diff --git a/rust/src/cli/l2cap/client_bridge.rs b/rust/src/cli/l2cap/client_bridge.rs
index 37606fc5..31bc0213 100644
--- a/rust/src/cli/l2cap/client_bridge.rs
+++ b/rust/src/cli/l2cap/client_bridge.rs
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
 /// TCP client to connect.
 /// When the L2CAP CoC channel is closed, the TCP connection is closed as well.
 use crate::cli::l2cap::{
-    proxy_l2cap_rx_to_tcp_tx, proxy_tcp_rx_to_l2cap_tx, run_future_with_current_task_locals,
-    BridgeData,
+    inject_py_event_loop, proxy_l2cap_rx_to_tcp_tx, proxy_tcp_rx_to_l2cap_tx, BridgeData,
 };
 use bumble::wrapper::{
     device::{Connection, Device},
@@ -85,11 +84,12 @@ pub async fn start(args: &Args, device: &mut Device) -> PyResult<()> {
     let mtu = args.mtu;
     let mps = args.mps;
     let ble_connection = Arc::new(Mutex::new(ble_connection));
-    // Ensure Python event loop is available to l2cap `disconnect`
-    let _ = run_future_with_current_task_locals(async move {
+    // spawn thread to handle incoming tcp connections
+    tokio::spawn(inject_py_event_loop(async move {
         while let Ok((tcp_stream, addr)) = listener.accept().await {
             let ble_connection = ble_connection.clone();
-            let _ = run_future_with_current_task_locals(proxy_data_between_tcp_and_l2cap(
+            // spawn thread to handle this specific tcp connection
+            if let Ok(future) = inject_py_event_loop(proxy_data_between_tcp_and_l2cap(
                 ble_connection,
                 tcp_stream,
                 addr,
@@ -97,10 +97,11 @@ pub async fn start(args: &Args, device: &mut Device) -> PyResult<()> {
                 max_credits,
                 mtu,
                 mps,
-            ));
+            )) {
+                tokio::spawn(future);
+            }
         }
-        Ok(())
-    });
+    })?);
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/rust/src/cli/l2cap/mod.rs b/rust/src/cli/l2cap/mod.rs
index 31097edb..3f86b24d 100644
--- a/rust/src/cli/l2cap/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/src/cli/l2cap/mod.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use crate::L2cap;
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use bumble::wrapper::{device::Device, l2cap::LeConnectionOrientedChannel, transport::Transport};
 use owo_colors::{colors::css::Orange, OwoColorize};
-use pyo3::{PyObject, PyResult, Python};
+use pyo3::{PyResult, Python};
 use std::{future::Future, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
 use tokio::{
     io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt},
@@ -170,21 +170,12 @@ async fn proxy_tcp_rx_to_l2cap_tx(
     }
 }
 
-/// Copies the current thread's TaskLocals into a Python "awaitable" and encapsulates it in a Rust
-/// future, running it as a Python Task.
-/// `TaskLocals` stores the current event loop, and allows the user to copy the current Python
-/// context if necessary. In this case, the python event loop is used when calling `disconnect` on
-/// an l2cap connection, or else the call will fail.
-pub fn run_future_with_current_task_locals<F>(
-    fut: F,
-) -> PyResult<impl Future<Output = PyResult<PyObject>> + Send>
+/// Copies the current thread's Python even loop (contained in `TaskLocals`) into the given future.
+/// Useful when sending work to another thread that calls Python code which calls `get_running_loop()`.
+pub fn inject_py_event_loop<F, R>(fut: F) -> PyResult<impl Future<Output = R>>
 where
-    F: Future<Output = PyResult<()>> + Send + 'static,
+    F: Future<Output = R> + Send + 'static,
 {
-    Python::with_gil(|py| {
-        let locals = pyo3_asyncio::tokio::get_current_locals(py)?;
-        let future = pyo3_asyncio::tokio::scope(locals.clone(), fut);
-        pyo3_asyncio::tokio::future_into_py_with_locals(py, locals, future)
-            .and_then(pyo3_asyncio::tokio::into_future)
-    })
+    let locals = Python::with_gil(pyo3_asyncio::tokio::get_current_locals)?;
+    Ok(pyo3_asyncio::tokio::scope(locals, fut))
 }
diff --git a/rust/src/cli/l2cap/server_bridge.rs b/rust/src/cli/l2cap/server_bridge.rs
index 3a32db92..3f8041a4 100644
--- a/rust/src/cli/l2cap/server_bridge.rs
+++ b/rust/src/cli/l2cap/server_bridge.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@
 /// When the L2CAP CoC channel is closed, the bridge disconnects the TCP socket
 /// and waits for a new L2CAP CoC channel to be connected.
 /// When the TCP connection is closed by the TCP server, the L2CAP connection is closed as well.
-use crate::cli::l2cap::{
-    proxy_l2cap_rx_to_tcp_tx, proxy_tcp_rx_to_l2cap_tx, run_future_with_current_task_locals,
-    BridgeData,
-};
+use crate::cli::l2cap::{proxy_l2cap_rx_to_tcp_tx, proxy_tcp_rx_to_l2cap_tx, BridgeData};
 use bumble::wrapper::{device::Device, hci::HciConstant, l2cap::LeConnectionOrientedChannel};
 use futures::executor::block_on;
 use owo_colors::OwoColorize;
@@ -49,19 +46,19 @@ pub async fn start(args: &Args, device: &mut Device) -> PyResult<()> {
     let port = args.tcp_port;
     device.register_l2cap_channel_server(
         args.psm,
-        move |_py, l2cap_channel| {
+        move |py, l2cap_channel| {
             let channel_info = l2cap_channel
                 .debug_string()
                 .unwrap_or_else(|e| format!("failed to get l2cap channel info ({e})"));
             println!("{} {channel_info}", "*** L2CAP channel:".cyan());
 
             let host = host.clone();
-            // Ensure Python event loop is available to l2cap `disconnect`
-            let _ = run_future_with_current_task_locals(proxy_data_between_l2cap_and_tcp(
-                l2cap_channel,
-                host,
-                port,
-            ));
+            // Handles setting up a tokio runtime that runs this future to completion while also
+            // containing the necessary context vars.
+            pyo3_asyncio::tokio::future_into_py(
+                py,
+                proxy_data_between_l2cap_and_tcp(l2cap_channel, host, port),
+            )?;
             Ok(())
         },
         args.max_credits,