diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f865e830..caadf4ca 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4883,7 +4883,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "run-in-thread"
 version = "1.0.0"
 dependencies = [
- "actix-web 4.0.0-beta.21",
+ "actix-web 4.0.0-rc.1",
  "env_logger 0.9.0",
  "log",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 094e01b3..1c8bb569 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ members = [
    "basics/middleware-http-to-https",
    "basics/middleware",
    "basics/nested-routing",
-   "basics/run-in-thread",
    "basics/shutdown-server",
    "basics/state",
    "basics/static_index",
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ members = [
    "other/data_factory",
    "other/http-proxy",
    "other/protobuf",
+   "other/run-in-thread",
    "other/server-sent-events",
    "other/unix-socket",
    "security/awc_https",
diff --git a/basics/run-in-thread/Cargo.toml b/basics/run-in-thread/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 86b1750b..00000000
--- a/basics/run-in-thread/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "run-in-thread"
-version = "1.0.0"
-edition = "2021"
-description = "Run actix-web in separate thread"
-
-[dependencies]
-actix-web = "4.0.0-beta.21"
-log = "0.4"
-env_logger = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/other/run-in-thread/Cargo.toml b/other/run-in-thread/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ae3df46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/other/run-in-thread/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[package]
+name = "run-in-thread"
+version = "1.0.0"
+edition = "2021"
+description = "Run Actix Web in separate thread"
+
+[dependencies]
+actix-web = "4.0.0-rc.1"
+
+env_logger = "0.9"
+log = "0.4"
diff --git a/basics/run-in-thread/src/main.rs b/other/run-in-thread/src/main.rs
similarity index 64%
rename from basics/run-in-thread/src/main.rs
rename to other/run-in-thread/src/main.rs
index bd41ed7d..a00a7db7 100644
--- a/basics/run-in-thread/src/main.rs
+++ b/other/run-in-thread/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-use std::sync::mpsc;
-use std::{thread, time};
+use std::{sync::mpsc, thread, time};
 
-use actix_web::dev::ServerHandle;
-use actix_web::{middleware, rt, web, App, HttpRequest, HttpServer};
+use actix_web::{dev::ServerHandle, middleware, rt, web, App, HttpRequest, HttpServer};
 
 async fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> &'static str {
     log::info!("REQ: {:?}", req);
@@ -10,6 +8,8 @@ async fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> &'static str {
 }
 
 async fn run_app(tx: mpsc::Sender<ServerHandle>) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    log::info!("starting HTTP serer at http://localhost:8080");
+
     // srv is server controller type, `dev::Server`
     let server = HttpServer::new(|| {
         App::new()
@@ -18,32 +18,33 @@ async fn run_app(tx: mpsc::Sender<ServerHandle>) -> std::io::Result<()> {
             .service(web::resource("/index.html").to(|| async { "Hello world!" }))
             .service(web::resource("/").to(index))
     })
-    .bind("127.0.0.1:8080")?
+    .bind(("127.0.0.1", 8080))?
+    .workers(2)
     .run();
 
     // Send server handle back to the main thread
     let _ = tx.send(server.handle());
+
     server.await
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    std::env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "actix_web=info,actix_server=trace");
-    env_logger::init();
+    env_logger::init_from_env(env_logger::Env::new().default_filter_or("info"));
 
     let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
 
-    log::info!("START SERVER");
+    log::info!("spawning thread for server");
     thread::spawn(move || {
-        let future = run_app(tx);
-        rt::System::new().block_on(future)
+        let server_future = run_app(tx);
+        rt::System::new().block_on(server_future)
     });
 
     let server_handle = rx.recv().unwrap();
 
-    log::info!("WAITING 10 SECONDS");
+    log::info!("waiting 10 seconds");
     thread::sleep(time::Duration::from_secs(10));
 
-    log::info!("STOPPING SERVER");
     // Send a stop signal to the server, waiting for it to exit gracefully
+    log::info!("stopping server");
     rt::System::new().block_on(server_handle.stop(true));
 }