diff --git a/SignalMessaging/profiles/ProfileFetcherJob.swift b/SignalMessaging/profiles/ProfileFetcherJob.swift
index e3ad5b0f6..176729b02 100644
--- a/SignalMessaging/profiles/ProfileFetcherJob.swift
+++ b/SignalMessaging/profiles/ProfileFetcherJob.swift
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-//  Copyright (c) 2018 Open Whisper Systems. All rights reserved.
+//  Copyright (c) 2019 Open Whisper Systems. All rights reserved.
 //
 
 import Foundation
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class ProfileFetcherJob: NSObject {
             Logger.error("background task time ran out before profile fetch completed.")
         })
 
-        DispatchQueue.main.async {
+        DispatchQueue.global().async {
             for recipientId in recipientIds {
                 self.getAndUpdateProfile(recipientId: recipientId)
             }
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class ProfileFetcherJob: NSObject {
     public func getAndUpdateProfile(recipientId: String, remainingRetries: Int = 3) {
         self.getProfile(recipientId: recipientId).map(on: DispatchQueue.global()) { profile in
             self.updateProfile(signalServiceProfile: profile)
-        }.catch { error in
+        }.catch(on: DispatchQueue.global()) { error in
             switch error {
             case ProfileFetcherJobError.throttled(let lastTimeInterval):
                 Logger.info("skipping updateProfile: \(recipientId), lastTimeInterval: \(lastTimeInterval)")
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ public class ProfileFetcherJob: NSObject {
     }
 
     public func getProfile(recipientId: String) -> Promise<SignalServiceProfile> {
-        AssertIsOnMainThread()
         if !ignoreThrottling {
             if let lastDate = ProfileFetcherJob.fetchDateMap[recipientId] {
                 let lastTimeInterval = fabs(lastDate.timeIntervalSinceNow)
@@ -162,8 +161,6 @@ public class ProfileFetcherJob: NSObject {
     private func requestProfile(recipientId: String,
                                 udAccess: OWSUDAccess?,
                                 canFailoverUDAuth: Bool) -> Promise<SignalServiceProfile> {
-        AssertIsOnMainThread()
-
         let requestMaker = RequestMaker(label: "Profile Fetch",
                                         requestFactoryBlock: { (udAccessKeyForRequest) -> TSRequest in
             return OWSRequestFactory.getProfileRequest(recipientId: recipientId, udAccessKey: udAccessKeyForRequest)
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/UD/OWSRequestMaker.swift b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/UD/OWSRequestMaker.swift
index 2f28fbd0e..7646ce858 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/UD/OWSRequestMaker.swift
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/UD/OWSRequestMaker.swift
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-//  Copyright (c) 2018 Open Whisper Systems. All rights reserved.
+//  Copyright (c) 2019 Open Whisper Systems. All rights reserved.
 //
 
 import Foundation
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class RequestMaker: NSObject {
     @objc
     public func makeRequestObjc() -> AnyPromise {
         let promise = makeRequest()
-            .recover { (error: Error) -> Promise<RequestMakerResult> in
+            .recover(on: DispatchQueue.global()) { (error: Error) -> Promise<RequestMakerResult> in
                 switch error {
                 case NetworkManagerError.taskError(_, let underlyingError):
                     throw underlyingError
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class RequestMaker: NSObject {
                 }) { (statusCode: Int, responseData: Data?, error: Error) in
                     resolver.reject(RequestMakerError.websocketRequestError(statusCode: statusCode, responseData: responseData, underlyingError: error))
                 }
-                }.recover { (error: Error) -> Promise<RequestMakerResult> in
+                }.recover(on: DispatchQueue.global()) { (error: Error) -> Promise<RequestMakerResult> in
                     switch error {
                     case RequestMakerError.websocketRequestError(let statusCode, _, _):
                         if isUDRequest && (statusCode == 401 || statusCode == 403) {
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class RequestMaker: NSObject {
                 }
         } else {
             return self.networkManager.makePromise(request: request)
-                .map { (networkManagerResult: TSNetworkManager.NetworkManagerResult) -> RequestMakerResult in
+                .map(on: DispatchQueue.global()) { (networkManagerResult: TSNetworkManager.NetworkManagerResult) -> RequestMakerResult in
                     if self.udManager.isUDVerboseLoggingEnabled() {
                         if isUDRequest {
                             Logger.debug("UD REST request '\(self.label)' succeeded.")
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public class RequestMaker: NSObject {
                     return RequestMakerResult(responseObject: networkManagerResult.responseObject,
                                               wasSentByUD: isUDRequest,
                                               wasSentByWebsocket: false)
-                }.recover { (error: Error) -> Promise<RequestMakerResult> in
+                }.recover(on: DispatchQueue.global()) { (error: Error) -> Promise<RequestMakerResult> in
                     switch error {
                     case NetworkManagerError.taskError(let task, _):
                         let statusCode = task.statusCode()