diff --git a/modules/api_client.py b/modules/api_client.py
index 25e0a6d..e8fba39 100644
--- a/modules/api_client.py
+++ b/modules/api_client.py
@@ -1,24 +1,33 @@
 """This is only a temporary solution. Complete Photos API client is yet to be developed."""
 
+try:
+    from ujson import dumps
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    from json import dumps
+
 import asyncio
 from base64 import b64decode, b64encode
+from ujson import dumps
 from os import makedirs, path, sep
 from random import choice
 from typing import Tuple, Union
+from aiohttp import ClientSession
 
-from requests import get, patch, post
 from classes.exceptions import SubmissionUploadError
 
 from modules.logger import logWrite
 from modules.utils import configGet
 
 
+http_session = ClientSession(json_serialize=dumps, )
+
+
 async def authorize() -> str:
     makedirs(configGet("cache", "locations"), exist_ok=True)
     if path.exists(configGet("cache", "locations")+sep+"api_access") is True:
         with open(configGet("cache", "locations")+sep+"api_access", "rb") as file:
             token = b64decode(file.read()).decode("utf-8")
-        if get(configGet("address", "posting", "api")+"/users/me/", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}).status_code == 200:
+        if (await http_session.get(configGet("address", "posting", "api")+"/users/me/", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"})).status == 200:
             return token
     payload = {
         "grant_type": "password",
@@ -26,13 +35,13 @@ async def authorize() -> str:
         "username": configGet("username", "posting", "api"),
         "password": configGet("password", "posting", "api")
     }
-    response = post(configGet("address", "posting", "api")+"/token", data=payload)
-    if response.status_code != 200:
-        logWrite(f'Incorrect API credentials! Could not login into "{configGet("address", "posting", "api")}" using login "{configGet("username", "posting", "api")}": HTTP {response.status_code}')
+    response = await http_session.post(configGet("address", "posting", "api")+"/token", data=payload)
+    if response.status != 200:
+        logWrite(f'Incorrect API credentials! Could not login into "{configGet("address", "posting", "api")}" using login "{configGet("username", "posting", "api")}": HTTP {response.status}')
         raise ValueError
     with open(configGet("cache", "locations")+sep+"api_access", "wb") as file:
-        file.write(b64encode(response.json()["access_token"].encode("utf-8")))
-    return response.json()["access_token"]
+        file.write(b64encode((await response.json())["access_token"].encode("utf-8")))
+    return (await response.json())["access_token"]
 
 async def random_pic(token: Union[str, None] = None) -> Tuple[str, str]:
     """Returns random image id and filename from the queue.
@@ -42,14 +51,15 @@ async def random_pic(token: Union[str, None] = None) -> Tuple[str, str]:
     """    
     token = await authorize() if token is None else token
     logWrite(f'{configGet("address", "posting", "api")}/albums/{configGet("album", "posting", "api")}/photos?q=&page_size={configGet("page_size", "posting")}&caption=queue')
-    resp = get(f'{configGet("address", "posting", "api")}/albums/{configGet("album", "posting", "api")}/photos?q=&page_size={configGet("page_size", "posting")}&caption=queue', headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"})
-    if resp.status_code != 200:
-        logWrite(f'Could not get photos from album {configGet("album", "posting", "api")}: HTTP {resp.status_code}')
-        logWrite(f'Could not get photos from "{configGet("address", "posting", "api")}/albums/{configGet("album", "posting", "api")}/photos?q=&page_size={configGet("page_size", "posting")}&caption=queue" using token "{token}": HTTP {resp.status_code}', debug=True)
+    resp = await http_session.get(f'{configGet("address", "posting", "api")}/albums/{configGet("album", "posting", "api")}/photos?q=&page_size={configGet("page_size", "posting")}&caption=queue', headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"})
+    print(await resp.json(), flush=True)
+    if resp.status != 200:
+        logWrite(f'Could not get photos from album {configGet("album", "posting", "api")}: HTTP {resp.status}')
+        logWrite(f'Could not get photos from "{configGet("address", "posting", "api")}/albums/{configGet("album", "posting", "api")}/photos?q=&page_size={configGet("page_size", "posting")}&caption=queue" using token "{token}": HTTP {resp.status}', debug=True)
         raise ValueError
-    if len(resp.json()["results"]) == 0:
+    if len((await resp.json())["results"]) == 0:
         raise KeyError
-    pic = choice(resp.json()["results"])
+    pic = choice((await resp.json())["results"])
     return pic["id"], pic["filename"]
 
 async def upload_pic(filepath: str, allow_duplicates: bool = False, token: Union[str, None] = None) -> Tuple[bool, list]:
@@ -57,17 +67,17 @@ async def upload_pic(filepath: str, allow_duplicates: bool = False, token: Union
     try:
         pic_name = path.basename(filepath)
         files = {'file': (pic_name, open(filepath, 'rb'), 'image/jpeg')}
-        response = post(f'{configGet("address", "posting", "api")}/albums/{configGet("album", "posting", "api")}/photos', params={"caption": "queue", "compress": False, "ignore_duplicates": allow_duplicates}, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}, files=files)
-        if response.status_code != 200 and response.status_code != 409:
-            logWrite(f"Could not upload '{filepath}' to API: HTTP {response.status_code} with message '{response.content}'")
-            raise SubmissionUploadError(str(filepath), response.status_code, response.content)
+        response = await http_session.post(f'{configGet("address", "posting", "api")}/albums/{configGet("album", "posting", "api")}/photos', params={"caption": "queue", "compress": False, "ignore_duplicates": allow_duplicates}, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}, files=files)
+        if response.status != 200 and response.status != 409:
+            logWrite(f"Could not upload '{filepath}' to API: HTTP {response.status} with message '{response.content}'")
+            raise SubmissionUploadError(str(filepath), response.status, response.content)
         duplicates = []
-        if "duplicates" in response.json():
-            for index, duplicate in enumerate(response.json()["duplicates"]):
-                if response.json()["access_token"] is None:
+        if "duplicates" in (await response.json()):
+            for index, duplicate in enumerate((await response.json())["duplicates"]):
+                if (await response.json())["access_token"] is None:
                     duplicates.append(f'`{duplicate["id"]}`:\n{configGet("address_external", "posting", "api")}/photos/{duplicate["id"]}')
                 else:
-                    duplicates.append(f'`{duplicate["id"]}`:\n{configGet("address_external", "posting", "api")}/token/photo/{response.json()["access_token"]}?id={index}')
+                    duplicates.append(f'`{duplicate["id"]}`:\n{configGet("address_external", "posting", "api")}/token/photo/{(await response.json())["access_token"]}?id={index}')
         return True, duplicates
     except:
         return False, []
@@ -75,13 +85,13 @@ async def upload_pic(filepath: str, allow_duplicates: bool = False, token: Union
 async def find_pic(name: str, caption: Union[str, None] = None, token: Union[str, None] = None) -> Union[dict, None]:
     token = await authorize() if token is None else token
     try:
-        response = get(f'{configGet("address", "posting", "api")}/albums/{configGet("album", "posting", "api")}/photos', params={"q": name, "caption": caption}, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"})
+        response = await http_session.get(f'{configGet("address", "posting", "api")}/albums/{configGet("album", "posting", "api")}/photos', params={"q": name, "caption": caption}, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"})
         # logWrite(response.json())
-        if response.status_code != 200:
+        if response.status != 200:
             return None
-        if len(response.json()["results"]) == 0:
+        if len((await response.json())["results"]) == 0:
             return None
-        return response.json()["results"]
+        return (await response.json())["results"]
     except Exception as exp:
         logWrite(f"Could not find image with name '{name}' and caption '{caption}' due to: {exp}")
         return None
@@ -89,7 +99,7 @@ async def find_pic(name: str, caption: Union[str, None] = None, token: Union[str
 async def move_pic(id: str, token: Union[str, None] = None) -> bool:
     token = await authorize() if token is None else token
     try:
-        patch(f'{configGet("address", "posting", "api")}/photos/{id}?caption=sent', headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"})
+        await http_session.patch(f'{configGet("address", "posting", "api")}/photos/{id}?caption=sent', headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"})
         return True
     except:
         return False
diff --git a/modules/sender.py b/modules/sender.py
index ca5c104..bd6b425 100644
--- a/modules/sender.py
+++ b/modules/sender.py
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ from uuid import uuid4
 from PIL import Image
 
 from classes.poster_client import PosterClient
-from requests import get
 
-from modules.api_client import authorize, move_pic, random_pic
+from modules.api_client import authorize, move_pic, random_pic, http_session
 from modules.database import col_sent, col_submitted
 from modules.logger import logWrite
 from modules.utils import configGet, locale
@@ -36,12 +35,12 @@ async def send_content(app: PosterClient) -> None:
                 await app.send_message(app.owner, locale("api_queue_error", "message", locale=configGet("locale")))
             return
         
-        response = get(f'{configGet("address", "posting", "api")}/photos/{pic[0]}', headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}, stream=True)
+        response = await http_session.get(f'{configGet("address", "posting", "api")}/photos/{pic[0]}', headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}, stream=True)
 
-        if response.status_code != 200:
-            logWrite(locale("post_invalid_pic", "console", locale=configGet("locale")).format(response.status_code, str(response.json())))
+        if response.status != 200:
+            logWrite(locale("post_invalid_pic", "console", locale=configGet("locale")).format(response.status, str(response.json())))
             if configGet("error", "reports"):
-                await app.send_message(app.owner, locale("post_invalid_pic", "message", locale=configGet("locale")).format(response.status_code, response.json()))
+                await app.send_message(app.owner, locale("post_invalid_pic", "message", locale=configGet("locale")).format(response.status, response.json()))
 
         tmp_dir = str(uuid4())
 
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ async def send_content(app: PosterClient) -> None:
         tmp_path = path.join(tmp_dir, pic[1])
 
         with open(path.join(configGet("tmp", "locations"), tmp_path), 'wb') as out_file:
-            copyfileobj(response.raw, out_file)
+            out_file.write(await response.read())
 
         logWrite(f'Candidate {pic[1]} ({pic[0]}) is {path.getsize(path.join(configGet("tmp", "locations"), tmp_path))} bytes big', debug=True)
 
diff --git a/poster.py b/poster.py
index faab802..992c440 100644
--- a/poster.py
+++ b/poster.py
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ if args.norun:
 try:
     from modules.app import app
     from pyrogram.sync import idle
-    from requests import get, post
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
     print(locale("deps_missing", "console", locale=configGet("locale")), flush=True)
     exit()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7607775..3bab7d8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apscheduler~=3.10.0
-pyrogram~=2.0.99
-requests~=2.28.2
+pyrogram~=2.0.100
+aiohttp~=3.8.4
 psutil~=5.9.4
 pymongo~=4.3.3
 pillow~=9.4.0