diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ViewModelMessages.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ViewModelMessages.java
index d2d2ca4a48..95698b6678 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ViewModelMessages.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ViewModelMessages.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class ViewModelMessages extends ViewModel {
     private AdapterMessage.ViewType last = AdapterMessage.ViewType.UNIFIED;
     private Map<AdapterMessage.ViewType, Model> models = new HashMap<>();
 
-    private ExecutorService executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool(Helper.backgroundThreadFactory);
+    private ExecutorService executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool(Helper.foregroundThreadFactory);
 
     private static final int LOCAL_PAGE_SIZE = 100;
     private static final int REMOTE_PAGE_SIZE = 10;