diff --git a/damus/Models/HomeModel.swift b/damus/Models/HomeModel.swift
index 9cdfd43d..85b718ba 100644
--- a/damus/Models/HomeModel.swift
+++ b/damus/Models/HomeModel.swift
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class HomeModel {
             boost_ev_id = inner_ev.id
             
             
-            Task.init {
+            Task {
                 guard validate_event(ev: inner_ev) == .ok else {
                     return
                 }
diff --git a/damus/Util/EventCache.swift b/damus/Util/EventCache.swift
index 0ba36ea4..f97d8a92 100644
--- a/damus/Util/EventCache.swift
+++ b/damus/Util/EventCache.swift
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ func preload_events(state: DamusState, events: [NostrEvent]) {
         return
     }
     
-    Task.init {
+    Task {
         for plan in plans {
             await preload_event(plan: plan, state: state)
         }
diff --git a/damus/Views/PostView.swift b/damus/Views/PostView.swift
index 1e93c67f..61e5120b 100644
--- a/damus/Views/PostView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/PostView.swift
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ struct PostView: View {
     
     func handle_upload(media: MediaUpload) {
         let uploader = damus_state.settings.default_media_uploader
-        Task.init {
+        Task {
             let img = getImage(media: media)
             print("img size w:\(img.size.width) h:\(img.size.height)")
             async let blurhash = calculate_blurhash(img: img)
diff --git a/damus/Views/Search/SearchingEventView.swift b/damus/Views/Search/SearchingEventView.swift
index 41b3a164..afb6c73c 100644
--- a/damus/Views/Search/SearchingEventView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/Search/SearchingEventView.swift
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct SearchingEventView: View {
                     self.search_state = .found_profile(pk)
                 }
             } else {
-                Task.init {
+                Task {
                     guard let nip05 = NIP05.parse(evid) else {
                         self.search_state = .not_found
                         return