diff --git a/pocketbase/__init__.py b/pocketbase/__init__.py
index 4e7cd7c..b42e721 100644
--- a/pocketbase/__init__.py
+++ b/pocketbase/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 __title__ = "pocketbase"
 __description__ = "PocketBase client SDK for python."
-__version__ = "0.1.3"
+__version__ = "0.2.0"
 
 
 from .client import Client, ClientResponseError
diff --git a/pocketbase/services/utils/sse.py b/pocketbase/services/utils/sse.py
index 56e0b8c..9922cd5 100644
--- a/pocketbase/services/utils/sse.py
+++ b/pocketbase/services/utils/sse.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Callable
 import dataclasses
-import asyncio
+import threading
 
 import httpx
 
@@ -17,12 +17,8 @@ class Event:
     retry: int | None = None
 
 
-class SSEClient:
-    """Implementation of a server side event client"""
-
+class EventLoop(threading.Thread):
     FIELD_SEPARATOR = ":"
-    _listeners: dict = {}
-    _loop_running: bool = False
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -31,21 +27,30 @@ class SSEClient:
         headers: dict | None = None,
         payload: dict | None = None,
         encoding="utf-8",
-    ) -> None:
+        listeners: dict[str, Callable] | None = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        threading.Thread.__init__(self, **kwargs)
+        self.kill = False
+        self.client = httpx.Client()
         self.url = url
         self.method = method
         self.headers = headers
         self.payload = payload
         self.encoding = encoding
-        self.client = httpx.AsyncClient()
+        self.listeners = listeners or {}
 
-    async def _read(self):
+    def _read(self):
         """Read the incoming event source stream and yield event chunks"""
         data = b""
-        async with self.client.stream(
-            self.method, self.url, headers=self.headers, data=self.payload, timeout=None
+        with self.client.stream(
+            self.method,
+            self.url,
+            headers=self.headers,
+            data=self.payload,
+            timeout=None,
         ) as r:
-            async for chunk in r.aiter_bytes():
+            for chunk in r.iter_bytes():
                 for line in chunk.splitlines(True):
                     data += line
                     if data.endswith((b"\r\r", b"\n\n", b"\r\n\r\n")):
@@ -54,8 +59,8 @@ class SSEClient:
             if data:
                 yield data
 
-    async def _events(self):
-        async for chunk in self._read():
+    def _events(self):
+        for chunk in self._read():
             event = Event()
             for line in chunk.splitlines():
                 line = line.decode(self.encoding)
@@ -83,22 +88,52 @@ class SSEClient:
             event.event = event.event or "message"
             yield event
 
-    async def _loop(self):
-        self._loop_running = True
-        async for event in self._events():
-            if event.event in self._listeners:
-                self._listeners[event.event](event)
+    def run(self):
+        for event in self._events():
+            if self.kill:
+                break
+            if event.event in self.listeners:
+                self.listeners[event.event](event)
+
+
+class SSEClient:
+    """Implementation of a server side event client"""
+
+    _listeners: dict = {}
+    _loop_thread: threading.Thread | None = None
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        url: str,
+        method: str = "GET",
+        headers: dict | None = None,
+        payload: dict | None = None,
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    ) -> None:
+        self._listeners = {}
+        self._loop_thread = EventLoop(
+            url=url,
+            method=method,
+            headers=headers,
+            payload=payload,
+            encoding=encoding,
+            listeners=self._listeners,
+            name="loop",
+        )
+        self._loop_thread.daemon = True
+        self._loop_thread.start()
 
     def add_event_listener(self, event: str, callback: Callable[[Event], None]) -> None:
         self._listeners[event] = callback
-        if not self._loop_running:
-            asyncio.run(self._loop())
+        self._loop_thread.listeners = self._listeners
 
     def remove_event_listener(
         self, event: str, callback: Callable[[Event], None]
     ) -> None:
         if event in self._listeners:
             self._listeners.pop(event)
+            self._loop_thread.listeners = self._listeners
 
     def close(self) -> None:
-        pass
+        # TODO: does not work like this
+        self._loop_thread.kill = True
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 92e25a6..14f778e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ dynamic = ["readme", "version"]
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pocketbase"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.2.0"
 description = "PocketBase SDK for python."
 authors = ["Vithor Jaeger <vaphes@gmail.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/tests/test_python_pocketbase.py b/tests/test_python_pocketbase.py
index b83fb3c..f02e64a 100644
--- a/tests/test_python_pocketbase.py
+++ b/tests/test_python_pocketbase.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ from pocketbase import __version__
 
 
 def test_version():
-    assert __version__ == "0.1.3"
+    assert __version__ == "0.2.0"