diff --git a/catalog/views_edit.py b/catalog/views_edit.py
index d8a19ccc..3c98cb42 100644
--- a/catalog/views_edit.py
+++ b/catalog/views_edit.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from django.views.decorators.http import require_http_methods
 from loguru import logger
 
 from common.utils import discord_send, get_uuid_or_404
-from journal.models import update_journal_for_merged_item
+from journal.models import update_journal_for_merged_item_task
 
 from .common.models import ExternalResource, IdealIdTypes, IdType
 from .forms import *
@@ -289,7 +289,9 @@ def merge(request, item_path, item_uuid):
             )
         logger.warning(f"{request.user} merges {item} to {new_item}")
         item.merge_to(new_item)
-        update_journal_for_merged_item(item_uuid)
+        django_rq.get_queue("crawl").enqueue(
+            update_journal_for_merged_item_task, request.user.pk, item.uuid
+        )
         discord_send(
             "audit",
             f"{item.absolute_url}?skipcheck=1\n⬇\n{new_item.absolute_url}\nby [@{request.user.username}]({request.user.absolute_url})",
diff --git a/journal/models/__init__.py b/journal/models/__init__.py
index e4d0de3b..690246bc 100644
--- a/journal/models/__init__.py
+++ b/journal/models/__init__.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from .utils import (
     remove_data_by_user,
     reset_journal_visibility_for_user,
     update_journal_for_merged_item,
+    update_journal_for_merged_item_task,
 )
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -61,4 +62,5 @@ __all__ = [
     "remove_data_by_user",
     "reset_journal_visibility_for_user",
     "update_journal_for_merged_item",
+    "update_journal_for_merged_item_task",
 ]
diff --git a/journal/models/utils.py b/journal/models/utils.py
index b0e474a6..16685d90 100644
--- a/journal/models/utils.py
+++ b/journal/models/utils.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+from auditlog.context import set_actor
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from loguru import logger
 
 from catalog.models import Item
-from users.models import APIdentity
+from users.models import APIdentity, User
 
 from .collection import Collection, CollectionMember, FeaturedCollection
 from .comment import Comment
@@ -36,6 +37,11 @@ def remove_data_by_user(owner: APIdentity):
     FeaturedCollection.objects.filter(owner=owner).delete()
 
 
+def update_journal_for_merged_item_task(editing_user_id: int, legacy_item_uuid: str):
+    with set_actor(User.objects.get(pk=editing_user_id)):
+        update_journal_for_merged_item(legacy_item_uuid)
+
+
 def update_journal_for_merged_item(
     legacy_item_uuid: str, delete_duplicated: bool = False
 ):