diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a7dfbc0..df122ef 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "nom",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-recursion"
+version = "1.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3b43422f69d8ff38f95f1b2bb76517c91589a924d1559a0e935d7c8ce0274c11"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.68",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.80"
@@ -1219,6 +1230,7 @@ version = "0.35.1"
 dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
  "askama",
+ "async-recursion",
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "brotli",
  "build_html",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 451a83a..c6f8ac7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ pretty_env_logger = "0.5.0"
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 rss = "2.0.7"
 arc-swap = "1.7.1"
+async-recursion = "1.1.1"
 
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 6a202ff..72e6bae 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static URL_PAIRS: [(&str, &str); 2] = [
 /// `Location` header. An `Err(String)` is returned if Reddit responds with a
 /// 429, or if we were unable to decode the value in the `Location` header.
 #[cached(size = 1024, time = 600, result = true)]
+#[async_recursion::async_recursion]
 pub async fn canonical_path(path: String, tries: i8) -> Result<Option<String>, String> {
 	if tries == 0 {
 		return Ok(None);
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ pub async fn canonical_path(path: String, tries: i8) -> Result<Option<String>, S
 				let uri = format_url(stripped_uri);
 
 				// Decrement tries and try again
-				Box::pin(canonical_path(uri, tries - 1)).await
+				canonical_path(uri, tries - 1).await
 			}
 			None => Ok(None),
 		},