diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index d5b6a7f..746ada0 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [ai]
 provider = "gemini_cli"
-model = "gemini-2.5-flash-lite"
+model = "gemini-2.0-flash"
 temperature = 0.0
 max_tokens = 8192
 history_trunc_limit = 8000
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ paths = [
     "C:\\projects\\manual_slop\\tests\\artifacts\\temp_livetoolssim.toml",
     "C:\\projects\\manual_slop\\tests\\artifacts\\temp_liveexecutionsim.toml",
 ]
-active = "C:\\projects\\manual_slop\\tests\\artifacts\\temp_livetoolssim.toml"
+active = "C:\\projects\\manual_slop\\tests\\artifacts\\temp_project.toml"
 
 [gui.show_windows]
 "Context Hub" = true
diff --git a/tests/test_live_gui_integration.py b/tests/test_live_gui_integration.py
index ce09d09..dd64d0a 100644
--- a/tests/test_live_gui_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_live_gui_integration.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ from gui_2 import App
 from events import UserRequestEvent
 
 @pytest.mark.timeout(10)
-def test_user_request_integration_flow(mock_app: App) -> None:
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_user_request_integration_flow(mock_app: App) -> None:
  """
     Verifies that pushing a UserRequestEvent to the event_queue:
     1. Triggers ai_client.send
@@ -31,14 +32,11 @@ def test_user_request_integration_flow(mock_app: App) -> None:
    base_dir="."
   )
   # 2. Push event to the app's internal loop
-  asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
-   app.event_queue.put("user_request", event),
-   app._loop
-  )
+  await app.event_queue.put("user_request", event)
   # 3. Wait for ai_client.send to be called (polling background thread)
   start_time = time.time()
   while not mock_send.called and time.time() - start_time < 5:
-   time.sleep(0.1)
+   await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
   assert mock_send.called, "ai_client.send was not called within timeout"
   mock_send.assert_called_once_with(
    "Context", "Hello AI", ".", [], "History",
@@ -54,13 +52,14 @@ def test_user_request_integration_flow(mock_app: App) -> None:
    if app.ai_response == mock_response and app.ai_status == "done":
     success = True
     break
-   time.sleep(0.1)
+   await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
   assert success, f"UI state was not updated. ai_response: '{app.ai_response}', status: '{app.ai_status}'"
   assert app.ai_response == mock_response
   assert app.ai_status == "done"
 
 @pytest.mark.timeout(10)
-def test_user_request_error_handling(mock_app: App) -> None:
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_user_request_error_handling(mock_app: App) -> None:
  """
     Verifies that if ai_client.send raises an exception, the UI is updated with the error state.
     """
@@ -78,10 +77,7 @@ def test_user_request_error_handling(mock_app: App) -> None:
    disc_text="",
    base_dir="."
   )
-  asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
-   app.event_queue.put("user_request", event),
-   app._loop
-  )
+  await app.event_queue.put("user_request", event)
   # Poll for error state by processing GUI tasks
   start_time = time.time()
   success = False
@@ -90,5 +86,5 @@ def test_user_request_error_handling(mock_app: App) -> None:
    if app.ai_status == "error" and "ERROR: API Failure" in app.ai_response:
     success = True
     break
-   time.sleep(0.1)
+   await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
   assert success, f"Error state was not reflected in UI. status: {app.ai_status}, response: {app.ai_response}"