diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
index 600c33afa1..6080337250 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
@@ -1441,6 +1441,9 @@ def process_file(
     form_data: ProcessFileForm,
     user=Depends(get_verified_user),
 ):
+    """
+    Process a file and save its content to the vector database.
+    """
     if user.role == "admin":
         file = Files.get_file_by_id(form_data.file_id)
     else:
@@ -1667,7 +1670,7 @@ class ProcessTextForm(BaseModel):
 
 
 @router.post("/process/text")
-def process_text(
+async def process_text(
     request: Request,
     form_data: ProcessTextForm,
     user=Depends(get_verified_user),
@@ -1685,7 +1688,9 @@ def process_text(
     text_content = form_data.content
     log.debug(f"text_content: {text_content}")
 
-    result = save_docs_to_vector_db(request, docs, collection_name, user=user)
+    result = await run_in_threadpool(
+        save_docs_to_vector_db, request, docs, collection_name, user
+    )
     if result:
         return {
             "status": True,
@@ -1701,7 +1706,7 @@ def process_text(
 
 @router.post("/process/youtube")
 @router.post("/process/web")
-def process_web(
+async def process_web(
     request: Request, form_data: ProcessUrlForm, user=Depends(get_verified_user)
 ):
     try:
@@ -1709,16 +1714,14 @@ def process_web(
         if not collection_name:
             collection_name = calculate_sha256_string(form_data.url)[:63]
 
-        content, docs = get_content_from_url(request, form_data.url)
+        content, docs = await run_in_threadpool(
+            get_content_from_url, request, form_data.url
+        )
         log.debug(f"text_content: {content}")
 
         if not request.app.state.config.BYPASS_WEB_SEARCH_EMBEDDING_AND_RETRIEVAL:
-            save_docs_to_vector_db(
-                request,
-                docs,
-                collection_name,
-                overwrite=True,
-                user=user,
+            await run_in_threadpool(
+                save_docs_to_vector_db, request, docs, collection_name, True, user
             )
         else:
             collection_name = None
@@ -2405,7 +2408,7 @@ class BatchProcessFilesResponse(BaseModel):
 
 
 @router.post("/process/files/batch")
-def process_files_batch(
+async def process_files_batch(
     request: Request,
     form_data: BatchProcessFilesForm,
     user=Depends(get_verified_user),
@@ -2460,12 +2463,8 @@ def process_files_batch(
     # Save all documents in one batch
     if all_docs:
         try:
-            save_docs_to_vector_db(
-                request=request,
-                docs=all_docs,
-                collection_name=collection_name,
-                add=True,
-                user=user,
+            await run_in_threadpool(
+                save_docs_to_vector_db, request, all_docs, collection_name, True, user
             )
 
             # Update all files with collection name
diff --git a/src/lib/apis/retrieval/index.ts b/src/lib/apis/retrieval/index.ts
index 6df927fec6..5cb0f60a72 100644
--- a/src/lib/apis/retrieval/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/apis/retrieval/index.ts
@@ -295,42 +295,6 @@ export interface SearchDocument {
 	filenames: string[];
 }
 
-export const processFile = async (
-	token: string,
-	file_id: string,
-	collection_name: string | null = null
-) => {
-	let error = null;
-
-	const res = await fetch(`${RETRIEVAL_API_BASE_URL}/process/file`, {
-		method: 'POST',
-		headers: {
-			Accept: 'application/json',
-			'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-			authorization: `Bearer ${token}`
-		},
-		body: JSON.stringify({
-			file_id: file_id,
-			collection_name: collection_name ? collection_name : undefined
-		})
-	})
-		.then(async (res) => {
-			if (!res.ok) throw await res.json();
-			return res.json();
-		})
-		.catch((err) => {
-			error = err.detail;
-			console.error(err);
-			return null;
-		});
-
-	if (error) {
-		throw error;
-	}
-
-	return res;
-};
-
 export const processYoutubeVideo = async (token: string, url: string) => {
 	let error = null;