3 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/alot/__main__.py b/alot/__main__.py
index 221e6b22..c901bb07 100644
--- a/alot/__main__.py
+++ b/alot/__main__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ from alot.commands import *
 from alot.commands import CommandParseError, COMMANDS
 from alot.utils import argparse as cargparse
 
+from twisted.internet import asyncioreactor
+asyncioreactor.install()
+
 
 _SUBCOMMANDS = ['search', 'compose', 'bufferlist', 'taglist', 'namedqueries',
                 'pyshell']
diff --git a/alot/ui.py b/alot/ui.py
index 013b4e7a..b528518f 100644
--- a/alot/ui.py
+++ b/alot/ui.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class UI(object):
         self.mainloop = urwid.MainLoop(
             self.root_widget,
             handle_mouse=settings.get('handle_mouse'),
-            event_loop=urwid.AsyncioEventLoop(),
+            event_loop=urwid.TwistedEventLoop(),
             unhandled_input=self._unhandled_input,
             input_filter=self._input_filter)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9c85a663..6c322404 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ setup(
         'notmuch>=0.26',
         'urwid>=1.3.0',
         'urwidtrees>=1.0',
+        'twisted>=10.2.0',
         'python-magic',
         'configobj>=4.7.0',
         'gpg'