diff --git a/config/runtime.exs b/config/runtime.exs
index 2e211f30..d5dfc5cb 100644
--- a/config/runtime.exs
+++ b/config/runtime.exs
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ config :ex_aws, :hackney_opts,
   use_default_pool: false,
   pool: false
 
+config :ex_aws, :retries,
+  max_attempts: 20
+
 if config_env() != :test do
   # Database config
   config :philomena, Philomena.Repo,
diff --git a/lib/philomena/images.ex b/lib/philomena/images.ex
index 7ecaf8ff..2ba12f82 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/images.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/images.ex
@@ -535,14 +535,16 @@ defmodule Philomena.Images do
   defp process_after_hide(result) do
     case result do
       {:ok, %{image: image, tags: tags, reports: {_count, reports}} = result} ->
-        Thumbnailer.hide_thumbnails(image, image.hidden_image_key)
+        spawn(fn ->
+          Thumbnailer.hide_thumbnails(image, image.hidden_image_key)
+          purge_files(image, image.hidden_image_key)
+        end)
 
         Comments.reindex_comments(image)
         Reports.reindex_reports(reports)
         Tags.reindex_tags(tags)
         reindex_image(image)
         reindex_copied_tags(result)
-        purge_files(image, image.hidden_image_key)
 
         {:ok, result}
 
@@ -586,7 +588,9 @@ defmodule Philomena.Images do
     |> Repo.transaction()
     |> case do
       {:ok, %{image: image, tags: tags}} ->
-        Thumbnailer.unhide_thumbnails(image, key)
+        spawn(fn ->
+          Thumbnailer.unhide_thumbnails(image, key)
+        end)
 
         reindex_image(image)
         purge_files(image, image.hidden_image_key)
diff --git a/lib/philomena/objects.ex b/lib/philomena/objects.ex
index 212bdf92..222c2546 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/objects.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/objects.ex
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ defmodule Philomena.Objects do
     run_all(fn opts ->
       file_path
       |> ExAws.S3.Upload.stream_file()
-      |> ExAws.S3.upload(opts[:bucket], key, content_type: mime)
+      |> ExAws.S3.upload(opts[:bucket], key, content_type: mime, max_concurrency: 2)
       |> ExAws.request!(opts[:config_overrides])
     end)
   end