diff --git a/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift b/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift
index 6cd8b2e4..32c989f3 100644
--- a/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift
+++ b/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class AbsAudioPlayer: CAPPlugin {
             // Fetch the most recent active session
             let activeSession = try await Realm().objects(PlaybackSession.self).where({ $0.isActiveSession == true }).last
             if let activeSession = activeSession {
-                await PlayerProgress.syncLocalFromServer()
+                await PlayerProgress.syncFromServer()
                 try self.startPlaybackSession(activeSession, playWhenReady: false, playbackRate: PlayerSettings.main().playbackRate)
             }
         } catch {
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift
index 87752fff..d8be0d3f 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import RealmSwift
 
 class PlayerHandler {
     private static var player: AudioPlayer?
-    private static var timer: Timer?
+    private static var playingTimer: Timer?
     private static var pausedTimer: Timer?
     private static var lastSyncTime: Double = 0.0
     
@@ -240,64 +240,11 @@ class PlayerHandler {
         listeningTimePassedSinceLastSync = 0
         
         // Persist items in the database and sync to the server
-        if session.isLocal { syncLocalProgress() }
-        syncServerProgress()
+        if session.isLocal { PlayerProgress.syncFromPlayer() }
+        Task { await PlayerProgress.syncToServer() }
     }
     
-    private static func syncLocalProgress() {
-        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .utility).async {
-            guard let session = getPlaybackSession() else { return }
-            guard session.isLocal else { return }
-            
-            let localMediaProgress = LocalMediaProgress.fetchOrCreateLocalMediaProgress(localMediaProgressId: session.localMediaProgressId, localLibraryItemId: session.localLibraryItem?.id, localEpisodeId: session.episodeId)
-            guard let localMediaProgress = localMediaProgress else {
-                // Local media progress should have been created
-                // If we're here, it means a library id is invalid
-                return
-            }
-
-            localMediaProgress.updateFromPlaybackSession(session)
-            Database.shared.saveLocalMediaProgress(localMediaProgress)
-            
-            NSLog("Local progress saved to the database")
-            
-            // Send the local progress back to front-end
-            NotificationCenter.default.post(name: NSNotification.Name(PlayerEvents.localProgress.rawValue), object: nil)
-        }
-    }
-    
-    public static func syncServerProgress() {
-        guard Connectivity.isConnectedToInternet else { return }
-        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .utility).async {
-            let realm = try! Realm()
-            for session in realm.objects(PlaybackSession.self).where({ $0.serverConnectionConfigId == Store.serverConfig?.id }) {
-                NSLog("Sending sessionId(\(session.id)) to server")
-                let sessionRef = ThreadSafeReference(to: session)
-                
-                func handleSyncSuccess(_ success: Bool) {
-                    // Remove old sessions after they synced with the server
-                    let session = try! Realm().resolve(sessionRef)
-                    if success && !(session?.isActiveSession ?? false) {
-                        NSLog("Deleting sessionId(\(session!.id)) as is no longer active")
-                        session?.delete()
-                    }
-                }
-                
-                if session.isLocal {
-                    ApiClient.reportLocalPlaybackProgress(session.freeze()) { success in
-                        handleSyncSuccess(success)
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    let playbackReport = PlaybackReport(currentTime: session.currentTime, duration: session.duration, timeListened: session.timeListening)
-                    ApiClient.reportPlaybackProgress(report: playbackReport, sessionId: session.id) { success in
-                        handleSyncSuccess(success)
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    
-    @objc private static func syncServerProgressDuringPause() {
-        Task { await PlayerProgress.syncLocalFromServer() }
+    @objc public static func syncServerProgressDuringPause() {
+        Task { await PlayerProgress.syncFromServer() }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift
index 9266bf61..ef1a5d46 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift
@@ -13,16 +13,18 @@ class PlayerProgress {
     
     private init() {}
     
-    public static func syncLocalFromPlayer() async {
-        
+    public static func syncFromPlayer() {
+        updateLocalMediaProgressFromLocalSession()
     }
     
-    public static func syncServerFromLocal() async {
-        
+    public static func syncToServer() async {
+        let backgroundToken = await UIApplication.shared.beginBackgroundTask(withName: "ABS:syncToServer")
+        updateAllServerSessionFromLocalSession()
+        await UIApplication.shared.endBackgroundTask(backgroundToken)
     }
     
-    public static func syncLocalFromServer() async {
-        let backgroundToken = await UIApplication.shared.beginBackgroundTask(withName: "ABS:updateLocalSessionFromServerMediaProgress")
+    public static func syncFromServer() async {
+        let backgroundToken = await UIApplication.shared.beginBackgroundTask(withName: "ABS:syncFromServer")
         await updateLocalSessionFromServerMediaProgress()
         await UIApplication.shared.endBackgroundTask(backgroundToken)
     }
@@ -32,16 +34,54 @@ class PlayerProgress {
     }
     
     private static func updateLocalMediaProgressFromLocalSession() {
+        guard let session = PlayerHandler.getPlaybackSession() else { return }
+        guard session.isLocal else { return }
         
+        let localMediaProgress = LocalMediaProgress.fetchOrCreateLocalMediaProgress(localMediaProgressId: session.localMediaProgressId, localLibraryItemId: session.localLibraryItem?.id, localEpisodeId: session.episodeId)
+        guard let localMediaProgress = localMediaProgress else {
+            // Local media progress should have been created
+            // If we're here, it means a library id is invalid
+            return
+        }
+
+        localMediaProgress.updateFromPlaybackSession(session)
+        Database.shared.saveLocalMediaProgress(localMediaProgress)
+        
+        NSLog("Local progress saved to the database")
+        
+        // Send the local progress back to front-end
+        NotificationCenter.default.post(name: NSNotification.Name(PlayerEvents.localProgress.rawValue), object: nil)
     }
     
-    private static func updateServerSessionFromLocalSession() {
+    private static func updateAllServerSessionFromLocalSession() {
+        let sessions = try! Realm().objects(PlaybackSession.self).where({ $0.serverConnectionConfigId == Store.serverConfig?.id })
+        for session in sessions {
+            let session = session.freeze()
+            Task { await updateServerSessionFromLocalSession(session) }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private static func updateServerSessionFromLocalSession(_ session: PlaybackSession) async {
+        NSLog("Sending sessionId(\(session.id)) to server")
         
+        var success = false
+        if session.isLocal {
+            success = await ApiClient.reportLocalPlaybackProgress(session)
+        } else {
+            let playbackReport = PlaybackReport(currentTime: session.currentTime, duration: session.duration, timeListened: session.timeListening)
+            success = await ApiClient.reportPlaybackProgress(report: playbackReport, sessionId: session.id)
+        }
+        
+        // Remove old sessions after they synced with the server
+        if success && !session.isActiveSession {
+            NSLog("Deleting sessionId(\(session.id)) as is no longer active")
+            session.thaw()?.delete()
+        }
     }
     
     private static func updateLocalSessionFromServerMediaProgress() async {
         NSLog("checkCurrentSessionProgress: Checking if local media progress was updated on server")
-        guard let session = PlayerHandler.getPlaybackSession() else { return }
+        guard let session = PlayerHandler.getPlaybackSession()?.freeze() else { return }
         
         // Fetch the current progress
         let progress = await ApiClient.getMediaProgress(libraryItemId: session.libraryItemId!, episodeId: session.episodeId)
@@ -58,6 +98,7 @@ class PlayerProgress {
         
         // Update the session, if needed
         if serverIsNewerThanLocal && currentTimeIsDifferent {
+            guard let session = session.thaw() else { return }
             session.update {
                 session.currentTime = serverCurrentTime
                 session.updatedAt = serverLastUpdate
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/util/ApiClient.swift b/ios/App/Shared/util/ApiClient.swift
index ad8be8b0..2d5258b0 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/util/ApiClient.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/util/ApiClient.swift
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ class ApiClient {
         }
     }
     
+    public static func postResource<T:Encodable>(endpoint: String, parameters: T) async -> Bool {
+        return await withCheckedContinuation { continuation in
+            postResource(endpoint: endpoint, parameters: parameters) { success in
+                continuation.resume(returning: success)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
     public static func postResource<T:Encodable>(endpoint: String, parameters: T, callback: ((_ success: Bool) -> Void)?) {
         if (Store.serverConfig == nil) {
             NSLog("Server config not set")
@@ -170,13 +178,12 @@ class ApiClient {
         }
     }
     
-    public static func reportPlaybackProgress(report: PlaybackReport, sessionId: String, callback: @escaping (_ success: Bool) -> Void) {
-        try? postResource(endpoint: "api/session/\(sessionId)/sync", parameters: report.asDictionary().mapValues({ value in "\(value)" }), callback: callback)
+    public static func reportPlaybackProgress(report: PlaybackReport, sessionId: String) async -> Bool {
+        return await postResource(endpoint: "api/session/\(sessionId)/sync", parameters: report)
     }
     
-    public static func reportLocalPlaybackProgress(_ session: PlaybackSession, callback: @escaping (_ success: Bool) -> Void) {
-        let progress = session.freeze()
-        postResource(endpoint: "api/session/local", parameters: progress, callback: callback)
+    public static func reportLocalPlaybackProgress(_ session: PlaybackSession) async -> Bool {
+        return await postResource(endpoint: "api/session/local", parameters: session)
     }
     
     public static func syncMediaProgress(callback: @escaping (_ results: LocalMediaProgressSyncResultsPayload) -> Void) {