diff --git a/packages/web/Cargo.toml b/packages/web/Cargo.toml
index 7a3baa955..31a7ff6be 100644
--- a/packages/web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/web/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ wasm-logger = "0.2.0"
 console_error_panic_hook = { version = "0.1.7", optional = true }
 wasm-bindgen-test = "0.3.29"
 once_cell = "1.9.0"
-async-channel = "1.6.1"
 anyhow = "1.0.53"
 gloo-timers = { version = "0.2.3", features = ["futures"] }
 futures-util = "0.3.19"
 smallstr = "0.2.0"
 dioxus-interpreter-js = { path = "../interpreter", version = "^0.0.0", features = ["web"] }
 serde-wasm-bindgen = "0.4.2"
+futures-channel = "0.3.21"
 
 [dependencies.web-sys]
 version = "0.3.56"
diff --git a/packages/web/src/dom.rs b/packages/web/src/dom.rs
index 48fb25e6e..b2eb65d08 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/dom.rs
+++ b/packages/web/src/dom.rs
@@ -87,14 +87,11 @@ impl WebsysDom {
             }
         });
 
+        // a match here in order to avoid some error during runtime browser test
         let document = load_document();
         let root = match document.get_element_by_id(&cfg.rootname) {
             Some(root) => root,
-            // a match here in order to avoid some error during runtime browser test
-            None => {
-                let body = document.create_element("body").ok().unwrap();
-                body
-            }
+            None => document.create_element("body").ok().unwrap(),
         };
 
         Self {
diff --git a/packages/web/src/lib.rs b/packages/web/src/lib.rs
index cef1bc14c..90fe84d04 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/web/src/lib.rs
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ pub async fn run_with_props<T: 'static + Send>(root: Component<T>, root_props: T
         websys_dom.apply_edits(edits.edits);
     }
 
-    let work_loop = ric_raf::RafLoop::new();
+    let mut work_loop = ric_raf::RafLoop::new();
 
     loop {
         log::trace!("waiting for work");
diff --git a/packages/web/src/ric_raf.rs b/packages/web/src/ric_raf.rs
index 2ac0668b9..89819fff0 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/ric_raf.rs
+++ b/packages/web/src/ric_raf.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //! Because RIC doesn't work on Safari, we polyfill using the "ricpolyfill.js" file and use some basic detection to see
 //! if RIC is available.
 
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use gloo_timers::future::TimeoutFuture;
 use js_sys::Function;
 use wasm_bindgen::{prelude::Closure, JsCast, JsValue};
@@ -14,21 +15,21 @@ use web_sys::{window, Window};
 
 pub(crate) struct RafLoop {
     window: Window,
-    ric_receiver: async_channel::Receiver<u32>,
-    raf_receiver: async_channel::Receiver<()>,
+    ric_receiver: futures_channel::mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<u32>,
+    raf_receiver: futures_channel::mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<()>,
     ric_closure: Closure<dyn Fn(JsValue)>,
     raf_closure: Closure<dyn Fn(JsValue)>,
 }
 
 impl RafLoop {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
-        let (raf_sender, raf_receiver) = async_channel::unbounded();
+        let (raf_sender, raf_receiver) = futures_channel::mpsc::unbounded();
 
         let raf_closure: Closure<dyn Fn(JsValue)> = Closure::wrap(Box::new(move |_v: JsValue| {
-            raf_sender.try_send(()).unwrap()
+            raf_sender.unbounded_send(()).unwrap()
         }));
 
-        let (ric_sender, ric_receiver) = async_channel::unbounded();
+        let (ric_sender, ric_receiver) = futures_channel::mpsc::unbounded();
 
         let has_idle_callback = {
             let bo = window().unwrap().dyn_into::<js_sys::Object>().unwrap();
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ impl RafLoop {
                 10
             };
 
-            ric_sender.try_send(time_remaining).unwrap()
+            ric_sender.unbounded_send(time_remaining).unwrap()
         }));
 
         // execute the polyfill for safari
@@ -64,16 +65,16 @@ impl RafLoop {
         }
     }
     /// waits for some idle time and returns a timeout future that expires after the idle time has passed
-    pub async fn wait_for_idle_time(&self) -> TimeoutFuture {
+    pub async fn wait_for_idle_time(&mut self) -> TimeoutFuture {
         let ric_fn = self.ric_closure.as_ref().dyn_ref::<Function>().unwrap();
         let _cb_id: u32 = self.window.request_idle_callback(ric_fn).unwrap();
-        let deadline = self.ric_receiver.recv().await.unwrap();
+        let deadline = self.ric_receiver.next().await.unwrap();
         TimeoutFuture::new(deadline)
     }
 
-    pub async fn wait_for_raf(&self) {
+    pub async fn wait_for_raf(&mut self) {
         let raf_fn = self.raf_closure.as_ref().dyn_ref::<Function>().unwrap();
         let _id: i32 = self.window.request_animation_frame(raf_fn).unwrap();
-        self.raf_receiver.recv().await.unwrap();
+        self.raf_receiver.next().await.unwrap();
     }
 }