diff --git a/supertd/Cargo.toml b/supertd/Cargo.toml
index 93e066a..c14d58c 100644
--- a/supertd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/supertd/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ path = "bin/main.rs"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 clap = {version = "4.1.4", features = ["derive"]}
+tokio = { version = "1.37", features = ["full"] }
 fbinit = { workspace = true }
 
 td_util = {path = "../td_util"}
diff --git a/supertd/bin/main.rs b/supertd/bin/main.rs
index 2937035..dfc2ccc 100644
--- a/supertd/bin/main.rs
+++ b/supertd/bin/main.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 
+use std::future::Future;
+
 use clap::CommandFactory;
 use clap::FromArgMatches;
 use clap::Parser;
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ pub fn main(fb: FacebookInit) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             #[cfg(fbcode_build)]
             Args::VerifiableMatcher(args) => verifiable_matcher::main(args),
             #[cfg(fbcode_build)]
-            Args::Ranker(args) => ranker::main(args),
+            Args::Ranker(args) => execute_on_runtime(ranker::main(args)),
             #[cfg(fbcode_build)]
             Args::Rerun(args) => rerun::main(fb, args),
             #[cfg(fbcode_build)]
@@ -82,6 +84,14 @@ fn get_version() -> &'static str {
     env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")
 }
 
+fn execute_on_runtime(f: impl Future<Output = anyhow::Result<()>>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
+    rt.block_on(f)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use clap::Command;