diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2c841c3ef..7b5fdf1f6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.uid2</groupId>
     <artifactId>uid2-operator</artifactId>
-    <version>5.53.6</version>
+    <version>5.53.7-alpha-191-SNAPSHOT</version>
   
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/Main.java b/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/Main.java
index eed39c78c..7009a3108 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/Main.java
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ private static Vertx createVertx() {
 
         VertxOptions vertxOptions = new VertxOptions()
             .setMetricsOptions(metricOptions)
+                .setWorkerPoolSize(10000)
             .setBlockedThreadCheckInterval(threadBlockedCheckInterval);
 
         return Vertx.vertx(vertxOptions);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/vertx/UIDOperatorVerticle.java b/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/vertx/UIDOperatorVerticle.java
index e2edf1333..335f4a966 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/vertx/UIDOperatorVerticle.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/vertx/UIDOperatorVerticle.java
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ private void setUpEncryptedRoutes(Router mainRouter, BodyHandler bodyHandler) {
         mainRouter.post(V2_IDENTITY_BUCKETS.toString()).handler(bodyHandler).handler(auth.handleV1(
                 rc -> encryptedPayloadHandler.handle(rc, this::handleBucketsV2), Role.MAPPER));
         mainRouter.post(V2_IDENTITY_MAP.toString()).handler(bodyHandler).handler(auth.handleV1(
-                rc -> encryptedPayloadHandler.handle(rc, this::handleIdentityMapV2), Role.MAPPER));
+                rc -> encryptedPayloadHandler.handleNonBlocking(vertx, rc, this::handleIdentityMapV2), Role.MAPPER));
         mainRouter.post(V2_KEY_LATEST.toString()).handler(bodyHandler).handler(auth.handleV1(
                 rc -> encryptedPayloadHandler.handle(rc, this::handleKeysRequestV2), Role.ID_READER));
         mainRouter.post(V2_KEY_SHARING.toString()).handler(bodyHandler).handler(auth.handleV1(
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/vertx/V2PayloadHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/vertx/V2PayloadHandler.java
index 10627ab10..e32ca128e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/vertx/V2PayloadHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/vertx/V2PayloadHandler.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import com.uid2.shared.store.ISiteStore;
 import io.vertx.core.Future;
 import io.vertx.core.Handler;
+import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
 import io.vertx.core.buffer.Buffer;
 import io.vertx.core.http.HttpHeaders;
 import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;
@@ -61,6 +62,31 @@ public void handle(RoutingContext rc, Handler<RoutingContext> apiHandler) {
         handleResponse(rc, request);
     }
 
+    public void handleNonBlocking(Vertx vertx, RoutingContext rc, Handler<RoutingContext> apiHandler) {
+        vertx.executeBlocking(
+        blockingPromise -> {
+                V2RequestUtil.V2Request request = V2RequestUtil.parseRequest(rc.body().asString(), AuthMiddleware.getAuthClient(ClientKey.class, rc), new InstantClock());
+                if (!request.isValid()) {
+                    ResponseUtil.LogInfoAndSend400Response(rc, request.errorMessage);
+                    blockingPromise.complete();
+                    return;
+                }
+                rc.data().put("request", request.payload);
+
+                apiHandler.handle(rc);
+
+                handleResponse(rc, request);
+                blockingPromise.complete(request);
+            },
+            false,
+            blockingResult -> {
+                if (blockingResult.failed()) {
+                    ResponseUtil.LogErrorAndSendResponse(ResponseUtil.ResponseStatus.GenericError, 500, rc, "");
+                }
+            });
+
+    }
+
     public void handleAsync(RoutingContext rc, Function<RoutingContext, Future> apiHandler) {
         if (!enableEncryption) {
             apiHandler.apply(rc);