diff --git a/audio.py b/audio.py
index ee6ca56..2436685 100644
--- a/audio.py
+++ b/audio.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class AudioProcessor:
                     / 32768.0)
         return pcm_array
 
-    async def start_ffmpeg_decoder(self):
+    def start_ffmpeg_decoder(self):
         """
         Start an FFmpeg process in async streaming mode that reads WebM from stdin
         and outputs raw s16le PCM on stdout. Returns the process object.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class AudioProcessor:
                 await asyncio.get_event_loop().run_in_executor(None, self.ffmpeg_process.wait)
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.warning(f"Error killing FFmpeg process: {e}")
-            self.ffmpeg_process = await self.start_ffmpeg_decoder()
+            self.ffmpeg_process =  self.start_ffmpeg_decoder()
             self.pcm_buffer = bytearray()
 
     async def ffmpeg_stdout_reader(self):
@@ -198,10 +198,9 @@ class AudioProcessor:
             finally:
                 self.diarization_queue.task_done()
 
-    async def results_formatter(self, websocket):
+    async def results_formatter(self):
         while True:
             try:
-                # Get the current state
                 state = await self.shared_state.get_current_state()
                 tokens = state["tokens"]
                 buffer_transcription = state["buffer_transcription"]
@@ -217,7 +216,6 @@ class AudioProcessor:
                     sleep(0.5)
                     state = await self.shared_state.get_current_state()
                     tokens = state["tokens"]
-                # Process tokens to create response
                 previous_speaker = -1
                 lines = []
                 last_end_diarized = 0
@@ -273,22 +271,21 @@ class AudioProcessor:
                             "beg": format_time(0),
                             "end": format_time(tokens[-1].end) if tokens else format_time(0),
                             "diff": 0
-                    }],
+                        }],
                         "buffer_transcription": buffer_transcription,
                         "buffer_diarization": buffer_diarization,
                         "remaining_time_transcription": remaining_time_transcription,
                         "remaining_time_diarization": remaining_time_diarization
-
                     }
                 
                 response_content = ' '.join([str(line['speaker']) + ' ' + line["text"] for line in lines]) + ' | ' + buffer_transcription + ' | ' + buffer_diarization
                 
                 if response_content != self.shared_state.last_response_content:
                     if lines or buffer_transcription or buffer_diarization:
-                        await websocket.send_json(response)
+                        yield response
                         self.shared_state.last_response_content = response_content
                 
-                # Add a small delay to avoid overwhelming the client
+                #small delay to avoid overwhelming the client
                 await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
                 
             except Exception as e:
@@ -296,18 +293,22 @@ class AudioProcessor:
                 logger.warning(f"Traceback: {traceback.format_exc()}")
                 await asyncio.sleep(0.5)  # Back off on error
                 
-    async def create_tasks(self, websocket, diarization):
+    async def create_tasks(self, diarization=None):
+        if diarization:
+            self.diarization = diarization
+            
         tasks = []    
         if self.args.transcription and self.online:
             tasks.append(asyncio.create_task(self.transcription_processor()))    
-        if self.args.diarization and diarization:
-            tasks.append(asyncio.create_task(self.diarization_processor(diarization)))
-        formatter_task = asyncio.create_task(self.results_formatter(websocket))
-        tasks.append(formatter_task)
+        if self.args.diarization and self.diarization:
+            tasks.append(asyncio.create_task(self.diarization_processor(self.diarization)))
+        
         stdout_reader_task = asyncio.create_task(self.ffmpeg_stdout_reader())
         tasks.append(stdout_reader_task)
+        
         self.tasks = tasks
-        self.diarization = diarization
+        
+        return self.results_formatter()
         
     async def cleanup(self):
         for task in self.tasks:
diff --git a/whisper_fastapi_online_server.py b/whisper_fastapi_online_server.py
index b0ca658..cf81ff8 100644
--- a/whisper_fastapi_online_server.py
+++ b/whisper_fastapi_online_server.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 
 from whisper_streaming_custom.whisper_online import backend_factory, warmup_asr
+import asyncio
 import logging
 from parse_args import parse_args
 from audio import AudioProcessor
@@ -51,6 +52,16 @@ with open("web/live_transcription.html", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
 async def get():
     return HTMLResponse(html)
 
+
+async def handle_websocket_results(websocket, results_generator):
+    """Consumes results from the audio processor and sends them via WebSocket."""
+    try:
+        async for response in results_generator:
+            await websocket.send_json(response)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.warning(f"Error in WebSocket results handler: {e}")
+
+
 @app.websocket("/asr")
 async def websocket_endpoint(websocket: WebSocket):
     audio_processor = AudioProcessor(args, asr, tokenizer)
@@ -58,14 +69,17 @@ async def websocket_endpoint(websocket: WebSocket):
     await websocket.accept()
     logger.info("WebSocket connection opened.")
             
-    await audio_processor.create_tasks(websocket, diarization)
+    results_generator = await audio_processor.create_tasks(diarization)
+    websocket_task = asyncio.create_task(handle_websocket_results(websocket, results_generator))
+
     try:
         while True:
             message = await websocket.receive_bytes()
-            audio_processor.process_audio(message)
+            await audio_processor.process_audio(message)
     except WebSocketDisconnect:
         logger.warning("WebSocket disconnected.")
     finally:
+        websocket_task.cancel()
         audio_processor.cleanup()
         logger.info("WebSocket endpoint cleaned up.")