diff --git a/cogs/admin.py b/cogs/admin.py
index f9b88c4e..19c566de 100644
--- a/cogs/admin.py
+++ b/cogs/admin.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import aiofiles
+import aiofiles.os
 import discord
 import random
 import subprocess
 from discord.ext import commands
-from os import environ, mkdir, remove
+from os import environ
 
 class Admin(commands.Cog):
     def __init__(self, bot):
@@ -17,6 +19,10 @@ async def admin_shutdown(self, ctx):
             return
 
         await ctx.send("Shutting down...")
+        # Shutdown aiohttp client and the bot
+        if hasattr(self.bot, "_aiohttp_session"):   
+            await self.bot._aiohttp_session.close()
+
         await self.bot.close()
 
     # Execute command
@@ -48,13 +54,13 @@ async def admin_execute(self, ctx, *shell_command):
         if output.stdout:
             # If the output exceeds 2000 characters, send it as a file
             if len(output.stdout.decode('utf-8')) > 2000:
-                with open(_xfilepath, "w+") as f:
-                    f.write(output.stdout.decode('utf-8'))
+                async with aiofiles.open(_xfilepath, "w+") as f:
+                    await f.write(output.stdout.decode('utf-8'))
 
                 await ctx.respond(f"I executed `{pretty_shell_command}` and got:", file=discord.File(_xfilepath, "output.txt"))
 
                 # Delete the file
-                remove(_xfilepath)
+                await aiofiles.os.remove(_xfilepath)
             else:
                 await ctx.respond(f"I executed `{pretty_shell_command}` and got:")
                 await ctx.send(f"```{output.stdout.decode('utf-8')}```")
@@ -62,45 +68,5 @@ async def admin_execute(self, ctx, *shell_command):
             await ctx.respond(f"I executed `{pretty_shell_command}` and got no output")
 
 
-    # TODO: To write a better implementation of "eval" command, this code is very buggy
-    # Evaluate command
-    #@commands.command()
-    #async def admin_evaluate(self, ctx, *python_expression):
-    #    """Evaluates a python code (owner only)"""
-    #    if ctx.author.id != 1039885147761283113:
-    #        await ctx.respond("Only my master can do that >:(")
-    #        return
-    #    
-    #    # Check for arguments
-    #   if not python_expression or len(python_expression) == 0:
-    #        await ctx.respond("You need to provide a inline python expression to evaluate")
-    #        return
-    #
-    #    # Tuple to string as inline f-string doesn't work with these expressions
-    #   pretty_py_exec = " ".join(python_expression)
-    #
-    #    try:
-    #        output = eval(f"{pretty_py_exec}")
-    #    except Exception as e:
-    #        await ctx.respond(f"I executed `{pretty_py_exec}` and got an error:\n{e}")
-    #        return
-    #
-    #   # Print the output
-    #    if output is not None:
-    #        # Send the output to file if it exceeds 2000 characters
-    #       if len(str(output)) > 2000:
-    #            # Check if temp folder exists
-    #            if not Path("temp").exists(): mkdir("temp")
-    #
-    #            with open("temp/py_output.txt", "w+") as f:
-    #                f.write(output)
-    #
-    #            await ctx.respond(f"I executed `{pretty_py_exec}` and got:", file=File(_xfilepath, "output.txt"))
-    #
-    #            # Delete the file
-    #            remove("temp/py_output.txt")
-    #        else:
-    #            await ctx.respond(f"I executed `{pretty_py_exec}` and got:\n```{str(output)}```")
-    
 def setup(bot):
     bot.add_cog(Admin(bot))
diff --git a/cogs/gemini/generative.py b/cogs/gemini/generative.py
index 2bc1bcc3..fd160cd9 100644
--- a/cogs/gemini/generative.py
+++ b/cogs/gemini/generative.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import google.api_core.exceptions
 import aiohttp
 import aiofiles
+import aiofiles.os
 import asyncio
 import discord
 import importlib
@@ -23,9 +24,6 @@ def __init__(self, bot):
         self.bot: discord.Bot = bot
         self.author = environ.get("BOT_NAME", "Jakey Bot")
 
-        self.bot.loop.create_task(self._initialize())
-
-    async def _initialize(self):
         # Load the database and initialize the HistoryManagement class
         # MongoDB database connection for chat history and possibly for other things
         try:
@@ -45,11 +43,7 @@ async def _initialize(self):
         self._assistants_system_prompt = Assistants()
 
         # Media download shared session
-        self._download_session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
-
-    def cog_unload(self):
-        # Close media download session
-        self.bot.loop.create_task(self._download_session.close())
+        self._download_session: aiohttp.ClientSession = self.bot._aiohttp_session
 
     ###############################################
     # Ask command
@@ -150,7 +144,7 @@ async def ask(self, ctx, prompt: str, attachment: discord.Attachment, model: str
             except aiohttp.ClientError as httperror:
                 # Remove the file if it exists ensuring no data persists even on failure
                 if Path(_xfilename).exists():
-                    remove(_xfilename)
+                    await aiofiles.os.remove(_xfilename)
                 # Raise exception
                 raise httperror
 
@@ -174,7 +168,7 @@ async def ask(self, ctx, prompt: str, attachment: discord.Attachment, model: str
                 await ctx.respond(f"❌ An error has occured when uploading the file or the file format is not supported\nLog:\n```{e}```")
                 return
             finally:
-                remove(_xfilename)
+                await aiofiles.os.remove(_xfilename)
 
             # Immediately use the "used" status message to indicate that the file API is used
             if verbose_logs:
@@ -185,7 +179,6 @@ async def ask(self, ctx, prompt: str, attachment: discord.Attachment, model: str
 
                 # Add caution that the attachment data would be lost in 48 hours
                 await ctx.send("> 📝 **Note:** The submitted file attachment will be deleted from the context after 48 hours.")
-                await _x_msgstatus.delete()
 
         if not attachment and hasattr(_Tool, "file_uri"):
             _Tool.tool_config = "NONE"
@@ -262,8 +255,8 @@ async def ask(self, ctx, prompt: str, attachment: discord.Attachment, model: str
         if len(answer.text) > 4096:
             # Send the response as file
             response_file = f"{environ.get('TEMP_DIR')}/response{random.randint(6000,7000)}.md"
-            with open(response_file, "w+") as f:
-                f.write(answer.text)
+            async with aiofiles.open(response_file, "w+") as f:
+                await f.write(answer.text)
             await ctx.respond("⚠️ Response is too long. But, I saved your response into a markdown file", file=discord.File(response_file, "response.md"))
         elif len(answer.text) > 2000:
             embed = discord.Embed(
@@ -281,7 +274,7 @@ async def ask(self, ctx, prompt: str, attachment: discord.Attachment, model: str
         # Increment the prompt count
         _prompt_count += 1
         # Also save the ChatSession.history attribute to the context history chat history key so it will be saved through pickle
-        _chat_thread = asyncio.to_thread(jsonpickle.encode, chat_session.history, indent=4, keys=True)
+        _chat_thread = await asyncio.to_thread(jsonpickle.encode, chat_session.history, indent=4, keys=True)
 
         # Print context size and model info
         if append_history:
diff --git a/cogs/gemini/message_actions.py b/cogs/gemini/message_actions.py
index d9c7c620..fdf3d3bd 100644
--- a/cogs/gemini/message_actions.py
+++ b/cogs/gemini/message_actions.py
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ def __init__(self, bot):
         self.bot: discord.Bot = bot
         self.author = environ.get("BOT_NAME", "Jakey Bot")
 
-        # Run _initialize function using the discord.Bot.loop.create_task which seems to be the proper way to run async functions
-        # In constructor
-        self.bot.loop.create_task(self._initialize())
-
-    async def _initialize(self):
         # Check for gemini API keys
         if environ.get("GOOGLE_AI_TOKEN") is None or environ.get("GOOGLE_AI_TOKEN") == "INSERT_API_KEY":
             raise Exception("GOOGLE_AI_TOKEN is not configured in the dev.env file. Please configure it and try again.")
@@ -33,11 +28,7 @@ async def _initialize(self):
         self._system_prompt = Assistants()
 
         # Media download shared session
-        self._media_download_session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
-
-    def cog_unload(self):
-        # Close media download session
-        self.bot.loop.create_task(self._media_download_session.close())
+        self._media_download_session: aiohttp.ClientSession = self.bot._aiohttp_session
 
     async def _media_download(self, url, save_path):
         # Check if the file size is too large (max 3MB)
diff --git a/cogs/gemini/summarize.py b/cogs/gemini/summarize.py
index b65b5f91..20b06aca 100644
--- a/cogs/gemini/summarize.py
+++ b/cogs/gemini/summarize.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from discord.ext import commands
 from os import environ
 import google.generativeai as genai
+import aiofiles
 import datetime
 import discord
 import inspect
@@ -148,9 +149,9 @@ async def summarize(self, ctx, before_date: str, after_date: str, around_date: s
         if len(_summary.text) > 4096:
             # Send the response as file
             response_file = f"{environ.get('TEMP_DIR')}/response{random.randint(8000,9000)}.md"
-            with open(response_file, "a+") as f:
-                f.write(_app_title + "\n----------\n")
-                f.write(_summary.text)
+            async with aiofiles.open(response_file, "a+") as f:
+                await f.write(_app_title + "\n----------\n")
+                await f.write(_summary.text)
             await ctx.respond(f"Here is the summary generated for this channel\n>✨ Model used: {model}", file=discord.File(response_file, "response.md"))
         else:
             _embed = discord.Embed(
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 3138eb03..da99ffc8 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from inspect import cleandoc
 from os import chdir, environ, mkdir
 from pathlib import Path
+import aiohttp
 import discord
 import importlib
 import logging
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@
 
 # Bot
 bot = bridge.Bot(command_prefix=commands.when_mentioned_or("$"), intents = intents)
+# aiohttp session
+bot._aiohttp_session = aiohttp.ClientSession(loop=bot.loop)
 
 ###############################################
 # ON READY
diff --git a/tools/audio_editor.py b/tools/audio_editor.py
index ce41292e..822c611a 100644
--- a/tools/audio_editor.py
+++ b/tools/audio_editor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Huggingface spaces endpoints 
 import google.generativeai as genai
+import aiofiles.os
 import asyncio
 import discord
 import importlib
@@ -74,5 +75,5 @@ async def _tool_function(self, prompt: str, edit_start_in_seconds: int = 3, edit
         await self.ctx.send(file=discord.File(fp=result))
 
         # Cleanup
-        os.remove(result)
+        await aiofiles.os.remove(result)
         return "Audio editing success"
diff --git a/tools/image_generator.py b/tools/image_generator.py
index d672658c..d3dcd175 100644
--- a/tools/image_generator.py
+++ b/tools/image_generator.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Huggingface spaces endpoints 
 import google.generativeai as genai
+import aiofiles.os
 import asyncio
 import discord
 import importlib
@@ -70,5 +71,5 @@ async def _tool_function(self, image_description: str, width: int, height: int):
         await self.ctx.send(file=discord.File(fp=result[0]))
 
         # Cleanup
-        os.remove(result[0])
+        await aiofiles.os.remove(result[0])
         return "Image generation success and the file should be sent automatically"
diff --git a/tools/web_browsing.py b/tools/web_browsing.py
index ec989525..56b96558 100644
--- a/tools/web_browsing.py
+++ b/tools/web_browsing.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from core.ai.embeddings import GeminiDocumentRetrieval
 from google_labs_html_chunker.html_chunker import HtmlChunker
 import google.generativeai as genai
+import aiofiles
 import asyncio
 import discord
 import importlib
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ async def _tool_function(self, query: str, max_results: int):
         links = []
 
         # Load excluded urls list
-        with open("data/excluded_urls.yaml") as x:
+        async with aiofiles.open("data/excluded_urls.yaml") as x:
             excluded_url_list = yaml.safe_load(x)
 
         # Iterate