diff --git a/dotenvy-macros/src/lib.rs b/dotenvy-macros/src/lib.rs
index 61065049..102b5a52 100644
--- a/dotenvy-macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/dotenvy-macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ pub fn load(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
         // this works with `tokio::main`` but not `async_std::main``
         quote! {
             // non-async wrapper function
-            #vis fn #fn_name() #output {
+            #vis async fn #fn_name() #output {
                 #load_env
-                #new_fn_name()
+                #new_fn_name().await
             }
 
             // orig async function, but renamed
diff --git a/examples/async-std-dotenvy/.env b/examples/async-std-dotenvy/.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/examples/async-std-dotenvy/Cargo.toml b/examples/async-std-dotenvy/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d87ffb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/async-std-dotenvy/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "async-std-dotenvy"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+async-std = { version = "1.12.0", features = ["attributes"] }
+dotenvy = { path = "../../dotenvy" }
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diff --git a/examples/async-std-dotenvy/out.rs b/examples/async-std-dotenvy/out.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f4a7710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/async-std-dotenvy/out.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#![feature(prelude_import)]
+#[prelude_import]
+use std::prelude::rust_2021::*;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate std;
+fn main() {
+    async fn main() {
+        use dotenvy::{EnvLoader, EnvSequence};
+        use std::{
+            error::Error, io::{self, ErrorKind},
+            process,
+        };
+        let seq = if false { EnvSequence::InputOnly } else { EnvSequence::InputThenEnv };
+        let mut loader = EnvLoader::from_path(".env").sequence(seq);
+        if let Err(e) = unsafe { loader.load_and_modify() } {
+            if let Some(io_err) = e
+                .source()
+                .and_then(|src| src.downcast_ref::<io::Error>())
+            {
+                if io_err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::NotFound && !true {}
+            }
+            {
+                ::std::io::_eprint(
+                    format_args!(
+                        "Failed to load env file from path \'{0}\': {1}\n",
+                        ".env",
+                        e,
+                    ),
+                );
+            };
+            process::exit(1);
+        }
+        main_inner()
+    }
+    async fn main_inner() {
+        {
+            {
+                {
+                    ::std::io::_print(format_args!("Hello, world!\n"));
+                };
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    async_std::task::block_on(async { main().await })
+}
diff --git a/examples/async-std-dotenvy/src/main.rs b/examples/async-std-dotenvy/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..92ca5c27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/async-std-dotenvy/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#[async_std::main]
+#[dotenvy::load]
+async fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}
diff --git a/examples/tokio-dotenvy/.env b/examples/tokio-dotenvy/.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/examples/tokio-dotenvy/Cargo.toml b/examples/tokio-dotenvy/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eefc1ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tokio-dotenvy/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "tokio-dotenvy"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+dotenvy = { path = "../../dotenvy" }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt", "rt-multi-thread"]}
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diff --git a/examples/tokio-dotenvy/out.rs b/examples/tokio-dotenvy/out.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0192d2be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tokio-dotenvy/out.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#![feature(prelude_import)]
+#[prelude_import]
+use std::prelude::rust_2021::*;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate std;
+fn main() {
+    let body = async {
+        {
+            ::std::io::_print(format_args!("hello world\n"));
+        }
+    };
+    #[allow(clippy::expect_used, clippy::diverging_sub_expression)]
+    {
+        return tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+            .enable_all()
+            .build()
+            .expect("Failed building the Runtime")
+            .block_on(body);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/tokio-dotenvy/src/main.rs b/examples/tokio-dotenvy/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e23d2e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tokio-dotenvy/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#[tokio::main]
+#[dotenvy::load]
+async fn main() {
+    println!("hello world")
+}
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diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73027556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+toolchain.channel = "nightly"
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