diff --git a/services/postprocessing/pkg/postprocessing/postprocessing.go b/services/postprocessing/pkg/postprocessing/postprocessing.go
index 1ce3962357..f5274e9875 100644
--- a/services/postprocessing/pkg/postprocessing/postprocessing.go
+++ b/services/postprocessing/pkg/postprocessing/postprocessing.go
@@ -75,9 +75,12 @@ func (pp *Postprocessing) CurrentStep() interface{} {
 }
 
 // Delay will sleep the configured time then continue
-func (pp *Postprocessing) Delay() interface{} {
-	time.Sleep(pp.config.Delayprocessing)
-	return pp.next(events.PPStepDelay)
+func (pp *Postprocessing) Delay(f func(next interface{})) {
+	next := pp.next(events.PPStepDelay)
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(pp.config.Delayprocessing)
+		f(next)
+	}()
 }
 
 // BackoffDuration calculates the duration for exponential backoff based on the number of failures.
diff --git a/services/postprocessing/pkg/service/service.go b/services/postprocessing/pkg/service/service.go
index 13441567d9..ec29966ac7 100644
--- a/services/postprocessing/pkg/service/service.go
+++ b/services/postprocessing/pkg/service/service.go
@@ -149,7 +149,11 @@ func (pps *PostprocessingService) processEvent(e events.Event) error {
 			pps.log.Error().Str("uploadID", ev.UploadID).Err(err).Msg("cannot get upload")
 			return fmt.Errorf("%w: cannot get upload", ErrEvent)
 		}
-		next = pp.Delay()
+		pp.Delay(func(next interface{}) {
+			if err := events.Publish(ctx, pps.pub, next); err != nil {
+				pps.log.Error().Err(err).Msg("cannot publish event")
+			}
+		})
 	case events.UploadReady:
 		if ev.Failed {
 			// the upload failed - let's keep it around for a while - but mark it as finished