diff --git a/changedetectionio/realtime/socket_server.py b/changedetectionio/realtime/socket_server.py
index 38af70ba..b2463c0b 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/realtime/socket_server.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/realtime/socket_server.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def init_socketio(app, datastore):
     # Use the threading async_mode instead of eventlet
     # This avoids the need for monkey patching eventlet,
     # Which leads to problems with async playwright etc
-    async_mode = 'threading'
+    async_mode = 'gevent'
     logger.info(f"Using {async_mode} mode for Socket.IO")
 
     # Restrict SocketIO CORS to same origin by default, can be overridden with env var
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3b14de93..e2b00f3d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ levenshtein
 # Needed for > 3.10, https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-python/issues/2096
 greenlet >= 3.0.3
 
+# Used for realtime socketio mode (so its a different driver to eventlet/threading not to interfere with playwright)
+gevent
+
 # Pinned or it causes problems with flask_expects_json which seems unmaintained
 referencing==0.35.1