diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ced79c6..4d22411 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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+ "time",
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+ "futures-task",
+ "memchr",
+ "pin-utils",
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+ "proc-macro-nested",
+ "slab",
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+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "indexmap",
+ "log",
+ "slab",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "http",
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+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "h2",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
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- "log 0.3.9",
- "mime",
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- "matches",
- "unicode-bidi",
- "unicode-normalization",
+ "itoa",
+ "log",
+ "pin-project",
+ "time",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-service",
+ "want",
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+dependencies = [
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  "js_int",
- "log 0.4.8",
+ "log",
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  "rocket",
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@@ -508,6 +617,7 @@ dependencies = [
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+ "tokio",
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+ "libc",
+ "log",
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+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi 0.3.8",
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- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.8",
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- "log 0.4.8",
+ "log",
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- "log 0.4.8",
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+ "base64 0.11.0",
+ "futures",
+ "futures-util",
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+ "http",
  "hyper",
- "hyper-sync-rustls",
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+ "log",
+ "mime",
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- "rustls",
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- "time 0.2.9",
+ "time",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls",
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- "url 2.1.1",
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-name = "rustc_version"
-version = "0.2.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "138e3e0acb6c9fb258b19b67cb8abd63c00679d2851805ea151465464fe9030a"
-dependencies = [
- "semver",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
 version = "0.16.0"
@@ -947,35 +1143,18 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b25a18b1bf7387f0145e7f8324e700805aade3842dd3db2e74e4cdeb4677c09e"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.10.1",
- "log 0.4.8",
+ "log",
  "ring",
  "sct",
  "webpki",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustversion"
-version = "1.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b3bba175698996010c4f6dce5e7f173b6eb781fce25d2cfc45e27091ce0b79f6"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.10",
- "quote 1.0.3",
- "syn 1.0.17",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "535622e6be132bccd223f4bb2b8ac8d53cda3c7a6394944d3b2b33fb974f9d76"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "safemem"
-version = "0.3.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ef703b7cb59335eae2eb93ceb664c0eb7ea6bf567079d843e09420219668e072"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -992,35 +1171,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "untrusted",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "semver"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1d7eb9ef2c18661902cc47e535f9bc51b78acd254da71d375c2f6720d9a40403"
-dependencies = [
- "semver-parser",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "semver-parser"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "388a1df253eca08550bef6c72392cfe7c30914bf41df5269b68cbd6ff8f570a3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.105"
+version = "1.0.106"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e707fbbf255b8fc8c3b99abb91e7257a622caeb20a9818cbadbeeede4e0932ff"
+checksum = "36df6ac6412072f67cf767ebbde4133a5b2e88e76dc6187fa7104cd16f783399"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.105"
+version = "1.0.106"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ac5d00fc561ba2724df6758a17de23df5914f20e41cb00f94d5b7ae42fffaff8"
+checksum = "9e549e3abf4fb8621bd1609f11dfc9f5e50320802273b12f3811a67e6716ea6c"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2 1.0.10",
  "quote 1.0.3",
@@ -1047,14 +1211,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "dtoa",
  "itoa",
  "serde",
- "url 2.1.1",
+ "url",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "sha1"
-version = "0.6.0"
+name = "signal-hook-registry"
+version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2579985fda508104f7587689507983eadd6a6e84dd35d6d115361f530916fa0d"
+checksum = "94f478ede9f64724c5d173d7bb56099ec3e2d9fc2774aac65d34b8b890405f41"
+dependencies = [
+ "arc-swap",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "slab"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c111b5bd5695e56cffe5129854aa230b39c93a305372fdbb2668ca2394eea9f8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sled"
@@ -1068,7 +1242,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fs2",
  "fxhash",
  "libc",
- "log 0.4.8",
+ "log",
  "parking_lot",
 ]
 
@@ -1084,67 +1258,12 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "standback"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ee531c64ad0f80d289504bd32fb047f42a9e957cda584276ab96eb587e9abac3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "state"
 version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7345c971d1ef21ffdbd103a75990a15eb03604fc8b8852ca8cb418ee1a099028"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "stdweb"
-version = "0.4.20"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d022496b16281348b52d0e30ae99e01a73d737b2f45d38fed4edf79f9325a1d5"
-dependencies = [
- "discard",
- "rustc_version",
- "stdweb-derive",
- "stdweb-internal-macros",
- "stdweb-internal-runtime",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "stdweb-derive"
-version = "0.5.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c87a60a40fccc84bef0652345bbbbbe20a605bf5d0ce81719fc476f5c03b50ef"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.10",
- "quote 1.0.3",
- "serde",
- "serde_derive",
- "syn 1.0.17",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "stdweb-internal-macros"
-version = "0.2.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "58fa5ff6ad0d98d1ffa8cb115892b6e69d67799f6763e162a1c9db421dc22e11"
-dependencies = [
- "base-x",
- "proc-macro2 1.0.10",
- "quote 1.0.3",
- "serde",
- "serde_derive",
- "serde_json",
- "sha1",
- "syn 1.0.17",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "stdweb-internal-runtime"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "213701ba3370744dcd1a12960caa4843b3d68b4d1c0a5d575e0d65b2ee9d16c0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "strum"
 version = "0.18.0"
@@ -1214,44 +1333,55 @@ checksum = "db8dcfca086c1143c9270ac42a2bbd8a7ee477b78ac8e45b19abfb0cbede4b6f"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall",
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.8",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "time"
-version = "0.2.9"
+name = "tokio"
+version = "0.2.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6329a7835505d46f5f3a9a2c237f8d6bf5ca6f0015decb3698ba57fcdbb609ba"
+checksum = "ee5a0dd887e37d37390c13ff8ac830f992307fe30a1fff0ab8427af67211ba28"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "futures-core",
+ "iovec",
+ "lazy_static",
  "libc",
- "rustversion",
- "standback",
- "stdweb",
- "time-macros",
- "winapi",
+ "memchr",
+ "mio",
+ "mio-uds",
+ "num_cpus",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
+ "slab",
+ "winapi 0.3.8",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "time-macros"
-version = "0.1.0"
+name = "tokio-rustls"
+version = "0.12.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9ae9b6e9f095bc105e183e3cd493d72579be3181ad4004fceb01adbe9eecab2d"
+checksum = "141afec0978abae6573065a48882c6bae44c5cc61db9b511ac4abf6a09bfd9cc"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-hack",
- "time-macros-impl",
+ "futures-core",
+ "rustls",
+ "tokio",
+ "webpki",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "time-macros-impl"
-version = "0.1.0"
+name = "tokio-util"
+version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e987cfe0537f575b5fc99909de6185f6c19c3ad8889e2275e686a873d0869ba1"
+checksum = "be8242891f2b6cbef26a2d7e8605133c2c554cd35b3e4948ea892d6d68436499"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-hack",
- "proc-macro2 1.0.10",
- "quote 1.0.3",
- "syn 1.0.17",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "log",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1264,25 +1394,16 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "traitobject"
-version = "0.1.0"
+name = "tower-service"
+version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "efd1f82c56340fdf16f2a953d7bda4f8fdffba13d93b00844c25572110b26079"
+checksum = "e987b6bf443f4b5b3b6f38704195592cca41c5bb7aedd3c3693c7081f8289860"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "typeable"
-version = "0.1.2"
+name = "try-lock"
+version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1410f6f91f21d1612654e7cc69193b0334f909dcf2c790c4826254fbb86f8887"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "unicase"
-version = "1.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f4765f83163b74f957c797ad9253caf97f103fb064d3999aea9568d09fc8a33"
-dependencies = [
- "version_check 0.1.5",
-]
+checksum = "e604eb7b43c06650e854be16a2a03155743d3752dd1c943f6829e26b7a36e382"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-bidi"
@@ -1326,24 +1447,13 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "60369ef7a31de49bcb3f6ca728d4ba7300d9a1658f94c727d4cab8c8d9f4aece"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "url"
-version = "1.7.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dd4e7c0d531266369519a4aa4f399d748bd37043b00bde1e4ff1f60a120b355a"
-dependencies = [
- "idna 0.1.5",
- "matches",
- "percent-encoding 1.0.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "829d4a8476c35c9bf0bbce5a3b23f4106f79728039b726d292bb93bc106787cb"
 dependencies = [
- "idna 0.2.0",
+ "idna",
  "matches",
  "percent-encoding 2.1.0",
  "serde",
@@ -1361,6 +1471,16 @@ version = "0.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "078775d0255232fb988e6fccf26ddc9d1ac274299aaedcedce21c6f72cc533ce"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "want"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ce8a968cb1cd110d136ff8b819a556d6fb6d919363c61534f6860c7eb172ba0"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "try-lock",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.9.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -1385,7 +1505,7 @@ checksum = "d967d37bf6c16cca2973ca3af071d0a2523392e4a594548155d89a678f4237cd"
 dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
  "lazy_static",
- "log 0.4.8",
+ "log",
  "proc-macro2 1.0.10",
  "quote 1.0.3",
  "syn 1.0.17",
@@ -1442,13 +1562,10 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "webpki-roots"
-version = "0.18.0"
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.2.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "91cd5736df7f12a964a5067a12c62fa38e1bd8080aff1f80bc29be7c80d19ab4"
-dependencies = [
- "webpki",
-]
+checksum = "167dc9d6949a9b857f3451275e911c3f44255842c1f7a76f33c55103a909087a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
@@ -1460,6 +1577,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-build"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2d315eee3b34aca4797b2da6b13ed88266e6d612562a0c46390af8299fc699bc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -1472,7 +1595,7 @@ version = "0.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fa515c5163a99cc82bab70fd3bfdd36d827be85de63737b40fcef2ce084a436e"
 dependencies = [
- "winapi",
+ "winapi 0.3.8",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1481,6 +1604,16 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ws2_32-sys"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d59cefebd0c892fa2dd6de581e937301d8552cb44489cdff035c6187cb63fa5e"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi 0.2.8",
+ "winapi-build",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "yansi"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d259707..f61995b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-rocket = { git = "https://github.com/SergioBenitez/Rocket.git", features = ["tls"] }
+rocket = { git = "https://github.com/SergioBenitez/Rocket.git", branch = "async", features = ["tls"] }
 http = "0.2.1"
 ruma-client-api = "0.7.1"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ js_int = "0.1.4"
 serde_json = "1.0.50"
 ruma-signatures = { git = "https://github.com/ruma/ruma-signatures.git" }
 ruma-federation-api = "0.0.1"
-serde = "1.0.105"
+serde = "1.0.106"
+tokio = "0.2.16"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 44ff413..491a1b7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ fn sync_route(
                     notification_count: None,
                 },
                 timeline: sync_events::Timeline {
-                    limited: None,
-                    prev_batch: None,
+                    limited: Some(false),
+                    prev_batch: Some("".to_owned()),
                     events: room_events,
                 },
                 state: sync_events::State { events: Vec::new() },
@@ -328,5 +328,6 @@ fn main() {
             ],
         )
         .manage(data)
-        .launch();
+        .launch()
+        .unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/src/ruma_wrapper.rs b/src/ruma_wrapper.rs
index 507f620..b3c8fdf 100644
--- a/src/ruma_wrapper.rs
+++ b/src/ruma_wrapper.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use rocket::{
-    data::{FromDataSimple, Outcome},
+    data::{Data, FromData, FromDataFuture, Transform, Transformed, TransformFuture},
     http::Status,
-    response::Responder,
+    response::{self, Responder},
     Outcome::*,
     Request, State,
 };
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ use ruma_client_api::error::Error;
 use ruma_identifiers::UserId;
 use std::{
     convert::{TryFrom, TryInto},
-    io::{Cursor, Read},
+    io::Cursor,
     ops::Deref,
 };
+use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 
 const MESSAGE_LIMIT: u64 = 65535;
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ pub struct Ruma<T: Outgoing> {
     pub json_body: serde_json::Value,
 }
 
-impl<T: Endpoint> FromDataSimple for Ruma<T>
+impl<'a, T: Endpoint> FromData<'a> for Ruma<T>
 where
     // We need to duplicate Endpoint's where clauses because the compiler is not smart enough yet.
     // See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/54149
@@ -38,63 +39,76 @@ where
     >,
 {
     type Error = (); // TODO: Better error handling
+    type Owned = Data;
+    type Borrowed = Self::Owned;
 
-    fn from_data(request: &Request, data: rocket::Data) -> Outcome<Self, Self::Error> {
-        let user_id = if T::METADATA.requires_authentication {
-            let data = request.guard::<State<crate::Data>>().unwrap();
+    fn transform<'r>(_req: &'r Request, data: Data) -> TransformFuture<'r, Self::Owned, Self::Error> {
+        Box::pin(async move { Transform::Owned(Success(data)) })
+    }
 
-            // Get token from header or query value
-            let token = match request
-                .headers()
-                .get_one("Authorization")
-                .map(|s| s.to_owned())
-                .or_else(|| request.get_query_value("access_token").and_then(|r| r.ok()))
-            {
-                // TODO: M_MISSING_TOKEN
-                None => return Failure((Status::Unauthorized, ())),
-                Some(token) => token,
+    fn from_data(
+        request: &'a Request,
+        outcome: Transformed<'a, Self>,
+    ) -> FromDataFuture<'a, Self, Self::Error> {
+        Box::pin(async move {
+            let data = rocket::try_outcome!(outcome.owned());
+
+            let user_id = if T::METADATA.requires_authentication {
+                let data = request.guard::<State<crate::Data>>().await.unwrap();
+
+                // Get token from header or query value
+                let token = match request
+                    .headers()
+                    .get_one("Authorization")
+                    .map(|s| s.to_owned())
+                    .or_else(|| request.get_query_value("access_token").and_then(|r| r.ok()))
+                {
+                    // TODO: M_MISSING_TOKEN
+                    None => return Failure((Status::Unauthorized, ())),
+                    Some(token) => token,
+                };
+
+                // Check if token is valid
+                match data.user_from_token(&token) {
+                    // TODO: M_UNKNOWN_TOKEN
+                    None => return Failure((Status::Unauthorized, ())),
+                    Some(user_id) => Some(user_id),
+                }
+            } else {
+                None
             };
 
-            // Check if token is valid
-            match data.user_from_token(&token) {
-                // TODO: M_UNKNOWN_TOKEN
-                None => return Failure((Status::Unauthorized, ())),
-                Some(user_id) => Some(user_id),
+            let mut http_request = http::Request::builder()
+                .uri(request.uri().to_string())
+                .method(&*request.method().to_string());
+            for header in request.headers().iter() {
+                http_request = http_request.header(header.name.as_str(), &*header.value);
             }
-        } else {
-            None
-        };
 
-        let mut http_request = http::Request::builder()
-            .uri(request.uri().to_string())
-            .method(&*request.method().to_string());
-        for header in request.headers().iter() {
-            http_request = http_request.header(header.name.as_str(), &*header.value);
-        }
+            let mut handle = data.open().take(MESSAGE_LIMIT);
+            let mut body = Vec::new();
+            handle.read_to_end(&mut body).await.unwrap();
 
-        let mut handle = data.open().take(MESSAGE_LIMIT);
-        let mut body = Vec::new();
-        handle.read_to_end(&mut body).unwrap();
+            let http_request = http_request.body(body.clone()).unwrap();
+            log::info!("{:?}", http_request);
 
-        let http_request = http_request.body(body.clone()).unwrap();
-        log::info!("{:?}", http_request);
-
-        match T::Incoming::try_from(http_request) {
-            Ok(t) => Success(Ruma {
-                body: t,
-                user_id,
-                // TODO: Can we avoid parsing it again?
-                json_body: if !body.is_empty() {
-                    serde_json::from_slice(&body).expect("Ruma already parsed it successfully")
-                } else {
-                    serde_json::Value::default()
-                },
-            }),
-            Err(e) => {
-                log::error!("{:?}", e);
-                Failure((Status::InternalServerError, ()))
+            match T::Incoming::try_from(http_request) {
+                Ok(t) => Success(Ruma {
+                    body: t,
+                    user_id,
+                    // TODO: Can we avoid parsing it again?
+                    json_body: if !body.is_empty() {
+                        serde_json::from_slice(&body).expect("Ruma already parsed it successfully")
+                    } else {
+                        serde_json::Value::default()
+                    },
+                }),
+                Err(e) => {
+                    log::error!("{:?}", e);
+                    Failure((Status::InternalServerError, ()))
+                }
             }
-        }
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -108,7 +122,9 @@ impl<T: Outgoing> Deref for Ruma<T> {
 
 /// This struct converts ruma responses into rocket http responses.
 pub struct MatrixResult<T>(pub std::result::Result<T, Error>);
-impl<T: TryInto<http::Response<Vec<u8>>>> TryInto<http::Response<Vec<u8>>> for MatrixResult<T> {
+
+impl<T: TryInto<http::Response<Vec<u8>>>> TryInto<http::Response<Vec<u8>>> for MatrixResult<T>
+{
     type Error = T::Error;
 
     fn try_into(self) -> Result<http::Response<Vec<u8>>, T::Error> {
@@ -119,13 +135,14 @@ impl<T: TryInto<http::Response<Vec<u8>>>> TryInto<http::Response<Vec<u8>>> for M
     }
 }
 
-impl<'r, T: TryInto<http::Response<Vec<u8>>>> Responder<'r> for MatrixResult<T> {
-    fn respond_to(self, _: &Request) -> rocket::response::Result<'r> {
+#[rocket::async_trait]
+impl<'r, T: Send + TryInto<http::Response<Vec<u8>>>> Responder<'r> for MatrixResult<T> where T::Error: Send{
+    async fn respond_to(self, _: &'r Request<'_>) -> response::Result<'r> {
         let http_response: Result<http::Response<_>, _> = self.try_into();
         match http_response {
             Ok(http_response) => {
                 let mut response = rocket::response::Response::build();
-                response.sized_body(Cursor::new(http_response.body().clone()));
+                response.sized_body(Cursor::new(http_response.body().clone())).await;
 
                 for header in http_response.headers() {
                     response