diff --git a/cookbook/connectors/homeassistant.py b/cookbook/connectors/homeassistant.py
index e653c3f3de..f824a4262a 100644
--- a/cookbook/connectors/homeassistant.py
+++ b/cookbook/connectors/homeassistant.py
@@ -1,26 +1,35 @@
 import logging
 from logging import Logger
+from typing import Dict, Tuple
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
-from homeassistant_api import Client, HomeassistantAPIError, Domain
+from aiohttp import ClientError, request
 
 from cookbook.connectors.connector import Connector
 from cookbook.models import ShoppingListEntry, ConnectorConfig, Space
 
 
 class HomeAssistant(Connector):
-    _domains_cache: dict[str, Domain]
     _config: ConnectorConfig
     _logger: Logger
-    _client: Client
 
     def __init__(self, config: ConnectorConfig):
         if not config.token or not config.url or not config.todo_entity:
             raise ValueError("config for HomeAssistantConnector in incomplete")
 
-        self._domains_cache = dict()
+        if config.url[-1] != "/":
+            config.url += "/"
         self._config = config
         self._logger = logging.getLogger("connector.HomeAssistant")
-        self._client = Client(self._config.url, self._config.token, async_cache_session=False, use_async=True)
+
+    async def homeassistant_api_call(self, method: str, path: str, data: Dict) -> str:
+        headers = {
+            "Authorization": f"Bearer {self._config.token}",
+            "Content-Type": "application/json"
+        }
+        async with request(method, urljoin(self._config.url, path), headers=headers, json=data) as response:
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            return await response.json()
 
     async def on_shopping_list_entry_created(self, space: Space, shopping_list_entry: ShoppingListEntry) -> None:
         if not self._config.on_shopping_list_entry_created_enabled:
@@ -28,15 +37,17 @@ async def on_shopping_list_entry_created(self, space: Space, shopping_list_entry
 
         item, description = _format_shopping_list_entry(shopping_list_entry)
 
-        todo_domain = self._domains_cache.get('todo')
-        try:
-            if todo_domain is None:
-                todo_domain = await self._client.async_get_domain('todo')
-                self._domains_cache['todo'] = todo_domain
+        logging.debug(f"adding {item=} to {self._config.name}")
+
+        data = {
+            "entity_id": self._config.todo_entity,
+            "item": item,
+            "description": description,
+        }
 
-            logging.debug(f"pushing {item} to {self._config.name}")
-            await todo_domain.add_item(entity_id=self._config.todo_entity, item=item)
-        except HomeassistantAPIError as err:
+        try:
+            await self.homeassistant_api_call("POST", "services/todo/add_item", data)
+        except ClientError as err:
             self._logger.warning(f"[HomeAssistant {self._config.name}] Received an exception from the api: {err=}, {type(err)=}")
 
     async def on_shopping_list_entry_updated(self, space: Space, shopping_list_entry: ShoppingListEntry) -> None:
@@ -48,24 +59,31 @@ async def on_shopping_list_entry_deleted(self, space: Space, shopping_list_entry
         if not self._config.on_shopping_list_entry_deleted_enabled:
             return
 
-        item, description = _format_shopping_list_entry(shopping_list_entry)
+        if not hasattr(shopping_list_entry._state.fields_cache, "food"):
+            # Sometimes the food foreign key is not loaded, and we cant load it from an async process
+            self._logger.debug("required property was not present in ShoppingListEntry")
+            return
 
-        todo_domain = self._domains_cache.get('todo')
-        try:
-            if todo_domain is None:
-                todo_domain = await self._client.async_get_domain('todo')
-                self._domains_cache['todo'] = todo_domain
+        item, _ = _format_shopping_list_entry(shopping_list_entry)
 
-            logging.debug(f"deleting {item} from {self._config.name}")
-            await todo_domain.remove_item(entity_id=self._config.todo_entity, item=item)
-        except HomeassistantAPIError as err:
-            self._logger.warning(f"[HomeAssistant {self._config.name}] Received an exception from the api: {err=}, {type(err)=}")
+        logging.debug(f"removing {item=} from {self._config.name}")
+
+        data = {
+            "entity_id": self._config.todo_entity,
+            "item": item,
+        }
+
+        try:
+            await self.homeassistant_api_call("POST", "services/todo/remove_item", data)
+        except ClientError as err:
+            # This error will always trigger if the item is not present/found
+            self._logger.debug(f"[HomeAssistant {self._config.name}] Received an exception from the api: {err=}, {type(err)=}")
 
     async def close(self) -> None:
-        await self._client.async_cache_session.close()
+        pass
 
 
-def _format_shopping_list_entry(shopping_list_entry: ShoppingListEntry):
+def _format_shopping_list_entry(shopping_list_entry: ShoppingListEntry) -> Tuple[str, str]:
     item = shopping_list_entry.food.name
     if shopping_list_entry.amount > 0:
         item += f" ({shopping_list_entry.amount:.2f}".rstrip('0').rstrip('.')
@@ -76,10 +94,10 @@ def _format_shopping_list_entry(shopping_list_entry: ShoppingListEntry):
         else:
             item += ")"
 
-    description = "Imported by TandoorRecipes"
+    description = "From TandoorRecipes"
     if shopping_list_entry.created_by.first_name and len(shopping_list_entry.created_by.first_name) > 0:
-        description += f", created by {shopping_list_entry.created_by.first_name}"
+        description += f", by {shopping_list_entry.created_by.first_name}"
     else:
-        description += f", created by {shopping_list_entry.created_by.username}"
+        description += f", by {shopping_list_entry.created_by.username}"
 
     return item, description
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1c49620761..3ef2dd2b62 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ django-auth-ldap==4.6.0
 pyppeteer==2.0.0
 validators==0.20.0
 pytube==15.0.0
-homeassistant-api==4.1.1.post2
+aiohttp==3.9.3
 
 # Development
 pytest==8.0.0