diff --git a/Source/LibationAvalonia/ViewModels/MainVM.BackupCounts.cs b/Source/LibationAvalonia/ViewModels/MainVM.BackupCounts.cs
index 7991a044..52bddb06 100644
--- a/Source/LibationAvalonia/ViewModels/MainVM.BackupCounts.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationAvalonia/ViewModels/MainVM.BackupCounts.cs
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@ partial class MainVM
 
 		if (Configuration.Instance.AutoDownloadEpisodes
 			&& stats.PendingBooks + stats.pdfsNotDownloaded > 0)
-			_ = BackupAllBooksAsync(stats.LibraryBooks);
+			BackupAllBooks(stats.LibraryBooks);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Source/LibationAvalonia/ViewModels/MainVM.Liberate.cs b/Source/LibationAvalonia/ViewModels/MainVM.Liberate.cs
index a750f7ed..359de0f8 100644
--- a/Source/LibationAvalonia/ViewModels/MainVM.Liberate.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationAvalonia/ViewModels/MainVM.Liberate.cs
@@ -16,16 +16,18 @@ partial class MainVM
 
 	/// <summary> This gets called by the "Begin Book and PDF Backups" menu item. </summary>
 	public async Task BackupAllBooks()
-		=> await BackupAllBooksAsync(await Task.Run(DbContexts.GetUnliberated_Flat_NoTracking));
+	{
+		var books = await Task.Run(DbContexts.GetUnliberated_Flat_NoTracking);
+		BackupAllBooks(books);
+	}
 
-	/// <summary> Queues backup for the given library subset (menu, auto-download after scan, etc.). </summary>
-	private async Task BackupAllBooksAsync(IEnumerable<LibraryBook> books)
+	private void BackupAllBooks(IEnumerable<LibraryBook> books)
 	{
 		try
 		{
 			var unliberated = books.UnLiberated().ToArray();
 
-			await Dispatcher.UIThread.InvokeAsync(() =>
+			Dispatcher.UIThread.Invoke(() =>
 			{
 				if (ProcessQueue.QueueDownloadDecrypt(unliberated))
 					setQueueCollapseState(false);
diff --git a/Source/LibationWinForms/Form1.Liberate.cs b/Source/LibationWinForms/Form1.Liberate.cs
index cfa8d1fe..6eea9ad5 100644
--- a/Source/LibationWinForms/Form1.Liberate.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationWinForms/Form1.Liberate.cs
@@ -16,31 +16,24 @@ public partial class Form1
 	private async void beginBookBackupsToolStripMenuItem_Click(object? _ = null, EventArgs? __ = null)
 	{
 		var library = await Task.Run(DbContexts.GetUnliberated_Flat_NoTracking);
-		await BackupAllBooksAsync(library);
+		BackupAllBooks(library);
 	}
 
-	private Task BackupAllBooksAsync(IEnumerable<LibraryBook> books)
+	private void BackupAllBooks(IEnumerable<LibraryBook> books)
 	{
 		try
 		{
 			var unliberated = books.UnLiberated().ToArray();
-			void queue()
+			Invoke(() =>
 			{
 				if (processBookQueue1.ViewModel.QueueDownloadDecrypt(unliberated))
 					SetQueueCollapseState(false);
-			}
-
-			if (InvokeRequired)
-				Invoke(queue);
-			else
-				queue();
+			});
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex)
 		{
 			Serilog.Log.Logger.Error(ex, "An error occurred while backing up all library books");
 		}
-
-		return Task.CompletedTask;
 	}
 
 	private async void beginPdfBackupsToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
diff --git a/Source/LibationWinForms/Form1._NonUI.cs b/Source/LibationWinForms/Form1._NonUI.cs
index f1f84eb2..5506166d 100644
--- a/Source/LibationWinForms/Form1._NonUI.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationWinForms/Form1._NonUI.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public partial class Form1
 				return;
 
 			if ((libraryStats.PendingBooks + libraryStats.pdfsNotDownloaded) > 0)
-				_ = BackupAllBooksAsync(libraryStats.LibraryBooks);
+				BackupAllBooks(libraryStats.LibraryBooks);
 		};
 	}