diff --git a/src/helpers.rs b/src/helpers.rs
index 03bf97c9..55edc19a 100644
--- a/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/src/helpers.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use reqwest::{Client, ClientBuilder, Method, Response};
 use serde::Serialize;
 use tinytemplate::TinyTemplate;
+use tokio::task::block_in_place;
 use url::Url;
 
 use crate::{BinstallError, Meta, PkgFmt, PkgFmtDecomposed, TarBasedFmt};
@@ -38,13 +39,15 @@ pub static REQWESTGLOBALCONFIG: OnceCell<(bool, Option<TLSVersion>)> = OnceCell:
 pub fn load_manifest_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     manifest_path: P,
 ) -> Result<Manifest<Meta>, BinstallError> {
-    debug!("Reading manifest: {}", manifest_path.as_ref().display());
+    block_in_place(|| {
+        debug!("Reading manifest: {}", manifest_path.as_ref().display());
 
-    // Load and parse manifest (this checks file system for binary output names)
-    let manifest = Manifest::<Meta>::from_path_with_metadata(manifest_path)?;
+        // Load and parse manifest (this checks file system for binary output names)
+        let manifest = Manifest::<Meta>::from_path_with_metadata(manifest_path)?;
 
-    // Return metadata
-    Ok(manifest)
+        // Return metadata
+        Ok(manifest)
+    })
 }
 
 pub fn new_reqwest_client_builder() -> ClientBuilder {