diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 9a3e6c4..57ecf51 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from discord.ext import commands
 import requests
 import json
 from datetime import datetime as dt
+import aiohttp
 
 
 ### reads token files
@@ -11,6 +12,16 @@ def readToken(filePath):
         return f.readline()
 
 
+
+
+### takes a json, returns a http code
+async def postToSheet(data, gsheetToken):
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+            async with session.post(gsheetToken, json=data) as response:
+                print("Status:", response.status)
+            return response.status
+
+
 bot = commands.Bot()
 
 # various tokens
@@ -72,12 +83,12 @@ async def delivery(ctx,
     }
 
     try:
-        response = requests.post(gsheetToken, json.dumps(data), headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"})
-        if response.status_code == 200:
+        response = await postToSheet(data, gsheetToken)
+        if response == 200:
             await ctx.followup.send(f"your delivery of {quantity} of {commodity} to a {target} has been added to the sheet!")
             print(f"[{dt.isoformat(dt.now())}]{author} delivery of {quantity} of  {commodity} to a {target}")
         else:
-            await ctx.followup.send(f"Failed to log delivery (HTTP {response.status_code}). Please contact the yellow people if that keeps happening")
+            await ctx.followup.send(f"Failed to log delivery (HTTP {response}). Please contact the yellow people if that keeps happening")
     except Exception as e:
         await ctx.followup.send(f"help : Error: {e}")