diff --git a/crates/tauri/src/protocol/tauri.rs b/crates/tauri/src/protocol/tauri.rs
index a346754f09d5..13c907dc0384 100644
--- a/crates/tauri/src/protocol/tauri.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri/src/protocol/tauri.rs
@@ -42,34 +42,48 @@ pub fn get<R: Runtime>(
   };
 
   let window_origin = window_origin.to_string();
+  let web_resource_request_handler = web_resource_request_handler.map(Arc::new);
 
   #[cfg(all(dev, mobile))]
-  let response_cache = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new()));
+  let response_cache = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::<String, CachedResponse>::new()));
 
   Box::new(move |_, request, responder| {
-    match get_response(
-      request,
-      &manager,
-      &window_origin,
-      web_resource_request_handler.as_deref(),
-      #[cfg(all(dev, mobile))]
-      (&url, &response_cache),
-    ) {
-      Ok(response) => responder.respond(response),
-      Err(e) => responder.respond(
-        HttpResponse::builder()
-          .status(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
-          .header(CONTENT_TYPE, mime::TEXT_PLAIN.essence_str())
-          .header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", &window_origin)
-          .body(e.to_string().into_bytes())
-          .unwrap(),
-      ),
-    }
+    let manager = manager.clone();
+    let window_origin = window_origin.clone();
+    let web_resource_request_handler = web_resource_request_handler.clone();
+
+    #[cfg(all(dev, mobile))]
+    let url = url.clone();
+    #[cfg(all(dev, mobile))]
+    let response_cache = response_cache.clone();
+
+    crate::async_runtime::spawn(async move {
+      match get_response(
+        request,
+        &manager,
+        &window_origin,
+        web_resource_request_handler.as_deref().map(|h| &**h),
+        #[cfg(all(dev, mobile))]
+        (&url, &response_cache),
+      )
+      .await
+      {
+        Ok(response) => responder.respond(response),
+        Err(e) => responder.respond(
+          HttpResponse::builder()
+            .status(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
+            .header(CONTENT_TYPE, mime::TEXT_PLAIN.essence_str())
+            .header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", &window_origin)
+            .body(e.to_string().into_bytes())
+            .unwrap(),
+        ),
+      }
+    });
   })
 }
 
-fn get_response<R: Runtime>(
-  #[allow(unused_mut)] mut request: Request<Vec<u8>>,
+async fn get_response<R: Runtime>(
+  request: Request<Vec<u8>>,
   #[allow(unused_variables)] manager: &AppManager<R>,
   window_origin: &str,
   web_resource_request_handler: Option<&WebResourceRequestHandler>,
@@ -119,10 +133,12 @@ fn get_response<R: Runtime>(
       let _ = rustls::crypto::ring::default_provider().install_default();
     }
 
+    #[allow(unused_mut)]
     let mut client = reqwest::ClientBuilder::new();
 
     if url.starts_with("https://") {
       // we can't load env vars at runtime, gotta embed them in the lib
+      #[allow(unused_variables)]
       if let Some(cert_pem) = option_env!("TAURI_DEV_ROOT_CERTIFICATE") {
         #[cfg(any(
           feature = "native-tls",
@@ -157,39 +173,61 @@ fn get_response<R: Runtime>(
       .build()
       .unwrap()
       .request(request.method().clone(), &url);
-    proxy_builder = proxy_builder.body(std::mem::take(request.body_mut()));
     for (name, value) in request.headers() {
       proxy_builder = proxy_builder.header(name, value);
     }
     proxy_builder = proxy_builder.body(request.body().clone());
-    match crate::async_runtime::safe_block_on(proxy_builder.send()) {
-      Ok(r) => {
-        let mut response_cache_ = response_cache.lock().unwrap();
-        let mut response = None;
-        if r.status() == http::StatusCode::NOT_MODIFIED {
-          response = response_cache_.get(&url);
-        }
-        let response = if let Some(r) = response {
-          r
+
+    match async {
+      let r = proxy_builder.send().await?;
+      let status = r.status();
+      let headers = r.headers().clone();
+
+      Ok::<_, reqwest::Error>(if status == http::StatusCode::NOT_MODIFIED {
+        if let Some(response) = response_cache.lock().unwrap().get(&url).cloned() {
+          for (name, value) in &response.headers {
+            builder = builder.header(name, value);
+          }
+
+          builder
+            .status(response.status)
+            .body(response.body.to_vec().into())
+            .unwrap()
         } else {
-          let status = r.status();
-          let headers = r.headers().clone();
-          let body = crate::async_runtime::safe_block_on(r.bytes())?;
-          let response = CachedResponse {
-            status,
-            headers,
-            body,
-          };
-          response_cache_.insert(url.clone(), response);
-          response_cache_.get(&url).unwrap()
+          for (name, value) in &headers {
+            builder = builder.header(name, value);
+          }
+
+          builder.status(status).body(Vec::new().into()).unwrap()
+        }
+      } else {
+        let body = r.bytes().await?;
+        let response = CachedResponse {
+          status,
+          headers,
+          body,
         };
+
+        {
+          response_cache
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap()
+            .insert(url.clone(), response.clone());
+        }
+
         for (name, value) in &response.headers {
           builder = builder.header(name, value);
         }
+
         builder
           .status(response.status)
-          .body(response.body.to_vec().into())?
-      }
+          .body(response.body.to_vec().into())
+          .unwrap()
+      })
+    }
+    .await
+    {
+      Ok(response) => response,
       Err(e) => {
         let error_message = format!(
           "Failed to request {}: {}{}",
@@ -211,15 +249,18 @@ fn get_response<R: Runtime>(
 
   #[cfg(not(all(dev, mobile)))]
   let mut response = {
-    let use_https_scheme = request.uri().scheme() == Some(&http::uri::Scheme::HTTPS);
-    let asset = manager.get_asset(path, use_https_scheme)?;
+    let asset = manager.get_asset(
+      path,
+      request.uri().scheme() == Some(&http::uri::Scheme::HTTPS),
+    )?;
     builder = builder.header(CONTENT_TYPE, &asset.mime_type);
     if let Some(csp) = &asset.csp_header {
       builder = builder.header("Content-Security-Policy", csp);
     }
     builder.body(asset.bytes.into())?
   };
-  if let Some(handler) = &web_resource_request_handler {
+
+  if let Some(handler) = web_resource_request_handler {
     handler(request, &mut response);
   }