diff --git a/lib/AsyncTCP/library.properties b/lib/AsyncTCP/library.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a4068a46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/AsyncTCP/library.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name=AsyncTCP
+version=1.1.1
+author=Me-No-Dev
+maintainer=Me-No-Dev
+sentence=Async TCP Library for ESP32
+paragraph=Async TCP Library for ESP32
+category=Other
+url=https://github.com/me-no-dev/AsyncTCP
+architectures=*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.cpp b/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.cpp
index 4b5c25acb..00bab60ad 100644
--- a/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.cpp
+++ b/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } lwip_event_packet_t;
 
 static QueueHandle_t _async_queue;
-static TaskHandle_t _async_service_task_handle = NULL;
+static TaskHandle_t  _async_service_task_handle = NULL;
 
 
 SemaphoreHandle_t _slots_lock;
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ static bool _start_async_task() {
         return false;
     }
     if (!_async_service_task_handle) {
-        xTaskCreateUniversal(_async_service_task, "async_tcp", 8192 * 2, NULL, 3, &_async_service_task_handle, CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_RUNNING_CORE);
+        // xTaskCreateUniversal(_async_service_task, "async_tcp", 8192 * 2, NULL, 3, &_async_service_task_handle, CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_RUNNING_CORE);
+        xTaskCreate(_async_service_task, "async_tcp", 8192, NULL, CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_TASK_PRIORITY, &_async_service_task_handle);
         if (!_async_service_task_handle) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -1040,9 +1041,12 @@ size_t AsyncClient::write(const char * data) {
 
 size_t AsyncClient::write(const char * data, size_t size, uint8_t apiflags) {
     size_t will_send = add(data, size, apiflags);
-    if (!will_send || !send()) {
+    if (!will_send) {
         return 0;
     }
+    while (connected() && !send()) {
+        taskYIELD();
+    }
     return will_send;
 }
 
@@ -1080,6 +1084,18 @@ bool AsyncClient::getNoDelay() {
     return tcp_nagle_disabled(_pcb);
 }
 
+void AsyncClient::setKeepAlive(uint32_t ms, uint8_t cnt) {
+    if (ms != 0) {
+        _pcb->so_options |= SOF_KEEPALIVE; //Turn on TCP Keepalive for the given pcb
+        // Set the time between keepalive messages in milli-seconds
+        _pcb->keep_idle  = ms;
+        _pcb->keep_intvl = ms;
+        _pcb->keep_cnt   = cnt; //The number of unanswered probes required to force closure of the socket
+    } else {
+        _pcb->so_options &= ~SOF_KEEPALIVE; //Turn off TCP Keepalive for the given pcb
+    }
+}
+
 uint16_t AsyncClient::getMss() {
     if (!_pcb) {
         return 0;
diff --git a/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.h b/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.h
index 855f2f7f1..6f03a1650 100644
--- a/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.h
+++ b/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "sdkconfig.h"
 #include <functional>
 extern "C" {
+#include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/semphr.h"
 #include "lwip/pbuf.h"
 #include "lwip/ip_addr.h"
@@ -36,7 +37,11 @@ extern "C" {
 //If core is not defined, then we are running in Arduino or PIO
 #ifndef CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_RUNNING_CORE
 #define CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_RUNNING_CORE -1 //any available core
-#define CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_USE_WDT 1       //if enabled, adds between 33us and 200us per event
+#define CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_USE_WDT 0       //if enabled, adds between 33us and 200us per event
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_TASK_PRIORITY
+#define CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_TASK_PRIORITY 15
 #endif
 
 class AsyncClient;
@@ -103,6 +108,8 @@ class AsyncClient {
     void setNoDelay(bool nodelay);
     bool getNoDelay();
 
+    void setKeepAlive(uint32_t ms, uint8_t cnt);
+
     uint32_t   getRemoteAddress();
     ip6_addr_t getRemoteAddress6();
     uint16_t   getRemotePort();