diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/uvicorn_threaded.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/uvicorn_threaded.py
index 79af659c7..a79c1a5fc 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/uvicorn_threaded.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/uvicorn_threaded.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class UvicornServer(uvicorn.Server):
         else:
             asyncio.set_event_loop(uvloop.new_event_loop())
         try:
-            loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+            loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
         except RuntimeError:
             # When running in a thread, we'll not have an eventloop yet.
             loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()