diff --git a/examples/async.rs b/examples/async.rs
index 7fe1584..1c19bf9 100644
--- a/examples/async.rs
+++ b/examples/async.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ use std::time::Instant;
 use ngx::core;
 use ngx::ffi::{
     ngx_array_push, ngx_command_t, ngx_conf_t, ngx_connection_t, ngx_event_t, ngx_http_core_module,
-    ngx_http_core_run_phases, ngx_http_handler_pt, ngx_http_module_t, ngx_http_phases_NGX_HTTP_ACCESS_PHASE,
-    ngx_http_request_t, ngx_int_t, ngx_module_t, ngx_post_event, ngx_posted_next_events, ngx_str_t, ngx_uint_t,
-    NGX_CONF_TAKE1, NGX_HTTP_LOC_CONF, NGX_HTTP_LOC_CONF_OFFSET, NGX_HTTP_MODULE,
+    ngx_http_handler_pt, ngx_http_module_t, ngx_http_phases_NGX_HTTP_ACCESS_PHASE, ngx_int_t, ngx_module_t,
+    ngx_post_event, ngx_posted_events, ngx_posted_next_events, ngx_str_t, ngx_uint_t, NGX_CONF_TAKE1,
+    NGX_HTTP_LOC_CONF, NGX_HTTP_LOC_CONF_OFFSET, NGX_HTTP_MODULE,
 };
 use ngx::http::{self, HTTPModule, MergeConfigError};
 use ngx::{http_request_handler, ngx_log_debug_http, ngx_string};
@@ -92,12 +92,10 @@ impl http::Merge for ModuleConfig {
 unsafe extern "C" fn check_async_work_done(event: *mut ngx_event_t) {
     let ctx = ngx::ngx_container_of!(event, RequestCTX, event);
     let c: *mut ngx_connection_t = (*event).data.cast();
-    let r: *mut ngx_http_request_t = (*c).data.cast();
 
     if (*ctx).done.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
-        let main = &mut *(*r).main;
-        main.set_count(main.count() - 1);
-        ngx_http_core_run_phases(r);
+        // Triggering async_access_handler again
+        ngx_post_event((*c).write, addr_of_mut!(ngx_posted_events));
     } else {
         // this doesn't have have good performance but works as a simple thread-safe example and doesn't causes
         // segfault. The best method that provides both thread-safety and performance requires
@@ -145,11 +143,11 @@ http_request_handler!(async_access_handler, |request: &mut http::Request| {
     }
 
     if let Some(ctx) = unsafe { request.get_module_ctx::<RequestCTX>(&*addr_of!(ngx_http_async_module)) } {
-        if ctx.done.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
-            return core::Status::NGX_OK;
-        } else {
-            return core::Status::NGX_DONE;
+        if !ctx.done.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+            return core::Status::NGX_AGAIN;
         }
+
+        return core::Status::NGX_OK;
     }
 
     let ctx = request.pool().allocate(RequestCTX::default());
@@ -164,9 +162,6 @@ http_request_handler!(async_access_handler, |request: &mut http::Request| {
     ctx.event.log = unsafe { (*request.connection()).log };
     unsafe { ngx_post_event(&mut ctx.event, addr_of_mut!(ngx_posted_next_events)) };
 
-    let main = unsafe { &mut *request.as_ref().main };
-    main.set_count(main.count() + 1);
-
     // Request is no longer needed and can be converted to something movable to the async block
     let req = AtomicPtr::new(request.into());
     let done_flag = ctx.done.clone();
@@ -187,7 +182,7 @@ http_request_handler!(async_access_handler, |request: &mut http::Request| {
         // to wake up the event loop. (or patch nginx and use the same trick as the thread pool)
     }));
 
-    core::Status::NGX_DONE
+    core::Status::NGX_AGAIN
 });
 
 extern "C" fn ngx_http_async_commands_set_enable(