diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 2d80640e..48777f86 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -53,7 +53,14 @@ def get_version():
 # Get metadata from __init__.py (everything except version)
 with codecs.open(_path_to_init, mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     content = f.read()
-    _INFO = dict(re.findall(r"__(\w+)__ = ['\"]([^'\"]+)['\"]", content, re.MULTILINE))
+    # Match both `__x__ = "value"` and `__x__ = ("value")` (possibly across lines)
+    _INFO = dict(
+        re.findall(
+            r"__(\w+)__\s*=\s*\(?\s*['\"]([^'\"]+)['\"]\s*\)?",
+            content,
+            re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL,
+        )
+    )
 
 # Get version from pyproject.toml (single source of truth)
 _INFO["version"] = get_version()
diff --git a/proxybroker/cli.py b/proxybroker/cli.py
index 93665c4c..f7439f7a 100644
--- a/proxybroker/cli.py
+++ b/proxybroker/cli.py
@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ def cli(args=sys.argv[1:]):
         ns.types.remove("HTTP")
         ns.types.append(("HTTP", ns.anon_lvl))
 
-    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop_policy().get_event_loop()
+    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
     proxies = asyncio.Queue()
     broker = Broker(
         proxies,