diff --git a/src/dailyai/services/daily_transport_service.py b/src/dailyai/services/daily_transport_service.py
index 426a8014f..40e62a807 100644
--- a/src/dailyai/services/daily_transport_service.py
+++ b/src/dailyai/services/daily_transport_service.py
@@ -55,17 +55,15 @@ class DailyTransportService(EventHandler):
         except RuntimeError:
             self.loop = None
 
-    def patch_method(self, event_name, *args):
+    def patch_method(self, event_name, *args, **kwargs):
         for handler in self.event_handlers[event_name]:
             if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(handler):
                 if self.loop:
-                    future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(handler(*args), self.loop)
-                    #concurrent.futures.wait(future)
+                    asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(handler(*args, **kwargs), self.loop)
                 else:
                     raise Exception("No event loop to run coroutine. In order to use async event handlers, you must run the DailyTransportService in an asyncio event loop.")
-                asyncio.run(handler(*args))
             else:
-                handler(*args)
+                handler(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def add_event_handler(self, event_name: str, handler):
         if not event_name.startswith("on_"):
@@ -152,14 +150,9 @@ class DailyTransportService(EventHandler):
 
         self.my_participant_id = self.client.participants()["local"]["id"]
 
-    def run(self) -> None:
+    async def run(self) -> None:
         self.configure_daily()
-        self.running_thread = Thread(target=self.run_daily, daemon=True)
-        self.running_thread.start()
-        self.running_thread.join()
 
-    def run_daily(self):
-        # TODO: this loop could, I think, be replaced with a timer and an event
         self.participant_left = False
 
         try:
@@ -167,7 +160,7 @@ class DailyTransportService(EventHandler):
             self.logger.info(f"{participant_count} participants in room")
             while time.time() < self.expiration and not self.participant_left and not self.stop_threads.is_set():
                 # all handling of incoming transcriptions happens in on_transcription_message
-                time.sleep(1)
+                await asyncio.sleep(1)
         except Exception as e:
             self.logger.error(f"Exception {e}")
         finally:
diff --git a/src/samples/theoretical-to-real/02-llm-say-one-thing.py b/src/samples/theoretical-to-real/02-llm-say-one-thing.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79b454c08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/samples/theoretical-to-real/02-llm-say-one-thing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import asyncio
+import re
+from typing import AsyncGenerator
+
+from dailyai.output_queue import OutputQueueFrame, FrameType
+from dailyai.services.daily_transport_service import DailyTransportService
+from dailyai.services.azure_ai_services import AzureLLMService, AzureTTSService
+
+local_joined = False
+participant_joined = False
+
+async def main(room_url):
+    meeting_duration_minutes = 1
+    transport = DailyTransportService(
+        room_url,
+        None,
+        "Say One Thing From an LLM",
+        meeting_duration_minutes,
+    )
+    transport.mic_enabled = True
+
+    tts = AzureTTSService()
+    llm = AzureLLMService()
+
+    messages = [{
+        "role": "system",
+        "content": "You are an LLM in a WebRTC session, and your text will be converted to audio. Introduce yourself."
+    }]
+    llm_generator: AsyncGenerator[str, None] = llm.run_llm_async(messages)
+
+    @transport.event_handler("on_participant_joined")
+    async def on_participant_joined(transport, participant):
+        print(local_joined, participant_joined)
+
+        current_text = ""
+        async for text in llm_generator:
+            print("text", text)
+            current_text += text
+            if re.match(r"^.*[.!?]$", text):
+                async for audio in tts.run_tts(current_text):
+                    transport.output_queue.put(OutputQueueFrame(FrameType.AUDIO_FRAME, audio))
+                current_text = ""
+
+    await transport.run()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main("https://moishe.daily.co/Lettvins"))