diff --git a/plugins/openvino/package-lock.json b/plugins/openvino/package-lock.json
index ab272a8784..5ae10161d6 100644
--- a/plugins/openvino/package-lock.json
+++ b/plugins/openvino/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
    "name": "@scrypted/openvino",
-   "version": "0.1.42",
+   "version": "0.1.43",
    "lockfileVersion": 2,
    "requires": true,
    "packages": {
       "": {
          "name": "@scrypted/openvino",
-         "version": "0.1.42",
+         "version": "0.1.43",
          "devDependencies": {
             "@scrypted/sdk": "file:../../sdk"
          }
diff --git a/plugins/openvino/package.json b/plugins/openvino/package.json
index 684ea2f08f..268e65ed81 100644
--- a/plugins/openvino/package.json
+++ b/plugins/openvino/package.json
@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@
    "devDependencies": {
       "@scrypted/sdk": "file:../../sdk"
    },
-   "version": "0.1.42"
+   "version": "0.1.43"
 }
diff --git a/plugins/openvino/src/ov/__init__.py b/plugins/openvino/src/ov/__init__.py
index bb47e28833..981b39fa94 100644
--- a/plugins/openvino/src/ov/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/openvino/src/ov/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import asyncio
-import concurrent.futures
 import json
 import re
 from typing import Any, Tuple
@@ -96,6 +94,7 @@ def __init__(self, nativeId: str | None = None):
 
         try:
             self.compiled_model = self.core.compile_model(xmlFile, mode)
+            print("EXECUTION_DEVICES", self.compiled_model.get_property("EXECUTION_DEVICES"))
         except:
             import traceback
             traceback.print_exc()
@@ -114,8 +113,6 @@ def __init__(self, nativeId: str | None = None):
         labels_contents = open(labelsFile, 'r').read()
         self.labels = parse_label_contents(labels_contents)
 
-        self.executor = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1, thread_name_prefix="openvino", )
-
     async def getSettings(self) -> list[Setting]:
         mode = self.storage.getItem('mode') or 'Default'
         model = self.storage.getItem('model') or 'Default'
@@ -181,7 +178,7 @@ def get_input_size(self) -> Tuple[int, int]:
         return [self.model_dim, self.model_dim]
 
     async def detect_once(self, input: Image.Image, settings: Any, src_size, cvss):
-        def predict():
+        async def predict():
             infer_request = self.compiled_model.create_infer_request()
             # the input_tensor can be created with the shared_memory=True parameter,
             # but that seems to cause issues on some platforms.
@@ -259,7 +256,7 @@ def torelative(value: float):
             return objs
 
         try:
-            objs = await asyncio.get_event_loop().run_in_executor(self.executor, predict)
+            objs = await predict()
         except:
             import traceback
             traceback.print_exc()