diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 89ac780..952ec24 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.39.2", features = ["full"] }
-tracing = "0.1.40"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3.18"
 libloading = "0.8.5"
 once_cell = "1.19.0"
+host_tools = { path = "host_tools" }
 
 [workspace]
-members = ["plugins/testing"]
+members = [ "host_tools","plugins/testing"]
diff --git a/host_tools/Cargo.toml b/host_tools/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aacd06a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host_tools/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "host_tools"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["dylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+async-trait = "0.1.81"
+tokio = { version = "1.39.3", features = ["full"] }
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3.18"
+tracing = "0.1.40"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/host_tools/src/lib.rs
similarity index 86%
rename from src/lib.rs
rename to host_tools/src/lib.rs
index 664869a..a7bd822 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/host_tools/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+pub use tokio;
+pub use tracing;
+pub use tracing_subscriber;
+
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use tokio::runtime::Handle;
diff --git a/plugins/testing/Cargo.toml b/plugins/testing/Cargo.toml
index 6648dcc..ddda153 100644
--- a/plugins/testing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/testing/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-tokio = "1.39.3"
-tracing = "0.1.40"
-gpt-sandbox = { path = "../../" }
+#tokio = "1.39.3"
+#tracing = "0.1.40"
+host_tools = {path="../../host_tools"}
+#gpt-sandbox = { path = "../../" }
 async-trait = "0.1.81"
 once_cell = "1.19.0"
diff --git a/plugins/testing/src/lib.rs b/plugins/testing/src/lib.rs
index 719c493..c704715 100644
--- a/plugins/testing/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/testing/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use gpt_sandbox::{AsyncFn, Plugin, PluginResult, RegisterFn};
+use host_tools::{tokio::task::JoinHandle, tracing::info, AsyncFn, Plugin, PluginResult, RegisterFn};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use tokio::runtime::Handle;
+use host_tools::tokio::runtime::Handle;
 
 #[allow(improper_ctypes_definitions)] // will never be used by c programs, would use rust dylib if it existed
 #[no_mangle]
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ impl Plugin for ExamplePlugin {
 	}
 }
 
-fn example_function(handle: Handle) -> tokio::task::JoinHandle<PluginResult> {
-	println!("start of example_function");
+fn example_function(handle: Handle) -> JoinHandle<PluginResult> {
+	info!("start of example_function");
 
 	handle.spawn(async {
-		println!("task running");
+		info!("task running");
 		PluginResult::Ok
 	})
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d77c208..f0c85f8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-use gpt_sandbox::{AsyncFn, PluginResult, RegisterFn};
+use host_tools::tokio::runtime::Handle;
+use host_tools::tokio::sync::RwLock;
+use host_tools::tracing::{error, info};
+use host_tools::{AsyncFn, PluginResult, RegisterFn};
 use libloading::{Library, Symbol};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use tokio::runtime::Handle;
-use tokio::sync::RwLock;
-use tracing::{error, info};
 
 fn get_name() -> String {
 	"example_function".to_string()
@@ -100,9 +100,14 @@ async fn unload_plugin(
 //    Ok(())
 //}
 
-#[tokio::main(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 6)]
+#[host_tools::tokio::main(
+	crate = "host_tools::tokio",
+	flavor = "multi_thread",
+	worker_threads = 6
+)]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), PluginResult> {
-	tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(tracing_subscriber::fmt().finish()).unwrap();
+	host_tools::tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(host_tools::tracing_subscriber::fmt().finish())
+		.unwrap();
 	let function_map: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, AsyncFn>>> = Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new()));
 
 	let plugin_lib = load_plugin("target/release/libtesting.so", Arc::clone(&function_map)).await?;