diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dc548554..907b808e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ django==5.1.4
 django-tinymce==4.1.0
 openpyxl==3.1.5
 psycopg==3.2.3
+django-tasks==0.6.0
diff --git a/svjis/articles/utils.py b/svjis/articles/utils.py
index f3ce4d99..96d7fecb 100644
--- a/svjis/articles/utils.py
+++ b/svjis/articles/utils.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import secrets
 import string
 import os.path
+import time
 from . import (
     views,
     views_contact,
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.hashers import make_password
+from django_tasks import task
 from openpyxl.styles import NamedStyle, Font, Border, Side, PatternFill
 
 
@@ -163,12 +165,17 @@ def send_mails(recipient_list: list, subject: str, html_body: str, immediately:
                 models.MessageQueue.objects.create(email=r, subject=subject, body=html_body, status=0)
 
 
+@task()
 def send_message_queue():
-    messages = models.MessageQueue.objects.filter(status=0)
-    for m in messages:
-        send_mails([m.email], m.subject, m.body, True)
-        m.status = 1
-        m.save()
+    for i in range(100):
+        print(i)
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+    # messages = models.MessageQueue.objects.filter(status=0)
+    # for m in messages:
+    #     send_mails([m.email], m.subject, m.body, True)
+    #     m.status = 1
+    #     m.save()
 
 
 def get_template(template_key):
diff --git a/svjis/articles/views_redaction.py b/svjis/articles/views_redaction.py
index 35ac4359..e007e04e 100644
--- a/svjis/articles/views_redaction.py
+++ b/svjis/articles/views_redaction.py
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ def redaction_article_notifications_send_view(request):
     users = get_users_for_notification(article)
 
     recipients = [u for u in users if request.POST.get(f"u_{u.pk}", False) == 'on']
-    utils.send_article_notification(recipients, f"{request.scheme}://{request.get_host()}", article)
+    # utils.send_article_notification(recipients, f"{request.scheme}://{request.get_host()}", article)
+    utils.send_message_queue.enqueue()
     i = len(recipients)
 
     ctx = utils.get_context()
diff --git a/svjis/svjis/settings.py b/svjis/svjis/settings.py
index 0937ca0a..c1b1c21f 100644
--- a/svjis/svjis/settings.py
+++ b/svjis/svjis/settings.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
     'articles',
     'tinymce',
     'django.contrib.sitemaps',
+    'django_tasks',
+    'django_tasks.backends.database',
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -55,6 +57,12 @@
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
 ]
 
+TASKS = {
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "django_tasks.backends.database.DatabaseBackend",
+    }
+}
+
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'svjis.urls'
 
 TEMPLATES = [
@@ -83,6 +91,9 @@
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
         'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'transaction_mode': 'EXCLUSIVE',
+        },
     }
 }