diff --git a/lua/blink/cmp/completion/accept/init.lua b/lua/blink/cmp/completion/accept/init.lua
index 114c0041..f729d47e 100644
--- a/lua/blink/cmp/completion/accept/init.lua
+++ b/lua/blink/cmp/completion/accept/init.lua
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ local function accept(ctx, item, callback)
         end
 
         -- Notify the rust module that the item was accessed
-        -- TODO: why is this so slow? (10ms)
-        vim.schedule(function() require('blink.cmp.fuzzy').access(item) end)
+        require('blink.cmp.fuzzy').access(item)
       end)
     end)
     :catch(function(err) vim.notify(err, vim.log.levels.ERROR) end)
diff --git a/lua/blink/cmp/fuzzy/init.lua b/lua/blink/cmp/fuzzy/init.lua
index 39fda80f..40c662e8 100644
--- a/lua/blink/cmp/fuzzy/init.lua
+++ b/lua/blink/cmp/fuzzy/init.lua
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ end
 ---@param item blink.cmp.CompletionItem
 function fuzzy.access(item)
   fuzzy.init_db()
-  fuzzy.rust.access(item)
+
+  -- writing to the db takes ~10ms, so schedule writes in another thread
+  vim.uv
+    .new_work(function(itm) require('blink.cmp.fuzzy.rust').access(vim.mpack.decode(itm)) end, function() end)
+    :queue(vim.mpack.encode(item))
 end
 
 ---@param lines string