diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3bd74507..b64ac42c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
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+checksum = "6e4503c46a5c0c7844e948c9a4d6acd9f50cccb4de1c48eb9e291ea17470c678"
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+dependencies = [
+ "addr2line",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+ "object",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+]
+
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@@ -128,6 +158,12 @@ dependencies = [
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+
 [[package]]
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@@ -143,6 +179,12 @@ dependencies = [
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+
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+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-executor",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-task",
+ "futures-util",
+]
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+checksum = "a576fc72ae164fca6b9db127eaa9a9dda0d61316034f33a0a0d4eda41f02b01d"
+dependencies = [
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+ "futures-task",
+ "futures-util",
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+ "syn",
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+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38d84fa142264698cdce1a9f9172cf383a0c82de1bddcf3092901442c4097004"
+
+[[package]]
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+checksum = "3d6401deb83407ab3da39eba7e33987a73c3df0c82b4bb5813ee871c19c41d48"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-macro",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-task",
+ "memchr",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "pin-utils",
+ "slab",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8a240ddb74feaf34a79a7add65a741f3167852fba007066dcac1ca548d89c08"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -482,6 +634,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
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+name = "num_cpus"
+version = "1.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4161fcb6d602d4d2081af7c3a45852d875a03dd337a6bfdd6e06407b61342a43"
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+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
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+
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+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
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 checksum = "57c0d7b74b563b49d38dae00a0c37d4d6de9b432382b2892f0574ddcae73fd0a"
 
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+name = "pin-project-lite"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bda66fc9667c18cb2758a2ac84d1167245054bcf85d5d1aaa6923f45801bdd02"
+
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+name = "pin-utils"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
+
 [[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+
 [[package]]
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 version = "6.1.0"
@@ -651,6 +840,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "clap",
  "crossterm",
+ "futures",
  "hashbrown",
  "notify-debouncer-mini",
  "os_pipe",
@@ -659,6 +849,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustlings-macros",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "tokio",
  "toml_edit",
 ]
 
@@ -768,12 +959,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
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+name = "slab"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f92a496fb766b417c996b9c5e57daf2f7ad3b0bebe1ccfca4856390e3d3bb67"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce305eb0b4296696835b71df73eb912e0f1ffd2556a501fcede6e0c50349191c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
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+version = "1.38.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba4f4a02a7a80d6f274636f0aa95c7e383b912d41fe721a31f29e29698585a4a"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "bytes",
+ "libc",
+ "mio",
+ "num_cpus",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
+ "socket2",
+ "tokio-macros",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
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+name = "tokio-macros"
+version = "2.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5f5ae998a069d4b5aba8ee9dad856af7d520c3699e6159b185c2acd48155d39a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.6.6"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9198f238..c61478ce 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ include = [
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.86"
+
+tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
+futures = "0.3"
+
 clap = { version = "4.5.9", features = ["derive"] }
 crossterm = "0.27.0"
 hashbrown = "0.14.5"
diff --git a/exercises/24_async/async1.rs b/exercises/24_async/async1.rs
index c4d59d8a..2e741594 100644
--- a/exercises/24_async/async1.rs
+++ b/exercises/24_async/async1.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // The program should wait until all the tasks have finished and should collect their return values into a vector.
 
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
-use futures::executor::block_on; // For simplicity in an educational context, to block on async code
+use tokio::time::{sleep, Duration};
 
 async fn perform_task(id: usize) -> u128 {
     let start = Instant::now();
diff --git a/solutions/24_async/async1.rs b/solutions/24_async/async1.rs
index d60ed185..62e8ffa0 100644
--- a/solutions/24_async/async1.rs
+++ b/solutions/24_async/async1.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // The program should wait until all the tasks have finished and should collect their return values into a vector.
 
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
-use futures::executor::block_on; // This will allow us to block on async code for simplicity in an educational context
+use tokio::time::{sleep, Duration};
 
 async fn perform_task(id: usize) -> u128 {
     let start = Instant::now();
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ async fn main_async() {
     }
 }
 
-fn main() {
-    block_on(main_async());
-}
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    main_async().await;
+}
\ No newline at end of file