diff --git a/llama_cpp/server/app.py b/llama_cpp/server/app.py
index 9b8dce418..f7c028475 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/server/app.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/server/app.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import typing
 import contextlib
 
-from threading import Lock
+from anyio import Lock
 from functools import partial
 from typing import Iterator, List, Optional, Union, Dict
 
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ def set_llama_proxy(model_settings: List[ModelSettings]):
     _llama_proxy = LlamaProxy(models=model_settings)
 
 
-def get_llama_proxy():
+async def get_llama_proxy():
     # NOTE: This double lock allows the currently streaming llama model to
     # check if any other requests are pending in the same thread and cancel
     # the stream if so.
-    llama_outer_lock.acquire()
+    await llama_outer_lock.acquire()
     release_outer_lock = True
     try:
-        llama_inner_lock.acquire()
+        await llama_inner_lock.acquire()
         try:
             llama_outer_lock.release()
             release_outer_lock = False
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ async def get_event_publisher(
     request: Request,
     inner_send_chan: MemoryObjectSendStream[typing.Any],
     iterator: Iterator[typing.Any],
-    on_complete: typing.Optional[typing.Callable[[], None]] = None,
+    on_complete: typing.Optional[typing.Callable[[], typing.Awaitable[None]]] = None,
 ):
     server_settings = next(get_server_settings())
     interrupt_requests = (
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ async def get_event_publisher(
                 raise e
         finally:
             if on_complete:
-                on_complete()
+                await on_complete()
 
 
 def _logit_bias_tokens_to_input_ids(
@@ -267,10 +267,8 @@ async def create_completion(
     request: Request,
     body: CreateCompletionRequest,
 ) -> llama_cpp.Completion:
-    exit_stack = contextlib.ExitStack()
-    llama_proxy = await run_in_threadpool(
-        lambda: exit_stack.enter_context(contextlib.contextmanager(get_llama_proxy)())
-    )
+    exit_stack = contextlib.AsyncExitStack()
+    llama_proxy = await exit_stack.enter_async_context(contextlib.asynccontextmanager(get_llama_proxy)())
     if llama_proxy is None:
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=status.HTTP_503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
@@ -332,7 +330,6 @@ async def create_completion(
         def iterator() -> Iterator[llama_cpp.CreateCompletionStreamResponse]:
             yield first_response
             yield from iterator_or_completion
-            exit_stack.close()
 
         send_chan, recv_chan = anyio.create_memory_object_stream(10)
         return EventSourceResponse(
@@ -342,13 +339,13 @@ def iterator() -> Iterator[llama_cpp.CreateCompletionStreamResponse]:
                 request=request,
                 inner_send_chan=send_chan,
                 iterator=iterator(),
-                on_complete=exit_stack.close,
+                on_complete=exit_stack.aclose,
             ),
             sep="\n",
             ping_message_factory=_ping_message_factory,
         )
     else:
-        exit_stack.close()
+        await exit_stack.aclose()
         return iterator_or_completion
 
 
@@ -477,10 +474,8 @@ async def create_chat_completion(
     # where the dependency is cleaned up before a StreamingResponse
     # is complete.
     # https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/issues/11143
-    exit_stack = contextlib.ExitStack()
-    llama_proxy = await run_in_threadpool(
-        lambda: exit_stack.enter_context(contextlib.contextmanager(get_llama_proxy)())
-    )
+    exit_stack = contextlib.AsyncExitStack()
+    llama_proxy = exit_stack.enter_async_context(contextlib.asynccontextmanager(get_llama_proxy)())
     if llama_proxy is None:
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=status.HTTP_503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
@@ -530,7 +525,6 @@ async def create_chat_completion(
         def iterator() -> Iterator[llama_cpp.ChatCompletionChunk]:
             yield first_response
             yield from iterator_or_completion
-            exit_stack.close()
 
         send_chan, recv_chan = anyio.create_memory_object_stream(10)
         return EventSourceResponse(
@@ -540,13 +534,13 @@ def iterator() -> Iterator[llama_cpp.ChatCompletionChunk]:
                 request=request,
                 inner_send_chan=send_chan,
                 iterator=iterator(),
-                on_complete=exit_stack.close,
+                on_complete=exit_stack.aclose,
             ),
             sep="\n",
             ping_message_factory=_ping_message_factory,
         )
     else:
-        exit_stack.close()
+        await exit_stack.aclose()
         return iterator_or_completion