diff --git a/application_manager.cpp b/application_manager.cpp
index 3b4d873..169afb4 100644
--- a/application_manager.cpp
+++ b/application_manager.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "application_manager.hpp"
 #include "julia_api.hpp"
+#include "jlcxx/functions.hpp"
 
 namespace qmlwrap
 {
@@ -110,18 +111,6 @@ void ApplicationManager::exec()
   cleanup();
 }
 
-// Non-blocking exec, polling for Qt events in the uv event loop using a uv_timer_t
-void ApplicationManager::exec_async()
-{
-  if(jl_global_event_loop() == nullptr)
-  {
-    return;
-  }
-  m_timer = new uv_timer_t();
-  uv_timer_init(jl_global_event_loop(), m_timer);
-  uv_timer_start(m_timer, ApplicationManager::process_events, 15, 15);
-}
-
 ApplicationManager::ApplicationManager()
 {
   qInstallMessageHandler(julia_message_output);
@@ -164,29 +153,18 @@ void ApplicationManager::set_engine(QQmlEngine* e)
   QObject::connect(m_engine, &QQmlEngine::quit, [this]()
   {
     m_quit_called = true;
-    if(m_timer != nullptr)
-    {
-      uv_timer_stop(m_timer);
-      uv_close((uv_handle_t*)m_timer, ApplicationManager::handle_quit);
-    }
+    static jlcxx::JuliaFunction stoptimer(jl_get_function(m_qml_mod, "_stoptimer"));
+    stoptimer();
     m_app->quit();
   });
 }
 
-void ApplicationManager::process_events(uv_timer_t* timer)
+void ApplicationManager::process_events()
 {
   QApplication::sendPostedEvents();
   QApplication::processEvents(QEventLoop::AllEvents, 15);
 }
 
-void ApplicationManager::handle_quit(uv_handle_t* handle)
-{
-  if(instance().m_timer == nullptr)
-    return;
-
-  uv_unref(handle);
-  delete instance().m_timer;
-  instance().m_timer = nullptr;
-}
+jl_module_t* ApplicationManager::m_qml_mod = nullptr;
 
 }
diff --git a/application_manager.hpp b/application_manager.hpp
index 25c2fbd..757f9f0 100644
--- a/application_manager.hpp
+++ b/application_manager.hpp
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ class ApplicationManager
   // Blocking call to exec, running the Qt event loop
   void exec();
 
-  // Non-blocking exec, polling for Qt events in the uv event loop using a uv_timer_t
-  void exec_async();
+  static void process_events();
+
+  static jl_module_t* m_qml_mod;
+
 private:
 
   ApplicationManager();
@@ -51,14 +53,9 @@ class ApplicationManager
 
   void set_engine(QQmlEngine* e);
 
-  static void process_events(uv_timer_t* timer);
-
-  static void handle_quit(uv_handle_t* handle);
-
   QApplication* m_app = nullptr;
   QQmlEngine* m_engine = nullptr;
   QQmlContext* m_root_ctx = nullptr;
-  uv_timer_t* m_timer = nullptr;
   bool m_quit_called = false;
 };
 
diff --git a/wrap_qml.cpp b/wrap_qml.cpp
index 95be1da..fa88e87 100644
--- a/wrap_qml.cpp
+++ b/wrap_qml.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ JLCXX_MODULE define_julia_module(jlcxx::Module& qml_module)
   qmlRegisterType<qmlwrap::OpenGLViewport>("org.julialang", 1, 0, "OpenGLViewport");
   qmlRegisterType<qmlwrap::MakieViewport>("org.julialang", 1, 0, "MakieViewport");
 
+  qmlwrap::ApplicationManager::m_qml_mod = qml_module.julia_module();
   qmlwrap::MakieViewport::m_qml_mod = qml_module.julia_module();
 
   qml_module.add_type<QObject>("QObject");
@@ -412,7 +413,7 @@ JLCXX_MODULE define_julia_module(jlcxx::Module& qml_module)
   qml_module.method("init_qquickview", []() { return qmlwrap::ApplicationManager::instance().init_qquickview(); });
   qml_module.method("qmlcontext", []() { return qmlwrap::ApplicationManager::instance().root_context(); });
   qml_module.method("exec", []() { qmlwrap::ApplicationManager::instance().exec(); });
-  qml_module.method("exec_async", []() { qmlwrap::ApplicationManager::instance().exec_async(); });
+  qml_module.method("process_events", qmlwrap::ApplicationManager::process_events);
 
   qml_module.add_type<QTimer>("QTimer", julia_base_type<QObject>())
     .method("start", [] (QTimer& t) { t.start(); } )