diff --git a/src/workload/mod.rs b/src/workload/mod.rs
index 8131730..bb19597 100644
--- a/src/workload/mod.rs
+++ b/src/workload/mod.rs
@@ -63,19 +63,15 @@ pub fn launch_workload(
         let mut seed = [0; 64];
         rng.fill_bytes(&mut seed);
 
-        workload_rt.spawn_blocking(move || {
-            // since this seed is unique, each workload thread should produce
-            // requests in a different sequence
-            let mut rng = Xoshiro512PlusPlus::from_seed(Seed512(seed));
-
+        workload_rt.spawn(async move {
             while RUNNING.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
                 generator.generate(
                     &client_sender,
                     &pubsub_sender,
                     &store_sender,
                     &oltp_sender,
-                    &mut rng,
-                );
+                    Xoshiro512PlusPlus::from_seed(Seed512(seed)),
+                ).await;
             }
         });
     }
@@ -154,13 +150,13 @@ impl Generator {
         self.ratelimiter.clone()
     }
 
-    pub fn generate(
+    pub async fn generate(
         &self,
         client_sender: &Sender<ClientWorkItemKind<ClientRequest>>,
         pubsub_sender: &Sender<PublisherWorkItem>,
         store_sender: &Sender<ClientWorkItemKind<StoreClientRequest>>,
         oltp_sender: &Sender<ClientWorkItemKind<OltpRequest>>,
-        rng: &mut dyn RngCore,
+        mut rng: Xoshiro512PlusPlus,
     ) {
         if let Some(ref ratelimiter) = self.ratelimiter {
             loop {
@@ -174,10 +170,11 @@ impl Generator {
             }
         }
 
-        match &self.components[self.component_dist.sample(rng)] {
+        match &self.components[self.component_dist.sample(&mut rng)] {
             Component::Keyspace(keyspace) => {
                 if client_sender
-                    .send(self.generate_request(keyspace, rng))
+                    .send(self.generate_request(keyspace, &mut rng))
+                    .await
                     .is_err()
                 {
                     REQUEST_DROPPED.increment();
@@ -185,7 +182,8 @@ impl Generator {
             }
             Component::Topics(topics) => {
                 if pubsub_sender
-                    .send(self.generate_pubsub(topics, rng))
+                    .send(self.generate_pubsub(topics, &mut rng))
+                    .await
                     .is_err()
                 {
                     REQUEST_DROPPED.increment();
@@ -193,7 +191,8 @@ impl Generator {
             }
             Component::Store(store) => {
                 if store_sender
-                    .send(self.generate_store_request(store, rng))
+                    .send(self.generate_store_request(store, &mut rng))
+                    .await
                     .is_err()
                 {
                     REQUEST_DROPPED.increment();
@@ -201,7 +200,8 @@ impl Generator {
             }
             Component::Oltp(oltp) => {
                 if oltp_sender
-                    .send(self.generate_oltp_request(oltp, rng))
+                    .send(self.generate_oltp_request(oltp, &mut rng))
+                    .await
                     .is_err()
                 {
                     REQUEST_DROPPED.increment();