diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/RoomDatabase.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/RoomDatabase.kt
index 974eb2b..7250969 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/RoomDatabase.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/RoomDatabase.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import androidx.room.Database
 import androidx.room.InvalidationTracker
 import androidx.room.Room
 import androidx.room.RoomDatabase
+import io.timelimit.android.async.Threads
 import io.timelimit.android.data.dao.DerivedDataDao
 import io.timelimit.android.data.invalidation.Observer
 import io.timelimit.android.data.invalidation.Table
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import io.timelimit.android.data.invalidation.TableUtil
 import io.timelimit.android.data.model.*
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
 @Database(entities = [
     User::class,
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ abstract class RoomDatabase: RoomDatabase(), io.timelimit.android.data.Database
                             DatabaseMigrations.MIGRATE_TO_V30,
                             DatabaseMigrations.MIGRATE_TO_V31
                     )
+                    .setQueryExecutor(Threads.database)
                     .build()
         }
     }
@@ -157,21 +160,21 @@ abstract class RoomDatabase: RoomDatabase(), io.timelimit.android.data.Database
             val latch = CountDownLatch(1)
 
             try {
-                queryExecutor.execute { latch.await() }
+                queryExecutor.execute { latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) }
 
                 // without requesting a async refresh, no sync refresh will happen
                 invalidationTracker.refreshVersionsAsync()
                 invalidationTracker.refreshVersionsSync()
-
-                openHelper.readableDatabase.beginTransaction()
-                try {
-                    synchronized(transactionCommitListeners) { transactionCommitListeners.toList() }.forEach { it() }
-                } finally {
-                    openHelper.readableDatabase.endTransaction()
-                }
             } finally {
                 latch.countDown()
             }
+
+            openHelper.readableDatabase.beginTransaction()
+            try {
+                synchronized(transactionCommitListeners) { transactionCommitListeners.toList() }.forEach { it() }
+            } finally {
+                openHelper.readableDatabase.endTransaction()
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/backup/DatabaseBackup.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/backup/DatabaseBackup.kt
index 9f64fa3..ae317a3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/backup/DatabaseBackup.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/backup/DatabaseBackup.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * TimeLimit Copyright <C> 2019 Jonas Lochmann
+ * TimeLimit Copyright <C> 2019 - 2020 Jonas Lochmann
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import android.content.Context
 import android.util.Log
 import androidx.core.util.AtomicFile
 import io.timelimit.android.BuildConfig
+import io.timelimit.android.async.Threads
 import io.timelimit.android.coroutines.executeAndWait
 import io.timelimit.android.data.RoomDatabase
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
@@ -81,8 +82,9 @@ class DatabaseBackup(private val context: Context) {
 
                 try {
                     jsonFile.openRead().use { inputStream ->
-
-                        DatabaseBackupLowlevel.restoreFromBackupJson(database, inputStream)
+                        Threads.database.executeAndWait {
+                            DatabaseBackupLowlevel.restoreFromBackupJson(database, inputStream)
+                        }
                     }
 
                     if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/cache/multi/DataCacheLiveData.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/cache/multi/DataCacheLiveData.kt
index a30b9ea..36cf251 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/cache/multi/DataCacheLiveData.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/cache/multi/DataCacheLiveData.kt
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ fun <K, V> DataCacheUserInterface<K, V>.openLive(key: K, executor: Executor): Li
         override fun onInactive() {
             super.onInactive()
 
-            cache.close(key, listener)
+            executor.execute {
+                cache.close(key, listener)
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/cache/single/SingleItemDataCacheLiveData.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/cache/single/SingleItemDataCacheLiveData.kt
index 93c157c..5b554bb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/cache/single/SingleItemDataCacheLiveData.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/data/cache/single/SingleItemDataCacheLiveData.kt
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ fun <V> SingleItemDataCacheUserInterface<V>.openLive(executor: Executor): LiveDa
         override fun onInactive() {
             super.onInactive()
 
-            cache.close(listener)
+            executor.execute {
+                cache.close(listener)
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/logic/SuspendAppsLogic.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/logic/SuspendAppsLogic.kt
index dd1a91f..a3b9dbd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/logic/SuspendAppsLogic.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/timelimit/android/logic/SuspendAppsLogic.kt
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ class SuspendAppsLogic(private val appLogic: AppLogic): Observer {
     private val pendingSync = AtomicBoolean(true)
     private val executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor()
     private var lastSuspendedApps: List<String>? = null
+    private val userAndDeviceRelatedDataLive = appLogic.database.derivedDataDao().getUserAndDeviceRelatedDataLive()
+    private var didLoadUserAndDeviceRelatedData = false
 
     private val backgroundRunnable = Runnable {
         while (pendingSync.getAndSet(false)) {
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ class SuspendAppsLogic(private val appLogic: AppLogic): Observer {
         appLogic.database.registerWeakObserver(arrayOf(Table.App), WeakReference(this))
         appLogic.platformIntegration.getBatteryStatusLive().observeForever { batteryStatus = it; triggerUpdate() }
         appLogic.realTimeLogic.registerTimeModificationListener { triggerUpdate() }
-        appLogic.database.derivedDataDao().getUserAndDeviceRelatedDataLive().observeForever { triggerUpdate() }
+        userAndDeviceRelatedDataLive.observeForever { didLoadUserAndDeviceRelatedData = true; triggerUpdate() }
     }
 
     override fun onInvalidated(tables: Set<Table>) {
@@ -75,7 +77,9 @@ class SuspendAppsLogic(private val appLogic: AppLogic): Observer {
     }
 
     private fun updateBlockingSync() {
-        val userAndDeviceRelatedData = appLogic.database.derivedDataDao().getUserAndDeviceRelatedDataSync()
+        if (!didLoadUserAndDeviceRelatedData) return
+
+        val userAndDeviceRelatedData = userAndDeviceRelatedDataLive.value
 
         val isRestrictedUser = userAndDeviceRelatedData?.userRelatedData?.user?.type == UserType.Child
         val enableBlockingAtSystemLevel = userAndDeviceRelatedData?.deviceRelatedData?.isExperimentalFlagSetSync(ExperimentalFlags.SYSTEM_LEVEL_BLOCKING) ?: false