diff --git a/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/data_files/admin/admin.py b/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/data_files/admin/admin.py
index f17e0d6f11..a534e63a21 100644
--- a/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/data_files/admin/admin.py
+++ b/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/data_files/admin/admin.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 from django.utils.html import format_html
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
-from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.utils.translation import ngettext
 from django.contrib import messages
+from tdpservice.data_files.tasks import reparse_files
 
 DOMAIN = settings.FRONTEND_BASE_URL
 
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ class Media:
     def reparse(self, request, queryset):
         """Reparse the selected data files."""
         files = queryset.values_list("id", flat=True)
-        file_ids = ",".join(map(str, files))
-        call_command("clean_and_reparse", f"-f {file_ids}")
+        reparse_files.delay(list(files))
+
         self.message_user(
             request,
             ngettext(
@@ -57,9 +57,12 @@ def reparse(self, request, queryset):
     def get_actions(self, request):
         """Return the actions."""
         actions = super().get_actions(request)
+        print('get actions')
         if not request.user.groups.filter(name__in=["OFA System Admin", "OFA Admin"]).exists():
+            print('not allowed')
             actions.pop("reparse", None)
         else:
+            print('allowed')
             if "reparse" not in actions:
                 actions["reparse"] = (self.reparse, "reparse", "Reparse selected data files)")
         return actions
diff --git a/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/data_files/tasks.py b/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/data_files/tasks.py
index 16e35de792..58e136a111 100644
--- a/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/data_files/tasks.py
+++ b/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/data_files/tasks.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
+from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.db.models import Q, Count
 from tdpservice.users.models import AccountApprovalStatusChoices, User
 from tdpservice.data_files.models import DataFile
@@ -46,3 +47,9 @@ def notify_stuck_files():
         ).values_list('username', flat=True).distinct()
 
         send_stuck_file_email(stuck_files, recipients)
+
+
+@shared_task
+def reparse_files(file_ids):
+    file_ids_str = ",".join(map(str, file_ids))
+    call_command("clean_and_reparse", f"-f {file_ids_str}")