diff --git a/workers/azure_functions_worker/main.py b/workers/azure_functions_worker/main.py
index 130e0e9ea..2bd5ddd3b 100644
--- a/workers/azure_functions_worker/main.py
+++ b/workers/azure_functions_worker/main.py
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 """Main entrypoint."""
 
 import argparse
+import asyncio
+try:
+    import uvloop
+    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(uvloop.EventLoopPolicy())
+except Exception:
+    pass
 
 
 def parse_args():
@@ -45,8 +51,6 @@ def main():
     DependencyManager.initialize()
     DependencyManager.use_worker_dependencies()
 
-    import asyncio
-
     from . import logging
     from .logging import error_logger, format_exception, logger
 
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ def main():
     logger.info('Starting Azure Functions Python Worker.')
     logger.info('Worker ID: %s, Request ID: %s, Host Address: %s:%s',
                 args.worker_id, args.request_id, args.host, args.port)
+    logger.debug('Using event loop: %s', type(asyncio.get_event_loop()))
 
     try:
         return asyncio.run(start_async(
diff --git a/workers/azure_functions_worker/utils/dependency.py b/workers/azure_functions_worker/utils/dependency.py
index 76d4259be..3559cef98 100644
--- a/workers/azure_functions_worker/utils/dependency.py
+++ b/workers/azure_functions_worker/utils/dependency.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def should_load_cx_dependencies(cls):
     )
     def use_worker_dependencies(cls):
         """Switch the sys.path and ensure the worker imports are loaded from
-        Worker's dependenciess.
+        Worker's dependencies.
 
         This will not affect already imported namespaces, but will clear out
         the module cache and ensure the upcoming modules are loaded from