diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/service/AudioPlayer.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/service/AudioPlayer.java
index 33f475812..5e89fca49 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/service/AudioPlayer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/service/AudioPlayer.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 
 import eu.siacs.conversations.Config;
 import eu.siacs.conversations.R;
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ public class AudioPlayer implements View.OnClickListener, MediaPlayer.OnCompleti
     private final Sensor proximitySensor;
     private final PendingItem<WeakReference<ImageButton>> pendingOnClickView = new PendingItem<>();
 
+    private final ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+
     private final Handler handler = new Handler();
 
     public AudioPlayer(MessageAdapter adapter) {
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ public class AudioPlayer implements View.OnClickListener, MediaPlayer.OnCompleti
             audioPlayer.setTag(message);
             if (init(ViewHolder.get(audioPlayer), message)) {
                 this.audioPlayerLayouts.addWeakReferenceTo(audioPlayer);
-                this.stopRefresher(true);
+                executor.execute(()-> this.stopRefresher(true));
             } else {
                 this.audioPlayerLayouts.removeWeakReferenceTo(audioPlayer);
             }