diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 91718a8..04a169e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1111,6 +1111,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "universal-hash",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic"
+version = "1.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7170ef9988bc169ba16dd36a7fa041e5c4cbeb6a35b76d4c03daded371eae7c0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.74"
@@ -1257,6 +1263,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "ngrammatic",
  "parking_lot",
+ "portable-atomic",
  "ratatui",
  "regex",
  "reqwest",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 92780bb..12c201f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ base64 = "0.22.0"
 bunt = "0.2.8"
 strum = "0.26.2"
 strum_macros = "0.26.2"
+portable-atomic = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/src/inputs/events.rs b/src/inputs/events.rs
index 450b7d5..7a3b3aa 100644
--- a/src/inputs/events.rs
+++ b/src/inputs/events.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 use super::{key::Key, mouse::Mouse, InputEvent};
 use log::error;
-use std::{
-    sync::{
-        atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
-        Arc,
-    },
-    time::Duration,
-};
+use portable_atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 pub struct Events {
     rx: tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<InputEvent>,
diff --git a/src/ui/text_box.rs b/src/ui/text_box.rs
index de3e861..d714dba 100644
--- a/src/ui/text_box.rs
+++ b/src/ui/text_box.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
     inputs::key::Key,
     util::{num_digits, replace_tabs, spaces},
 };
+use portable_atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
 use ratatui::{
     buffer::Buffer,
     layout::{Alignment, Rect},
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ use ratatui::{
 use std::{
     cmp,
     collections::VecDeque,
-    sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering},
 };
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]