diff --git a/app/models/concerns/project_media_creators.rb b/app/models/concerns/project_media_creators.rb
index 4262f0140..0fb58650b 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/project_media_creators.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/project_media_creators.rb
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ def create_claim_description_and_fact_check
   end
 
   def create_tags
-    self.set_tags.each { |tag| GenericWorker.perform_in(1.second, 'Tag', 'create!', annotated_type: 'ProjectMedia' , annotated_id: self.id, tag: tag.strip, skip_check_ability: true) } if self.set_tags.is_a?(Array)
+    if self.set_tags.is_a?(Array)
+        GenericWorker.perform_in(1.second, 'ProjectMedia', 'create_tags_in_background', project_media_id: self.id, tags_json: self.set_tags.to_json)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/project_media.rb b/app/models/project_media.rb
index 534b50669..b85e08dd0 100644
--- a/app/models/project_media.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_media.rb
@@ -485,6 +485,13 @@ def add_nested_objects(ms)
     ms.attributes[:requests] = requests
   end
 
+
+  def self.create_tags_in_background(**params)
+    project_media = ProjectMedia.find(params['project_media_id'])
+    tags = JSON.parse(params['tags_json'])
+    tags.each { |tag| Tag.create! annotated: project_media, tag: tag.strip, skip_check_ability: true }
+  end
+
   # private
   #
   # Please add private methods to app/models/concerns/project_media_private.rb