diff --git a/common/utils.py b/common/utils.py
index a3b8a7c6..619871bf 100644
--- a/common/utils.py
+++ b/common/utils.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import uuid
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+import django_rq
 from discord import SyncWebhook
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.locale import LANG_INFO
@@ -221,11 +222,17 @@ def get_uuid_or_404(uuid_b62):
 
 
 def discord_send(channel, content, **args) -> bool:
-    dw = settings.DISCORD_WEBHOOKS.get(channel)
+    dw = settings.DISCORD_WEBHOOKS.get(channel) or settings.DISCORD_WEBHOOKS.get(
+        "default"
+    )
     if not dw:
         return False
     if "thread_name" in args:
         args["thread_name"] = args["thread_name"][:99]
+    django_rq.get_queue("fetch").enqueue(_discord_send, dw, content, **args)
+    return True
+
+
+def _discord_send(dw, content, **args):
     webhook = SyncWebhook.from_url(dw)
     webhook.send(content, **args)
-    return True
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 1ea91f47..43c34d89 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if you are doing debug or development:
  	- `smtp+tls://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>`
  	- `smtp+ssl://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>`
  	- `anymail://<anymail_backend_name>?<anymail_args>`, to send email via email service providers, see [anymail doc](https://anymail.dev/)
- - `DISCORD_WEBHOOKS` - Discord channel to send notification about user submitted suggestion and changes, e.g. `suggest=https://discord.com/api/webhooks/123/abc,audit=https://discord.com/api/webhooks/123/def`
+ - `DISCORD_WEBHOOKS` - Discord channel to send notification about user submitted suggestion and changes, e.g. `suggest=https://discord.com/api/webhooks/123/abc,audit=https://discord.com/api/webhooks/123/def`. Both suggest and audit channels must be in forum mode.
 
 
 ## Settings for Federation