diff --git a/source/event_hub.ts b/source/event_hub.ts
index 162f0c9..4cbe451 100644
--- a/source/event_hub.ts
+++ b/source/event_hub.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // :copyright: Copyright (c) 2016 ftrack
 import { v4 as uuidV4 } from "uuid";
 import loglevel from "loglevel";
+import io from "./simple_socketio.js";
 import { Event } from "./event.js";
 import {
   EventServerConnectionTimeoutError,
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   NotUniqueError,
 } from "./error.js";
 import { Data } from "./types.js";
-import type io from "./simple_socketio.js";
+
 interface BaseActionData {
   selection: Array<{
     entityId: string;
@@ -177,9 +178,7 @@ export class EventHub {
   }
 
   /** Connect to the event server. */
-  async connect(): Promise<void> {
-    const simple_socketio = await import("./simple_socketio.js");
-    const io = simple_socketio.default;
+  connect(): void {
     this._socketIo = io.connect(this._serverUrl, this._apiUser, this._apiKey);
     this._socketIo.on("connect", this._onSocketConnected);
     this._socketIo.on("ftrack.event", this._handle);