diff --git a/Examples/IORingTCPEcho/IORingTCPEcho.swift b/Examples/IORingTCPEcho/IORingTCPEcho.swift
index 7a75887..a5757b6 100644
--- a/Examples/IORingTCPEcho/IORingTCPEcho.swift
+++ b/Examples/IORingTCPEcho/IORingTCPEcho.swift
@@ -34,23 +34,23 @@ public struct IORingTCPEcho {
       exit(1)
     }
 
-    let echo = try IORingTCPEcho(port: port)
+    let echo = try await IORingTCPEcho(port: port)
     try await echo.runMultishot()
   }
 
-  init(port: UInt16, bufferSize: Int = 32, backlog: Int = 5) throws {
+  init(port: UInt16, bufferSize: Int = 32, backlog: Int = 5) async throws {
     self.bufferSize = bufferSize
     ring = try IORing()
-    socket = try Socket(
+    socket = try await Socket(
       ring: ring,
       domain: sa_family_t(AF_INET),
       type: SOCK_STREAM,
       protocol: 0
     )
-    try socket.setReuseAddr()
-    try socket.setTcpNoDelay()
-    try socket.bind(port: port)
-    try socket.listen(backlog: backlog)
+    try await socket.setReuseAddr()
+    try await socket.setTcpNoDelay()
+    try await socket.bind(port: port)
+    try await socket.listen(backlog: backlog)
   }
 
   func readWriteEcho(client: Socket) async {
diff --git a/Examples/IORingUDPClient/IORingUDPClient.swift b/Examples/IORingUDPClient/IORingUDPClient.swift
index c48f0ad..da44ab9 100644
--- a/Examples/IORingUDPClient/IORingUDPClient.swift
+++ b/Examples/IORingUDPClient/IORingUDPClient.swift
@@ -37,14 +37,19 @@ public struct IORingUDPClient {
     }
 
     let message = CommandLine.arguments[2]
-    let client = try IORingUDPClient()
+    let client = try await IORingUDPClient()
     try await client.connect(to: address)
     try await client.send(message: message)
   }
 
-  init() throws {
+  init() async throws {
     ring = IORing.shared
-    socket = try Socket(ring: ring, domain: sa_family_t(AF_INET), type: SOCK_DGRAM, protocol: 0)
+    socket = try await Socket(
+      ring: ring,
+      domain: sa_family_t(AF_INET),
+      type: SOCK_DGRAM,
+      protocol: 0
+    )
   }
 
   func connect(to address: any SocketAddress) async throws {
diff --git a/Examples/IORingUDPServer/IORingUDPServer.swift b/Examples/IORingUDPServer/IORingUDPServer.swift
index 613c379..f9e0723 100644
--- a/Examples/IORingUDPServer/IORingUDPServer.swift
+++ b/Examples/IORingUDPServer/IORingUDPServer.swift
@@ -33,18 +33,23 @@ public struct IORingUDPServer {
       exit(1)
     }
 
-    let server = try IORingUDPServer()
+    let server = try await IORingUDPServer()
     try await server.bind(port: port)
     try await server.run()
   }
 
-  init() throws {
+  init() async throws {
     ring = IORing.shared
-    socket = try Socket(ring: ring, domain: sa_family_t(AF_INET), type: SOCK_DGRAM, protocol: 0)
+    socket = try await Socket(
+      ring: ring,
+      domain: sa_family_t(AF_INET),
+      type: SOCK_DGRAM,
+      protocol: 0
+    )
   }
 
   func bind(port: UInt16) async throws {
-    try socket.bind(port: port)
+    try await socket.bind(port: port)
   }
 
   func run() async throws {
diff --git a/Sources/IORingUtils/Socket.swift b/Sources/IORingUtils/Socket.swift
index 48c5ec1..08a44d6 100644
--- a/Sources/IORingUtils/Socket.swift
+++ b/Sources/IORingUtils/Socket.swift
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import Glibc
 import IORing
 import SystemPackage
 
+@IORingActor
 public struct Socket: CustomStringConvertible, Equatable, Hashable, Sendable {
   private let fileHandle: FileHandle!
   private let domain: sa_family_t
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ public struct Socket: CustomStringConvertible, Equatable, Hashable, Sendable {
 
   public func accept() async throws -> AnyAsyncSequence<Socket> {
     guard let fileHandle else { throw Errno.badFileDescriptor }
-    return try await ring.accept(from: fileHandle).map { Socket(
+    return try await ring.accept(from: fileHandle).map { await Socket(
       ring: ring,
       fileHandle: $0 as! FileHandle
     ) }