diff --git a/app/services/follow_remote_account_service.rb b/app/services/follow_remote_account_service.rb
index b39eafc7006..936953429e7 100644
--- a/app/services/follow_remote_account_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/follow_remote_account_service.rb
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ class FollowRemoteAccountService < BaseService
     account.suspended   = true if domain_block && domain_block.suspend?
     account.silenced    = true if domain_block && domain_block.silence?
 
-    xml  = get_feed(account.remote_url)
-    hubs = get_hubs(xml)
+    body, xml = get_feed(account.remote_url)
+    hubs      = get_hubs(xml)
 
     account.uri     = get_account_uri(xml)
     account.hub_url = hubs.first.attribute('href').value
 
-    get_profile(xml, account)
+    get_profile(body, account)
     account.save!
 
     account
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class FollowRemoteAccountService < BaseService
 
   def get_feed(url)
     response = http_client.get(Addressable::URI.parse(url))
-    Nokogiri::XML(response)
+    [response.to_s, Nokogiri::XML(response)]
   end
 
   def get_hubs(xml)
@@ -82,12 +82,8 @@ class FollowRemoteAccountService < BaseService
     author_uri.content
   end
 
-  def get_profile(xml, account)
-    update_remote_profile_service.call(xml.at_xpath('/xmlns:feed'), account)
-  end
-
-  def update_remote_profile_service
-    @update_remote_profile_service ||= UpdateRemoteProfileService.new
+  def get_profile(body, account)
+    RemoteProfileUpdateWorker.perform_async(account.id, body.force_encoding('UTF-8'), false)
   end
 
   def http_client
diff --git a/app/services/process_feed_service.rb b/app/services/process_feed_service.rb
index 69911abc595..cf2f7a82625 100644
--- a/app/services/process_feed_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/process_feed_service.rb
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ class ProcessFeedService < BaseService
     xml = Nokogiri::XML(body)
     xml.encoding = 'utf-8'
 
-    update_author(xml, account)
+    update_author(body, xml, account)
     process_entries(xml, account)
   end
 
   private
 
-  def update_author(xml, account)
+  def update_author(body, xml, account)
     return if xml.at_xpath('/xmlns:feed', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS).nil?
-    UpdateRemoteProfileService.new.call(xml.at_xpath('/xmlns:feed', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS), account, true)
+    RemoteProfileUpdateWorker.perform_async(account.id, body.force_encoding('UTF-8'), true)
   end
 
   def process_entries(xml, account)
diff --git a/app/services/process_interaction_service.rb b/app/services/process_interaction_service.rb
index d5f7b4b3cda..805ca5a2735 100644
--- a/app/services/process_interaction_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/process_interaction_service.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class ProcessInteractionService < BaseService
     return if account.suspended?
 
     if salmon.verify(envelope, account.keypair)
-      update_remote_profile_service.call(xml.at_xpath('/xmlns:entry', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS), account, true)
+      RemoteProfileUpdateWorker.perform_async(account.id, body.force_encoding('UTF-8'), true)
 
       case verb(xml)
       when :follow
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class ProcessInteractionService < BaseService
 
     return if status.nil?
 
-    remove_status_service.call(status) if account.id == status.account_id
+    RemovalWorker.perform_async(status.id) if account.id == status.account_id
   end
 
   def favourite!(xml, from_account)
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class ProcessInteractionService < BaseService
   end
 
   def add_post!(body, account)
-    process_feed_service.call(body, account)
+    ProcessingWorker.perform_async(account.id, body.force_encoding('UTF-8'))
   end
 
   def status(xml)
@@ -153,10 +153,6 @@ class ProcessInteractionService < BaseService
     @process_feed_service ||= ProcessFeedService.new
   end
 
-  def update_remote_profile_service
-    @update_remote_profile_service ||= UpdateRemoteProfileService.new
-  end
-
   def remove_status_service
     @remove_status_service ||= RemoveStatusService.new
   end
diff --git a/app/workers/admin/suspension_worker.rb b/app/workers/admin/suspension_worker.rb
index 38761f3b913..7ef2b35ecda 100644
--- a/app/workers/admin/suspension_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/admin/suspension_worker.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 class Admin::SuspensionWorker
   include Sidekiq::Worker
 
+  sidekiq_options queue: 'pull'
+
   def perform(account_id)
     SuspendAccountService.new.call(Account.find(account_id))
   end
diff --git a/app/workers/application_worker.rb b/app/workers/application_worker.rb
index f2d7c106226..436f24763d1 100644
--- a/app/workers/application_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/application_worker.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 class ApplicationWorker
   def info(message)
     Rails.logger.info("#{self.class.name} - #{message}")
diff --git a/app/workers/distribution_worker.rb b/app/workers/distribution_worker.rb
index 9a2867ea66f..f7953689b5e 100644
--- a/app/workers/distribution_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/distribution_worker.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ class DistributionWorker < ApplicationWorker
   include Sidekiq::Worker
 
   def perform(status_id)
-    status = Status.find(status_id)
-
-    FanOutOnWriteService.new.call(status)
-    WarmCacheService.new.call(status)
+    FanOutOnWriteService.new.call(Status.find(status_id))
   rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
     info("Couldn't find the status")
   end
diff --git a/app/workers/remote_profile_update_worker.rb b/app/workers/remote_profile_update_worker.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b91dc34661f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/remote_profile_update_worker.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class RemoteProfileUpdateWorker
+  include Sidekiq::Worker
+
+  sidekiq_options queue: 'pull'
+
+  def perform(account_id, body, resubscribe)
+    account = Account.find(account_id)
+
+    xml = Nokogiri::XML(body)
+    xml.encoding = 'utf-8'
+
+    author_container = xml.at_xpath('/xmlns:feed', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS) || xml.at_xpath('/xmlns:entry', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS)
+
+    UpdateRemoteProfileService.new.call(author_container, account, resubscribe)
+  rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
+    true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/workers/salmon_worker.rb b/app/workers/salmon_worker.rb
index fc95ce47fff..d37d4043234 100644
--- a/app/workers/salmon_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/salmon_worker.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class SalmonWorker
 
   def perform(account_id, body)
     ProcessInteractionService.new.call(body, Account.find(account_id))
-  rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
+  rescue Nokogiri::XML::XPath::SyntaxError, ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
     true
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/services/process_feed_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/process_feed_service_spec.rb
index 5e57d823bf6..b15284fee45 100644
--- a/spec/services/process_feed_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/process_feed_service_spec.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ RSpec.describe ProcessFeedService do
   end
 
   it 'updates remote user\'s account information' do
+    account.reload
     expect(account.display_name).to eq '::1'
     expect(account).to have_attached_file(:avatar)
   end