Update app.py

app.py

@@ -172,11 +172,13 @@ async def post_to_slack(author, content, channel, url, slack_mention, trigger):
 
 
 # runs discord bot in thread = helps avoid blocking calls
-bot.loop.create_task(collect_pings())
-
-def run_bot():
-    bot.run(DISCORD_TOKEN)
-threading.Thread(target=run_bot).start()
+async def run_bot():
+    async with bot:
+        bot.loop.create_task(collect_pings())
+        bot.run(DISCORD_TOKEN)
+def start_bot_thread():
+    asyncio.run(run_bot())
+threading.Thread(target=start_bpt_thread).start()
 def greet(name):
     return "Hello " + name + "!"
 demo = gr.Interface(fn=greet, inputs="text", outputs="text")