diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index babf1b9..8253ae9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-channel"
+version = "0.5.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "33480d6946193aa8033910124896ca395333cae7e2d1113d1fef6c3272217df2"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-deque"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -660,6 +669,7 @@ checksum = "d231dfb89cfffdbc30e7fc41579ed6066ad03abda9e567ccafae602b97ec5024"
 name = "hyprwall"
 version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-channel",
  "gdk",
  "gio 0.18.4",
  "glib 0.18.5",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f033e4d..29c4a00 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 rayon = "1.7"
 num_cpus = "1.15"
 rand = "0.8"
+crossbeam-channel = "0.5"
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
diff --git a/src/gui.rs b/src/gui.rs
index 48bb006..48041dc 100644
--- a/src/gui.rs
+++ b/src/gui.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crossbeam_channel::unbounded;
 use glib::ControlFlow;
 use gtk::gdk::Texture;
 use gtk::gdk_pixbuf::Pixbuf;
@@ -15,8 +16,8 @@ use std::{
     io::Read,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     rc::Rc,
-    sync::{mpsc, Arc},
     sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+    sync::Arc,
 };
 
 const CONFIG_FILE: &str = "~/.config/hyprwall/config.ini";
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ fn load_images(
     let cache = Arc::clone(&image_loader.cache);
 
     let flowbox_clone = Rc::clone(flowbox);
-    let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel::<(Texture, String)>();
+    let (sender, receiver) = unbounded::<(Texture, String)>();
 
     while let Some(child) = flowbox.borrow().first_child() {
         flowbox.borrow().remove(&child);
@@ -272,8 +273,9 @@ fn load_images(
                 };
 
                 let path_clone = path.to_str().unwrap_or("").to_string();
-                s.send((texture, path_clone))
-                    .expect("Failed to send texture");
+                if s.send((texture, path_clone)).is_err() {
+                    eprintln!("Failed to send texture: receiver disconnected");
+                }
             });
     });
 
@@ -314,8 +316,8 @@ fn load_images(
 
                     flowbox.insert(&button, -1);
                 }
-                Err(mpsc::TryRecvError::Empty) => break,
-                Err(mpsc::TryRecvError::Disconnected) => return ControlFlow::Break,
+                Err(crossbeam_channel::TryRecvError::Empty) => break,
+                Err(crossbeam_channel::TryRecvError::Disconnected) => return ControlFlow::Break,
             }
         }
         ControlFlow::Continue