diff --git a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/base_request_processor.py b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/base_request_processor.py
index 3ef2e104..e5cb5d0d 100644
--- a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/base_request_processor.py
+++ b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/base_request_processor.py
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from bespokelabs.curator.prompter.prompt_formatter import PromptFormatter
+from bespokelabs.curator.request_processor.event_loop import (
+    get_or_create_event_loop,
+)
 from bespokelabs.curator.request_processor.generic_request import GenericRequest
 from bespokelabs.curator.request_processor.generic_response import (
     GenericResponse,
@@ -171,9 +174,11 @@ async def create_all_request_files():
                 ]
                 await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
 
-            asyncio.run(create_all_request_files())
+            loop = get_or_create_event_loop()
+            loop.run_until_complete(create_all_request_files())
         else:
-            asyncio.run(
+            loop = get_or_create_event_loop()
+            loop.run_until_complete(
                 self.acreate_request_file(
                     dataset, prompt_formatter, requests_file
                 )
diff --git a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/event_loop.py b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/event_loop.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cf2960c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/event_loop.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import asyncio
+
+
+def get_or_create_event_loop():
+    """
+    Get the current event loop or create a new one if there isn't one.
+    """
+    try:
+        return asyncio.get_running_loop()
+    except RuntimeError as e:
+        # If no event loop is running, asyncio will
+        # return a RuntimeError (https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.get_running_loop).
+        # In that case, we can create a new event loop.
+        loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+        return loop
diff --git a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/openai_batch_request_processor.py b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/openai_batch_request_processor.py
index 95404978..1c21db9e 100644
--- a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/openai_batch_request_processor.py
+++ b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/openai_batch_request_processor.py
@@ -3,16 +3,21 @@
 import logging
 import os
 from typing import Callable, Dict, Optional, TypeVar
-from openai import AsyncOpenAI
+
 import aiofiles
+from openai import AsyncOpenAI
+from tqdm import tqdm
+
 from bespokelabs.curator.dataset import Dataset
+from bespokelabs.curator.prompter.prompt_formatter import PromptFormatter
 from bespokelabs.curator.request_processor.base_request_processor import (
     BaseRequestProcessor,
     GenericRequest,
     GenericResponse,
 )
-from bespokelabs.curator.prompter.prompt_formatter import PromptFormatter
-from tqdm import tqdm
+from bespokelabs.curator.request_processor.event_loop import (
+    get_or_create_event_loop,
+)
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -232,7 +237,8 @@ async def submit_all_batches():
                 ]
                 return await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
 
-            batch_objects = asyncio.run(submit_all_batches())
+            loop = get_or_create_event_loop()
+            batch_objects = loop.run_until_complete(submit_all_batches())
 
             with open(batch_objects_file, "w") as f:
                 # NOTE(Ryan): we can also store the request_file_name in this object here, instead of in the metadata during batch submission. Can find a nice abstraction across other batch APIs (e.g. claude)
@@ -254,7 +260,8 @@ async def submit_all_batches():
             working_dir, check_interval=self.check_interval
         )
 
-        asyncio.run(
+        loop = get_or_create_event_loop()
+        loop.run_until_complete(
             batch_watcher.watch(
                 prompt_formatter, self.get_generic_response, dataset
             )
diff --git a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/openai_online_request_processor.py b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/openai_online_request_processor.py
index 37469b9a..d80c7d88 100644
--- a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/openai_online_request_processor.py
+++ b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/openai_online_request_processor.py
@@ -5,21 +5,24 @@
 import re
 import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from functools import partial
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional, Set, Tuple, TypeVar
 
 import aiohttp
 import requests
 import tiktoken
 from tqdm import tqdm
-from functools import partial
 
 from bespokelabs.curator.dataset import Dataset
+from bespokelabs.curator.prompter.prompter import PromptFormatter
 from bespokelabs.curator.request_processor.base_request_processor import (
     BaseRequestProcessor,
     GenericRequest,
     GenericResponse,
 )
-from bespokelabs.curator.prompter.prompter import PromptFormatter
+from bespokelabs.curator.request_processor.event_loop import (
+    get_or_create_event_loop,
+)
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -187,7 +190,8 @@ def run(
         for requests_file, responses_file in zip(
             requests_files, responses_files
         ):
-            asyncio.run(
+            loop = get_or_create_event_loop()
+            loop.run_until_complete(
                 self.process_api_requests_from_file(
                     requests_filepath=requests_file,
                     save_filepath=responses_file,