diff --git a/custom_components/webrtc/__init__.py b/custom_components/webrtc/__init__.py
index 51aa2ec..5550ca9 100644
--- a/custom_components/webrtc/__init__.py
+++ b/custom_components/webrtc/__init__.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ async def async_setup_entry(hass: HomeAssistant, entry: ConfigEntry):
         return True
 
     # 3. Serve go2rtc binary manually
-    binary = await utils.validate_binary(hass)
+    binary = await hass.async_add_executor_job(utils.validate_binary, hass)
     if not binary:
         return False
 
diff --git a/custom_components/webrtc/utils.py b/custom_components/webrtc/utils.py
index 8f7c8d0..a126438 100644
--- a/custom_components/webrtc/utils.py
+++ b/custom_components/webrtc/utils.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 import jwt
+import requests
 from aiohttp import web
 from homeassistant.components.frontend import add_extra_js_url
 from homeassistant.components.http.auth import DATA_SIGN_SECRET, SIGN_QUERY_PARAM
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ def unzip(content: bytes) -> bytes:
                 return f.read()
 
 
-async def validate_binary(hass: HomeAssistant) -> Optional[str]:
+def validate_binary(hass: HomeAssistant) -> Optional[str]:
     filename = f"go2rtc-{BINARY_VERSION}"
     if platform.system() == "Windows":
         filename += ".exe"
@@ -83,11 +84,11 @@ async def validate_binary(hass: HomeAssistant) -> Optional[str]:
         f"v{BINARY_VERSION}/{get_arch()}"
     )
     _LOGGER.debug(f"Download new binary: {url}")
-    r = await async_get_clientsession(hass).get(url)
+    r = requests.get(url)
     if not r.ok:
         return None
 
-    raw = await r.read()
+    raw = r.content
 
     # unzip binary for windows
     if url.endswith(".zip"):