diff --git a/src/mainx.c b/src/mainx.c
index d847d6f7..d82ecae5 100644
--- a/src/mainx.c
+++ b/src/mainx.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *env[]) {
         }
 
         /* Initialize event loop using libev */
-        struct ev_loop *loop = ev_default_loop(0);
+        struct ev_loop *loop = ev_loop_new(0);
         if (loop == NULL)
                 die("Could not initialize libev. Bad LIBEV_FLAGS?\n");