diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/check-code_quality.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/check-code_quality.yaml
index 9962c55..d5c9f05 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/check-code_quality.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/check-code_quality.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
+          python-version: '3.13'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 8749a1b..ec7718d 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import sys
 import time
 import zipfile
 
+import aiohttp
 import discord
-import requests
 from discord import app_commands
 from discord.ext import commands
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 if not all([NOVELAI_API_TOKEN, BOT_TOKEN, ALLOWED_CHANNEL_ID]):
     raise ValueError(
-        "NOVELAI_API_TOKEN, DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN und DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID müssen gesetzt sein."
+        "NOVELAI_API_TOKEN, DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN and DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID have to be set."
     )
 
 intents = discord.Intents.default()
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ async def on_ready():
     print(f"Bot gestartet als {bot.user}")
     try:
         synced = await bot.tree.sync()
-        logger.info("%d Slash-Commands synchronisiert.", len(synced))
+        logger.info("%d Slash-Commands synchronized.", len(synced))
     except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=W0718
-        logger.error("Fehler beim Synchronisieren der Commands: %s", err)
+        logger.error("error while syncing the command: %s", err)
 
     activity = discord.Game(name="generating juicy NovelAI images 🥵")
     await bot.change_presence(status=discord.Status.online, activity=activity)
@@ -159,17 +159,21 @@ async def generate(
     }
 
     start_time = time.monotonic()
-    response = requests.post(
-        "https://image.novelai.net/ai/generate-image",
-        json=payload,
-        headers=headers,
-        timeout=120,
-    )
+
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        async with session.post(
+            "https://image.novelai.net/ai/generate-image",
+            json=payload,
+            headers=headers,
+            timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=120),
+        ) as response:
+            response_bytes = await response.read()
+            status_code = response.status
+
     duration = time.monotonic() - start_time
     logger.info("Image creation took %.2f seconds", duration)
 
-    if response.status_code == 200:
-        response_bytes = response.content
+    if status_code == 200:
         param_text = (
             f"```Prompt: {prompt}\n"
             f"Undesired prompt: {negative_prompt}\n"
@@ -206,13 +210,11 @@ async def generate(
         return
 
     try:
-        error_data = response.json()
+        error_data = response_bytes.decode("utf-8")
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=W0718
-        error_data = {"error": response.text}
+        error_data = "error message unreadable"
 
-    error_message = f"Error {response.status_code} at API-request.\n"
-    for key, value in error_data.items():
-        error_message += f"**{key}**: {value}\n"
+    error_message = f"Error {status_code} at API-request.\n" f"Answer: {error_data}\n"
 
     await interaction.followup.send(error_message)
 
diff --git a/src/requirements.txt b/src/requirements.txt
index a19c97b..f0264e6 100644
--- a/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 discord
-requests
\ No newline at end of file
+aiohttp
\ No newline at end of file