diff --git a/mojo-rtm/mojo-rtm.py b/mojo-rtm/mojo-rtm.py
index f04469b..7f0dd7a 100644
--- a/mojo-rtm/mojo-rtm.py
+++ b/mojo-rtm/mojo-rtm.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def parse_direct_mention(message_text):
     return (matches.group(1), matches.group(2).strip()) if matches else (None, None)
 
 
-async def zalgo_ify(text):
+def zalgo_ify(text):
     ''' Takes some normal text and zalgo-ifies it '''
     # "Combining Diacritical Marks" Unicode block.
     combining_chars = [chr(n) for n in range(768, 878)]