diff --git a/backend/src/app/main.clj b/backend/src/app/main.clj
index 6d5fc3d5f5..97171825c1 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/main.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/main.clj
@@ -349,6 +349,8 @@
      :audit-log-archive  (ig/ref :app.loggers.audit.archive-task/handler)
      :audit-log-gc       (ig/ref :app.loggers.audit.gc-task/handler)
 
+     :object-update
+     (ig/ref :app.tasks.object-update/handler)
      :process-webhook-event
      (ig/ref ::webhooks/process-event-handler)
      :run-webhook
@@ -376,7 +378,10 @@
     ::sto/storage (ig/ref ::sto/storage)}
 
    :app.tasks.orphan-teams-gc/handler
-   {::db/pool     (ig/ref ::db/pool)}
+   {::db/pool (ig/ref ::db/pool)}
+
+   :app.tasks.object-update/handler
+   {::db/pool (ig/ref ::db/pool)}
 
    :app.tasks.file-gc/handler
    {::db/pool     (ig/ref ::db/pool)
diff --git a/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files_thumbnails.clj b/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files_thumbnails.clj
index d766acd3c5..bd982ce171 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files_thumbnails.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files_thumbnails.clj
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
     (when (and (some? th1)
                (not= (:media-id th1)
                      (:media-id th2)))
-      (sto/touch-object! storage (:media-id th1)))
+      (sto/touch-object! storage (:media-id th1) :async true))
 
     th2))
 
diff --git a/backend/src/app/storage.clj b/backend/src/app/storage.clj
index f6924aedb4..070c53f3fb 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/storage.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/storage.clj
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
    [app.storage.impl :as impl]
    [app.storage.s3 :as ss3]
    [app.util.time :as dt]
+   [app.worker :as wrk]
    [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
    [datoteka.fs :as fs]
    [integrant.core :as ig]
@@ -170,15 +171,28 @@
           (impl/put-object object content))
       object)))
 
+(def ^:private default-touch-delay
+  "A default delay for the asynchronous touch operation"
+  (dt/duration "5m"))
+
 (defn touch-object!
   "Mark object as touched."
-  [{:keys [::db/pool-or-conn] :as storage} object-or-id]
+  [{:keys [::db/pool-or-conn] :as storage} object-or-id & {:keys [async]}]
   (us/assert! ::storage storage)
-  (let [id (if (impl/object? object-or-id) (:id object-or-id) object-or-id)
-        rs (db/update! pool-or-conn :storage-object
-                       {:touched-at (dt/now)}
-                       {:id id})]
-    (pos? (db/get-update-count rs))))
+  (let [id (if (impl/object? object-or-id) (:id object-or-id) object-or-id)]
+    (if async
+      (wrk/submit! ::wrk/conn pool-or-conn
+                   ::wrk/task :object-update
+                   ::wrk/delay default-touch-delay
+                   :object :storage-object
+                   :id id
+                   :key :touched-at
+                   :val (dt/now))
+      (-> (db/update! pool-or-conn :storage-object
+                      {:touched-at (dt/now)}
+                      {:id id})
+          (db/get-update-count)
+          (pos?)))))
 
 (defn get-object-data
   "Return an input stream instance of the object content."
diff --git a/backend/src/app/tasks/object_update.clj b/backend/src/app/tasks/object_update.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfe5fda445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/app/tasks/object_update.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+;; This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+;; License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+;; file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+;;
+;; Copyright (c) KALEIDOS INC
+
+(ns app.tasks.object-update
+  "A task used for perform simple object properties update
+  in an asynchronous flow."
+  (:require
+   [app.common.data :as d]
+   [app.common.logging :as l]
+   [app.db :as db]
+   [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
+   [integrant.core :as ig]))
+
+(defn- update-object
+  [{:keys [::db/conn] :as cfg} {:keys [id object key val] :as props}]
+  (l/trc :hint "update object prop"
+         :id (str id)
+         :object (d/name object)
+         :key (d/name key)
+         :val val)
+  (db/update! conn object {key val} {:id id} {::db/return-keys false}))
+
+(defmethod ig/pre-init-spec ::handler [_]
+  (s/keys :req [::db/pool]))
+
+(defmethod ig/init-key ::handler
+  [_ cfg]
+  (fn [{:keys [props] :as params}]
+    (db/tx-run! cfg update-object props)))
diff --git a/backend/src/app/worker.clj b/backend/src/app/worker.clj
index a648080f3b..1da2e8de08 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/worker.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/worker.clj
@@ -119,11 +119,13 @@
                         :next.jdbc/update-count))]
     (l/trc :hint "submit task"
            :name task
+           :task-id (str id)
            :queue queue
            :label label
            :dedupe (boolean dedupe)
-           :deleted (or deleted 0)
-           :in (dt/format-duration duration))
+           :delay (dt/format-duration duration)
+           :replace (or deleted 0))
+
 
     (db/exec-one! conn [sql:insert-new-task id task props queue
                         label priority max-retries interval])
diff --git a/backend/src/app/worker/cron.clj b/backend/src/app/worker/cron.clj
index 72a66a22b3..cb5a69d882 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/worker/cron.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/worker/cron.clj
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
   (let [ts (ms-until-valid cron)
         ft (px/schedule! ts (partial execute-cron-task cfg task))]
 
-    (l/dbg :hint "schedule task" :id id
+    (l/dbg :hint "schedule" :id id
            :ts (dt/format-duration ts)
            :at (dt/format-instant (dt/in-future ts)))
 
diff --git a/backend/src/app/worker/runner.clj b/backend/src/app/worker/runner.clj
index 11ca3d972a..e68fa484db 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/worker/runner.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/worker/runner.clj
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 
                 :else
                 (try
-                  (l/trc :hint "start task"
+                  (l/trc :hint "start"
                          :name (:name task)
                          :task-id (str task-id)
                          :queue queue
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
                         result  (handle-task task)
                         elapsed (dt/format-duration (tpoint))]
 
-                    (l/trc :hint "end task"
+                    (l/trc :hint "end"
                            :name (:name task)
                            :task-id (str task-id)
                            :queue queue
diff --git a/backend/test/backend_tests/rpc_file_thumbnails_test.clj b/backend/test/backend_tests/rpc_file_thumbnails_test.clj
index f0cfc96375..11ed4f352e 100644
--- a/backend/test/backend_tests/rpc_file_thumbnails_test.clj
+++ b/backend/test/backend_tests/rpc_file_thumbnails_test.clj
@@ -277,8 +277,6 @@
       (t/is (thrown? org.postgresql.util.PSQLException
                      (th/db-delete! :storage-object {:id (:media-id row1)}))))))
 
-
-
 (t/deftest get-file-object-thumbnail
   (let [storage (::sto/storage th/*system*)
         profile (th/create-profile* 1)
@@ -317,3 +315,44 @@
 
       (let [result (:result out)]
         (t/is (contains? result "test-key-2"))))))
+
+(t/deftest create-file-object-thumbnail
+  (th/db-delete! :task {:name "object-update"})
+  (let [storage (::sto/storage th/*system*)
+        profile (th/create-profile* 1)
+        file    (th/create-file* 1 {:profile-id (:id profile)
+                                    :project-id (:default-project-id profile)
+                                    :is-shared false})
+        data    {::th/type :create-file-object-thumbnail
+                 ::rpc/profile-id (:id profile)
+                 :file-id (:id file)
+                 :object-id "test-key-2"
+                 :media {:filename "sample.jpg"
+                         :mtype "image/jpeg"}}]
+
+    (let [data (update data :media
+                       (fn [media]
+                         (-> media
+                             (assoc :path (th/tempfile "backend_tests/test_files/sample2.jpg"))
+                             (assoc :size 7923))))
+          out  (th/command! data)]
+      (t/is (nil? (:error out)))
+      (t/is (map? (:result out))))
+
+    (let [data (update data :media
+                       (fn [media]
+                         (-> media
+                             (assoc :path (th/tempfile "backend_tests/test_files/sample.jpg"))
+                             (assoc :size 312043))))
+          out  (th/command! data)]
+      (t/is (nil? (:error out)))
+      (t/is (map? (:result out))))
+
+    (let [[row1 :as rows]
+          (->> (th/db-query :task {:name "object-update"})
+               (map #(update % :props db/decode-transit-pgobject)))]
+
+      ;; (app.common.pprint/pprint rows)
+      (t/is (= 1 (count rows)))
+      (t/is (> (inst-ms (dt/diff (:created-at row1) (:scheduled-at row1)))
+               (inst-ms (dt/duration "4m")))))))