diff --git a/server/queues/tasks/DocumentImportTask.ts b/server/queues/tasks/DocumentImportTask.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dff34cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/queues/tasks/DocumentImportTask.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { SourceMetadata } from "@shared/types";
+import documentCreator from "@server/commands/documentCreator";
+import documentImporter from "@server/commands/documentImporter";
+import { User } from "@server/models";
+import { sequelize } from "@server/storage/database";
+import FileStorage from "@server/storage/files";
+import BaseTask, { TaskPriority } from "./BaseTask";
+
+type Props = {
+  userId: string;
+  sourceMetadata: Pick<Required<SourceMetadata>, "fileName" | "mimeType">;
+  publish?: boolean;
+  collectionId?: string;
+  parentDocumentId?: string;
+  ip: string;
+  key: string;
+};
+
+export type DocumentImportTaskResponse =
+  | {
+      documentId: string;
+    }
+  | {
+      error: string;
+    };
+
+export default class DocumentImportTask extends BaseTask<Props> {
+  public async perform({
+    key,
+    sourceMetadata,
+    ip,
+    publish,
+    collectionId,
+    parentDocumentId,
+    userId,
+  }: Props): Promise<DocumentImportTaskResponse> {
+    try {
+      const content = await FileStorage.getFileBuffer(key);
+
+      const document = await sequelize.transaction(async (transaction) => {
+        const user = await User.findByPk(userId, {
+          rejectOnEmpty: true,
+          transaction,
+        });
+
+        const { text, state, title, emoji } = await documentImporter({
+          user,
+          fileName: sourceMetadata.fileName,
+          mimeType: sourceMetadata.mimeType,
+          content,
+          ip,
+          transaction,
+        });
+
+        return documentCreator({
+          sourceMetadata,
+          title,
+          emoji,
+          text,
+          state,
+          publish,
+          collectionId,
+          parentDocumentId,
+          user,
+          ip,
+          transaction,
+        });
+      });
+      return { documentId: document.id };
+    } catch (err) {
+      return { error: err.message };
+    } finally {
+      await FileStorage.deleteFile(key);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public get options() {
+    return {
+      attempts: 1,
+      priority: TaskPriority.Normal,
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts b/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts
index 8d780fca2..ff0ed4857 100644
--- a/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts
+++ b/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ import Router from "koa-router";
 import escapeRegExp from "lodash/escapeRegExp";
 import mime from "mime-types";
 import { Op, ScopeOptions, Sequelize, WhereOptions } from "sequelize";
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
 import { StatusFilter, TeamPreference } from "@shared/types";
 import { subtractDate } from "@shared/utils/date";
 import slugify from "@shared/utils/slugify";
 import documentCreator from "@server/commands/documentCreator";
 import documentDuplicator from "@server/commands/documentDuplicator";
-import documentImporter from "@server/commands/documentImporter";
 import documentLoader from "@server/commands/documentLoader";
 import documentMover from "@server/commands/documentMover";
 import documentPermanentDeleter from "@server/commands/documentPermanentDeleter";
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import {
   View,
   UserMembership,
 } from "@server/models";
+import AttachmentHelper from "@server/models/helpers/AttachmentHelper";
 import DocumentHelper from "@server/models/helpers/DocumentHelper";
 import SearchHelper from "@server/models/helpers/SearchHelper";
 import { authorize, cannot } from "@server/policies";
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ import {
   presentPublicTeam,
   presentUser,
 } from "@server/presenters";
+import DocumentImportTask, {
+  DocumentImportTaskResponse,
+} from "@server/queues/tasks/DocumentImportTask";
+import FileStorage from "@server/storage/files";
 import { APIContext } from "@server/types";
 import { RateLimiterStrategy } from "@server/utils/RateLimiter";
 import ZipHelper from "@server/utils/ZipHelper";
@@ -1316,12 +1321,9 @@ router.post(
   rateLimiter(RateLimiterStrategy.TwentyFivePerMinute),
   validate(T.DocumentsImportSchema),
   multipart({ maximumFileSize: env.FILE_STORAGE_IMPORT_MAX_SIZE }),
-  transaction(),
   async (ctx: APIContext<T.DocumentsImportReq>) => {
     const { collectionId, parentDocumentId, publish } = ctx.input.body;
     const file = ctx.input.file;
-
-    const { transaction } = ctx.state;
     const { user } = ctx.state.auth;
 
     const collection = await Collection.scope({
@@ -1331,7 +1333,6 @@ router.post(
         id: collectionId,
         teamId: user.teamId,
       },
-      transaction,
     });
     authorize(user, "createDocument", collection);
     let parentDocument;
@@ -1339,42 +1340,51 @@ router.post(
     if (parentDocumentId) {
       parentDocument = await Document.findByPk(parentDocumentId, {
         userId: user.id,
-        transaction,
       });
       authorize(user, "read", parentDocument);
     }
 
-    const content = await fs.readFile(file.filepath);
+    const buffer = await fs.readFile(file.filepath);
     const fileName = file.originalFilename ?? file.newFilename;
     const mimeType = file.mimetype ?? "";
+    const acl = "private";
 
-    const { text, state, title, emoji } = await documentImporter({
-      user,
-      fileName,
-      mimeType,
-      content,
-      ip: ctx.request.ip,
-      transaction,
+    const key = AttachmentHelper.getKey({
+      acl,
+      id: uuidv4(),
+      name: fileName,
+      userId: user.id,
     });
 
-    const document = await documentCreator({
+    await FileStorage.store({
+      body: buffer,
+      contentType: mimeType,
+      contentLength: buffer.length,
+      key,
+      acl,
+    });
+
+    const job = await DocumentImportTask.schedule({
+      key,
       sourceMetadata: {
         fileName,
         mimeType,
       },
-      title,
-      emoji,
-      text,
-      state,
-      publish,
+      userId: user.id,
       collectionId,
       parentDocumentId,
-      user,
+      publish,
       ip: ctx.request.ip,
-      transaction,
     });
+    const response: DocumentImportTaskResponse = await job.finished();
+    if ("error" in response) {
+      throw InvalidRequestError(response.error);
+    }
 
-    document.collection = collection;
+    const document = await Document.findByPk(response.documentId, {
+      userId: user.id,
+      rejectOnEmpty: true,
+    });
 
     ctx.body = {
       data: await presentDocument(document),
diff --git a/server/services/worker.ts b/server/services/worker.ts
index beba78935..e7d835bd6 100644
--- a/server/services/worker.ts
+++ b/server/services/worker.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export default function init() {
         const task = new TaskClass();
 
         try {
-          await task.perform(props);
+          return await task.perform(props);
         } catch (err) {
           Logger.error(`Error processing task in ${name}`, err, props);
           throw err;