diff --git a/wallamanta/Dockerfile b/wallamanta/Dockerfile
index f3ea6dd..5ad9b38 100644
--- a/wallamanta/Dockerfile
+++ b/wallamanta/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.7
+FROM python:3.11
 
 RUN mkdir /app
 ADD . /app
diff --git a/wallamanta/helpers.py b/wallamanta/helpers.py
index f3a4e7b..93eb5c8 100644
--- a/wallamanta/helpers.py
+++ b/wallamanta/helpers.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import logging
 import constants
 import pytz
 import walladb
+import asyncio
 from newrelic_telemetry_sdk import Event, EventClient
 
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
@@ -58,6 +59,9 @@ def is_date_expired(until):
 def random_wait():
     time.sleep(random.random())
 
+async def random_async_wait():
+    await asyncio.sleep(random.random())
+
 def download_image(article):
     r = requests.get(article['images'][0]['original'])
     if r.status_code == 200:
diff --git a/wallamanta/requirements.txt b/wallamanta/requirements.txt
index 0552074..f9eff1c 100644
--- a/wallamanta/requirements.txt
+++ b/wallamanta/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-python-telegram-bot==20.1
-python-telegram-bot[job-queue]==20.1
-requests==2.28.1
+python-telegram-bot==20.4
+python-telegram-bot[job-queue]==20.4
+requests==2.31.0
 prettytable==3.6.0
 Pillow==9.4.0
 mysql-connector-python==8.0.32
diff --git a/wallamanta/wallamanta.py b/wallamanta/wallamanta.py
index 9c54b74..7090631 100644
--- a/wallamanta/wallamanta.py
+++ b/wallamanta/wallamanta.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import helpers
 import walladb
 import constants
 import account_checker
+import time
 
 from worker import Worker
 from telegram import Update, InlineKeyboardButton, InlineKeyboardMarkup, ForceReply
@@ -437,24 +438,37 @@ async def list_threads(update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE) -> No
         else: 
             await update.message.reply_markdown_v2(helpers.telegram_escape_characters(f"{threads_string}"))
 
+def count_threads():
+    time.sleep(10)
+    while True:
+        logging.info(f"=== There are: {threading.active_count()} threads. ===")
+        time.sleep(60)
+
 def main()->None:
     global SEARCH_THREADS_LIST
     walladb.setup_db()
     products = walladb.get_all_products()
 
+    """Start the bot."""
+    # Create the Application and pass it your bot's token.
+    application = Application.builder().get_updates_http_version('1.1').http_version('1.1').token(constants.TELEGRAM_TOKEN).build()
+
+    logging.info(f"Loading {len(products)} products...")
+    count = 0
     for product in products:
         if helpers.is_valid_request(product):
+            count = count + 1
             logging.info(product)
             p = threading.Thread(target=Worker.run, args=(product, ))
             p.start()
             SEARCH_THREADS_LIST.append((product, p))
+    logging.info(f"{count} products finally loaded")
 
     p = threading.Thread(target=account_checker.account_checker, args=(3600, ))
     p.start()
 
-    """Start the bot."""
-    # Create the Application and pass it your bot's token.
-    application = Application.builder().get_updates_http_version('1.1').http_version('1.1').token(constants.TELEGRAM_TOKEN).build()
+    p = threading.Thread(target=count_threads)
+    p.start()
 
     # on different commands - answer in Telegram
     application.add_handler(CommandHandler("help", help_command))
diff --git a/wallamanta/worker.py b/wallamanta/worker.py
index e1479bf..60fc6b8 100644
--- a/wallamanta/worker.py
+++ b/wallamanta/worker.py
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ class Worker:
         return search_objects
 
     def first_run(self, product):
-        logging.info(f"First run for {product['product_name']} for {walladb.get_user(product['telegram_user_id'])} ({walladb.get_user(product['telegram_user_id'])})")
-        for i in range(5):
+        for _ in range(10):
             helpers.random_wait()
+        logging.info(f"First run for {product['product_name']} for {walladb.get_user(product['telegram_user_id'])} ({walladb.get_user(product['telegram_user_id'])})")
         list = []
         if not helpers.is_valid_request(product):
             return list
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class Worker:
         return list
 
     async def work(self, product, list):
-        helpers.random_wait() # Random wait to make requests separated in time in order to prevent API rate limit
+        await helpers.random_async_wait() # Random wait to make requests separated in time in order to prevent API rate limit
         exec_times = []
         while True:
             #logging.info(f"List for {product['product_name']} length is: {len(list)}")