diff --git a/etebase_fastapi/routers/collection.py b/etebase_fastapi/routers/collection.py
index df25541..167179d 100644
--- a/etebase_fastapi/routers/collection.py
+++ b/etebase_fastapi/routers/collection.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import typing as t
 
-from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async, async_to_sync
+from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
 from django.core import exceptions as django_exceptions
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
 from django.db import transaction, IntegrityError
 from django.db.models import Q, QuerySet
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, status, Request
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, status, Request, BackgroundTasks
 
 from django_etebase import models
 from myauth.models import UserType
@@ -191,14 +191,13 @@ class ItemBatchIn(BaseModel):
                 )
 
 
-# FIXME: make it a background task
-def report_items_changed(col_uid: str, stoken: str, items: t.List[CollectionItemIn]):
+async def report_items_changed(col_uid: str, stoken: str, items: t.List[CollectionItemIn]):
     if not redisw.is_active:
         return
 
     redis = redisw.redis
     content = msgpack_encode(CollectionItemListResponse(data=items, stoken=stoken, done=True).dict())
-    async_to_sync(redis.publish)(f"col.{col_uid}", content)
+    await redis.publish(f"col.{col_uid}", content)
 
 
 def collection_list_common(
@@ -462,7 +461,14 @@ async def item_list_subscription_ticket(
     return await get_ticket(TicketRequest(collection=collection.uid), user)
 
 
-def item_bulk_common(data: ItemBatchIn, user: UserType, stoken: t.Optional[str], uid: str, validate_etag: bool):
+def item_bulk_common(
+    data: ItemBatchIn,
+    user: UserType,
+    stoken: t.Optional[str],
+    uid: str,
+    validate_etag: bool,
+    background_tasks: BackgroundTasks,
+):
     queryset = get_collection_queryset(user)
     with transaction.atomic():  # We need this for locking the collection object
         collection_object = queryset.select_for_update().get(uid=uid)
@@ -487,7 +493,7 @@ def item_bulk_common(data: ItemBatchIn, user: UserType, stoken: t.Optional[str],
                 status_code=status.HTTP_409_CONFLICT,
             )
 
-    report_items_changed(collection_object.uid, collection_object.stoken, data.items)
+    background_tasks.add_task(report_items_changed, collection_object.uid, collection_object.stoken, data.items)
 
 
 @item_router.get(
@@ -564,20 +570,22 @@ def fetch_updates(
 def item_transaction(
     collection_uid: str,
     data: ItemBatchIn,
+    background_tasks: BackgroundTasks,
     stoken: t.Optional[str] = None,
     user: UserType = Depends(get_authenticated_user),
 ):
-    return item_bulk_common(data, user, stoken, collection_uid, validate_etag=True)
+    return item_bulk_common(data, user, stoken, collection_uid, validate_etag=True, background_tasks=background_tasks)
 
 
 @item_router.post("/item/batch/", dependencies=[Depends(has_write_access), *PERMISSIONS_READWRITE])
 def item_batch(
     collection_uid: str,
     data: ItemBatchIn,
+    background_tasks: BackgroundTasks,
     stoken: t.Optional[str] = None,
     user: UserType = Depends(get_authenticated_user),
 ):
-    return item_bulk_common(data, user, stoken, collection_uid, validate_etag=False)
+    return item_bulk_common(data, user, stoken, collection_uid, validate_etag=False, background_tasks=background_tasks)
 
 
 # Chunks