diff --git a/src/sioyek/translate.py b/src/sioyek/translate.py
index 3f95ac0..7c67d75 100644
--- a/src/sioyek/translate.py
+++ b/src/sioyek/translate.py
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 import sys
+import asyncio
 from googletrans import Translator
 
 from .sioyek import Sioyek, clean_path
 
+async def translate_text(text):
+    async with Translator() as translator:
+        result = await translator.translate(text, dest='en')
+        return result
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     sioyek_path = clean_path(sys.argv[1])
     text = sys.argv[2]
     sioyek = Sioyek(sioyek_path)
-    translator = Translator()
-    translation = translator.translate(text, dest='en')
-    sioyek.set_status_string(translation.text)
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+    translation = asyncio.run(translate_text(text)).text
+    sioyek.set_status_string(translation)