diff --git a/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs b/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs
index ff7cdfc64..8db96d2fb 100644
--- a/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs
+++ b/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
         // The lowest in the list is the leader. And if we're not the leader
         // we watch the node right before us to be notified if he dies.
         // See https://zookeeper.apache.org/doc/current/recipes.html#sc_leaderElection
-        let clusterized = match self.zookeeper {
+        let clusterized = match self.zookeeper.clone() {
             Some(zk) => {
                 // First, load the already existing tasks in the cluster, or, if we're the first one to join the cluster, create the task directory.
                 let tasks_watcher = match zk.create(
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
                 ) {
                     Ok(_) => (),
                     Err(ZkError::NodeExists) => (),
-                    Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
+                    Err(e) => panic!("{e}"),
                 };
 
                 let (_, id) = zk
@@ -475,13 +475,13 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
                 let string_id = id.to_string();
 
                 // there is at least us in the childrens of election
-                if childrens[0].ends_with(id.to_string()) {
+                if childrens[0].ends_with(&string_id) {
                     log::warn!("I'm the leader");
                     None
                 } else {
                     let should_watch = childrens
                         .into_iter()
-                        .rfind(|path| path[path.len() - id.len()..] < id)
+                        .rfind(|path| &path[path.len() - string_id.len()..] < string_id.as_str())
                         .unwrap();
                     log::warn!("I'm a follower When `{should_watch}` die I should check if I'm the new leader");
 
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/lib.rs b/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
index 3aede46eb..69993bc0b 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ use meilisearch_types::{compression, milli, VERSION_FILE_NAME};
 pub use option::Opt;
 use option::ScheduleSnapshot;
 use strois::Bucket;
-use zookeeper::ZooKeeper;
+use zookeeper_client_sync::Zookeeper;
 
 use crate::error::MeilisearchHttpError;
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ enum OnFailure {
 
 pub async fn setup_meilisearch(
     opt: &Opt,
-    zookeeper: Option<Arc<ZooKeeper>>,
+    zookeeper: Option<Arc<Zookeeper>>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<(Arc<IndexScheduler>, Arc<AuthController>)> {
     let empty_db = is_empty_db(&opt.db_path);
     let (index_scheduler, auth_controller) = if let Some(ref snapshot_path) = opt.import_snapshot {
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ pub async fn setup_meilisearch(
 fn open_or_create_database_unchecked(
     opt: &Opt,
     on_failure: OnFailure,
-    zookeeper: Option<Arc<ZooKeeper>>,
+    zookeeper: Option<Arc<Zookeeper>>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<(IndexScheduler, AuthController)> {
     // we don't want to create anything in the data.ms yet, thus we
     // wrap our two builders in a closure that'll be executed later.
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ fn open_or_create_database_unchecked(
 fn open_or_create_database(
     opt: &Opt,
     empty_db: bool,
-    zookeeper: Option<Arc<ZooKeeper>>,
+    zookeeper: Option<Arc<Zookeeper>>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<(IndexScheduler, AuthController)> {
     if !empty_db {
         check_version_file(&opt.db_path)?;
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/main.rs b/meilisearch/src/main.rs
index ad64384df..8db217f5c 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/main.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use std::env;
 use std::io::{stderr, Write};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::time::Duration;
 
 use actix_web::http::KeepAlive;
 use actix_web::web::Data;
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ use meilisearch::analytics::Analytics;
 use meilisearch::{analytics, create_app, prototype_name, setup_meilisearch, Opt};
 use meilisearch_auth::{generate_master_key, AuthController, MASTER_KEY_MIN_SIZE};
 use termcolor::{Color, ColorChoice, ColorSpec, StandardStream, WriteColor};
-use zookeeper::ZooKeeper;
+use zookeeper_client_sync::Zookeeper;
 
 #[global_allocator]
 static ALLOC: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
@@ -65,9 +64,10 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         _ => (),
     }
 
-    let timeout = Duration::from_millis(2500);
-    let zookeeper =
-        opt.zk_url.as_ref().map(|url| Arc::new(ZooKeeper::connect(url, timeout, drop).unwrap()));
+    let zookeeper = match opt.zk_url {
+        Some(ref url) => Some(Arc::new(Zookeeper::connect(url).await.unwrap())),
+        None => None,
+    };
     let (index_scheduler, auth_controller) = setup_meilisearch(&opt, zookeeper).await?;
 
     #[cfg(all(not(debug_assertions), feature = "analytics"))]