_async(images="".join(image_templates_row))
+                    img_row_template_rendered = img_row_template.render(images="".join(image_templates_row))
                     out_paragraphs.append(img_row_template_rendered)
 
                     current_pos = _tmp_current_pos - 1
@@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ class MediumParser:
                     current_pos += 1
                     continue
                 else:
-                    image_template_rendered = await image_template.render_async(paragraph=paragraph)
+                    image_template_rendered = image_template.render(paragraph=paragraph)
                     out_paragraphs.append(image_template_rendered)
                     if paragraph["text"]:
-                        out_paragraphs.append(await image_caption_template.render_async(text=text_formater.get_text()))
+                        out_paragraphs.append(image_caption_template.render(text=text_formater.get_text()))
             elif paragraph["type"] == "P":
                 css_class = ["leading-8"]
                 paragraph_template = jinja_env.from_string('<p class="{{ css_class }}">{{ text }}</p>')
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class MediumParser:
                     css_class.append("mt-3")
                 else:
                     css_class.append("mt-7")
-                paragraph_template_rendered = await paragraph_template.render_async(text=text_formater.get_text(), css_class=" ".join(css_class))
+                paragraph_template_rendered = paragraph_template.render(text=text_formater.get_text(), css_class=" ".join(css_class))
                 out_paragraphs.append(paragraph_template_rendered)
             elif paragraph["type"] == "ULI":
                 uli_template = jinja_env.from_string('<ul class="list-disc pl-8 mt-2">{{ li }}</ul>')
@@ -321,14 +321,14 @@ class MediumParser:
                     _paragraph = paragraphs[_tmp_current_pos]
                     if _paragraph["type"] == "ULI":
                         text_formater = parse_paragraph_text(_paragraph["text"], _paragraph["markups"])
-                        li_template_rendered = await li_template.render_async(text=text_formater.get_text())
+                        li_template_rendered = li_template.render(text=text_formater.get_text())
                         li_templates.append(li_template_rendered)
                     else:
                         break
 
                     _tmp_current_pos += 1
 
-                uli_template_rendered = await uli_template.render_async(li="".join(li_templates))
+                uli_template_rendered = uli_template.render(li="".join(li_templates))
                 out_paragraphs.append(uli_template_rendered)
 
                 current_pos = _tmp_current_pos - 1
@@ -342,14 +342,14 @@ class MediumParser:
                     _paragraph = paragraphs[_tmp_current_pos]
                     if _paragraph["type"] == "OLI":
                         text_formater = parse_paragraph_text(_paragraph["text"], _paragraph["markups"])
-                        li_template_rendered = await li_template.render_async(text=text_formater.get_text())
+                        li_template_rendered = li_template.render(text=text_formater.get_text())
                         li_templates.append(li_template_rendered)
                     else:
                         break
 
                     _tmp_current_pos += 1
 
-                ol_template_rendered = await ol_template.render_async(li="".join(li_templates))
+                ol_template_rendered = ol_template.render(li="".join(li_templates))
                 out_paragraphs.append(ol_template_rendered)
 
                 current_pos = _tmp_current_pos - 1
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@ class MediumParser:
 
                     _tmp_current_pos += 1
 
-                code_block_template_rendered = await code_block_template.render_async(text="\n".join(code_list), code_css_class=" ".join(code_css_class))
-                pre_template_rendered = await pre_template.render_async(code_block=code_block_template_rendered)
+                code_block_template_rendered = code_block_template.render(text="\n".join(code_list), code_css_class=" ".join(code_css_class))
+                pre_template_rendered = pre_template.render(code_block=code_block_template_rendered)
 
                 out_paragraphs.append(pre_template_rendered)
                 current_pos = _tmp_current_pos - 1
@@ -385,12 +385,12 @@ class MediumParser:
                 bq_template = jinja_env.from_string(
                     '<blockquote style="box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 0 rgb(209 207 239 / var(--tw-bg-opacity));" class="px-5 pt-3 pb-3 mt-5"><p class="font-italic">{{ text }}</p></blockquote>'
                 )
-                bq_template_rendered = await bq_template.render_async(text=text_formater.get_text())
+                bq_template_rendered = bq_template.render(text=text_formater.get_text())
                 logger.trace(bq_template_rendered)
                 out_paragraphs.append(bq_template_rendered)
             elif paragraph["type"] == "PQ":
                 pq_template = jinja_env.from_string('<blockquote class="mt-7 text-2xl ml-5 text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-300"><p>{{ text }}</p></blockquote>')
-                pq_template_rendered = await pq_template.render_async(text=text_formater.get_text())
+                pq_template_rendered = pq_template.render(text=text_formater.get_text())
                 logger.trace(pq_template_rendered)
                 out_paragraphs.append(pq_template_rendered)
             elif paragraph["type"] == "MIXTAPE_EMBED":
@@ -433,13 +433,13 @@ class MediumParser:
 
                 logger.trace(f"{embed_site=}")
 
-                embed_template_rendered = await embed_template.render_async(paragraph=paragraph, url=url, embed_title=embed_title, embed_description=embed_description, embed_site=embed_site)
+                embed_template_rendered = embed_template.render(paragraph=paragraph, url=url, embed_title=embed_title, embed_description=embed_description, embed_site=embed_site)
                 out_paragraphs.append(embed_template_rendered)
             elif paragraph["type"] == "IFRAME":
                 iframe_template = jinja_env.from_string(
                     '<div class="mt-7"><iframe class="lazy w-full" data-src="{{ host_address }}/render_iframe/{{ iframe_id }}" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div>'
                 )
-                iframe_template_rendered = await iframe_template.render_async(host_address=self.host_address, iframe_id=paragraph["iframe"]["mediaResource"]["id"])
+                iframe_template_rendered = iframe_template.render(host_address=self.host_address, iframe_id=paragraph["iframe"]["mediaResource"]["id"])
                 out_paragraphs.append(iframe_template_rendered)
 
             else:
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ class MediumParser:
         if collection:
             post_page_title_raw += " | in {{ collection.name }}"
         post_page_title = jinja_env.from_string(post_page_title_raw)
-        post_page_title_rendered = await post_page_title.render_async(title=title, creator=creator, collection=collection)
+        post_page_title_rendered = post_page_title.render(title=title, creator=creator, collection=collection)
 
         post_context = {
             "subtitle": subtitle,
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ class MediumParser:
             "content": content,
             "tags": tags,
         }
-        post_template_rendered = await post_template.render_async(post_context)
+        post_template_rendered = post_template.render(post_context)
 
         return HtmlResult(post_page_title_rendered, description, url, post_template_rendered)
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 40754ca..8c35fed 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@ fastapi==0.108.0
 gunicorn==21.2.0
 redis[hiredis]==4.6.0
 xkcdpass==1.19.3
-apscheduler==3.10.4
-nest-asyncio==1.6.0
\ No newline at end of file
+apscheduler==3.10.4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/__init__.py b/server/__init__.py
index b819804..98d8610 100644
--- a/server/__init__.py
+++ b/server/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
-import nest_asyncio
-
-nest_asyncio.apply()
-
 from loguru import logger
 import pickledb
 from multiprocessing import Value
-import logging
 from contextvars import ContextVar
 from typing import Optional
 
diff --git a/server/handlers/main.py b/server/handlers/main.py
index 84a3bba..9606e22 100644
--- a/server/handlers/main.py
+++ b/server/handlers/main.py
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ async def route_processing(path: str, request: Request):
 @trace
 async def main_page():
     postleter_template = await render_postleter(as_html=True)
-    main_template_rendered = await main_template.render_async(postleter=postleter_template)
-    base_template_rendered = await base_template.render_async(body_template=main_template_rendered, HOST_ADDRESS=config.HOST_ADDRESS)
+    main_template_rendered = main_template.render(postleter=postleter_template)
+    base_template_rendered = base_template.render(body_template=main_template_rendered, HOST_ADDRESS=config.HOST_ADDRESS)
     parsed_template = parse(base_template_rendered)
     serialized_template = serialize(parsed_template, encoding='utf-8')
     return HTMLResponse(serialized_template)
diff --git a/server/handlers/post.py b/server/handlers/post.py
index e0e2f56..f79875e 100644
--- a/server/handlers/post.py
+++ b/server/handlers/post.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async def render_postleter(limit: int = 30, as_html: bool = False):
 
     await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
 
-    postleter_template_rendered = await postleter_template.render_async(post_list=outlet_posts_list)
+    postleter_template_rendered = postleter_template.render(post_list=outlet_posts_list)
     if as_html:
         return postleter_template_rendered
     return HTMLResponse(postleter_template_rendered)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ async def render_medium_post_link(path: str, use_cache: bool = True, use_redis:
             "title": rendered_medium_post.title,
             "description": rendered_medium_post.description,
         }
-        rendered_post = await base_template.render_async(base_context, HOST_ADDRESS=config.HOST_ADDRESS)
+        rendered_post = base_template.render(base_context, HOST_ADDRESS=config.HOST_ADDRESS)
         parsed_rendered_post = parse(rendered_post)
         serialized_rendered_post = serialize(parsed_rendered_post, encoding="utf-8")
 
diff --git a/server/services/jinja.py b/server/services/jinja.py
index 74b2a77..b753938 100644
--- a/server/services/jinja.py
+++ b/server/services/jinja.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from jinja2 import Environment, DebugUndefined, FileSystemLoader
 
-jinja_env = Environment(enable_async=True)
+jinja_env = Environment()
 jinja_safe_env = Environment(undefined=DebugUndefined)
-template_env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader("./server/templates"), enable_async=True)
+template_env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader("./server/templates"))
 template_safe_env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader("./server/templates"), undefined=DebugUndefined)
 
 base_template = template_env.get_template("base.html")
diff --git a/server/utils/error.py b/server/utils/error.py
index 6720785..529c3f3 100644
--- a/server/utils/error.py
+++ b/server/utils/error.py
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ async def generate_error(error_msg: str = None, title: str = "Error", status_cod
     if not quiet:
         send_message(f"📛 Error while processing url: <code>{url_correlation.get()}</code>, transponder_code: <code>{transponder_code_correlation.get()}</code>, error: <code>{error_msg}</code>")
 
-    error_template_rendered = await error_template.render_async(error_msg=error_msg, transponder_code=transponder_code_correlation.get())
+    error_template_rendered = error_template.render(error_msg=error_msg, transponder_code=transponder_code_correlation.get())
     base_context = {
         "enable_ads_header": config.ENABLE_ADS_BANNER,
         "body_template": error_template_rendered,
         "title": title,
     }
-    base_template_rendered = await base_template.render_async(base_context, HOST_ADDRESS=config.HOST_ADDRESS)
+    base_template_rendered = base_template.render(base_context, HOST_ADDRESS=config.HOST_ADDRESS)
     return HTMLResponse(base_template_rendered, status_code=status_code)