diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 3146fad..389657c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -213,13 +213,14 @@ impl<
         T: Serialize + DeserializeOwned + Unpin + Send + 'static,
     > AsyncReadConverse<R, W, T>
 {
-    /// Spawns a future onto the tokio runtime that will drive the receive mechanism.
-    /// This allows you to receive replies to your messages, while completely ignoring any non-reply messages you get.
+    /// Returns a future that will drive the receive mechanism. It's recommended to spawn this onto an `async`
+    /// runtime, such as `tokio`. This allows you to receive replies to your messages, while completely
+    /// ignoring any non-reply messages you get.
     ///
     /// If instead you'd like to see the non-reply messages then you'll need to drive the `Stream` implementation
     /// for `AsyncReadConverse`.
-    pub fn drive_forever(mut self) {
-        tokio::spawn(async move { while StreamExt::next(&mut self).await.is_some() {} });
+    pub async fn drive_forever(mut self) {
+        while StreamExt::next(&mut self).await.is_some() {}
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
index 51beba5..bfc7fdf 100644
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests.rs
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ async fn basic_dialogue() {
         new_duplex_connection(ChecksumEnabled::Yes, server_read, server_write);
     let (mut client_read, _client_write) =
         new_duplex_connection(ChecksumEnabled::Yes, client_read, client_write);
-    server_read.drive_forever();
+    tokio::spawn(server_read.drive_forever());
     tokio::spawn(async move {
         while let Some(message) = client_read.next().await {
             let mut received_message = message.unwrap();
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ async fn timeout_check() {
         new_duplex_connection(ChecksumEnabled::Yes, server_read, server_write);
     let (mut client_read, _client_write) =
         new_duplex_connection(ChecksumEnabled::Yes, client_read, client_write);
-    server_read.drive_forever();
+    tokio::spawn(server_read.drive_forever());
     tokio::spawn(async move {
         while let Some(message) = client_read.next().await {
             let mut received_message = message.unwrap();