Update app.py

app.py

@@ -174,11 +174,12 @@ async def post_to_slack(author, content, channel, url, slack_mention, trigger):
 
 # runs discord bot in thread = helps avoid blocking calls
 async def run_bot():
-    async with bot:
-        bot.loop.create_task(collect_pings())
-        bot.run(DISCORD_TOKEN)
+    bot.loop.create_task(collect_pings())
+    await bot.start(DISCORD_TOKEN)
 def start_bot_thread():
-    asyncio.run(run_bot())
+    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+    loop.run_until_complete(run_bot())
 threading.Thread(target=start_bot_thread).start()
 def greet(name):
     return "Hello " + name + "!"