diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/gxf/soapbridge/application/services/PlatformCommunicationService.java b/application/src/main/java/org/gxf/soapbridge/application/services/PlatformCommunicationService.java
index 7b3e027..9e90185 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/gxf/soapbridge/application/services/PlatformCommunicationService.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/gxf/soapbridge/application/services/PlatformCommunicationService.java
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ public void handleIncomingRequest(final ProxyServerRequestMessage proxyServerReq
     final String commonName = proxyServerRequestMessage.getCommonName();
     final String soapPayload = proxyServerRequestMessage.getSoapPayload();
 
-    final boolean result = soapClient.sendRequest(connectionId, context, commonName, soapPayload);
-    if (!result) {
-      LOGGER.error("Unsuccessful at sending request to platform.");
-    } else {
-      LOGGER.debug("Successfully sent response message to queue");
-    }
+    soapClient.sendRequest(connectionId, context, commonName, soapPayload);
   }
 }
diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/gxf/soapbridge/soap/clients/SoapClient.java b/application/src/main/java/org/gxf/soapbridge/soap/clients/SoapClient.java
index b4f0716..15c9d89 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/gxf/soapbridge/soap/clients/SoapClient.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/gxf/soapbridge/soap/clients/SoapClient.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import org.gxf.soapbridge.valueobjects.ProxyServerResponseMessage;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Async;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 /** This {@link @Component} class can send SOAP messages to the Platform. */
@@ -54,10 +55,9 @@ public SoapClient(
    * @param context The part of the URL indicating the SOAP web-service.
    * @param commonName The common name (organisation identification).
    * @param soapPayload The SOAP message to send to the platform.
-   * @return True if the request has been sent and the response has been received and written to a
-   *     queue, false otherwise.
    */
-  public boolean sendRequest(
+  @Async
+  public void sendRequest(
       final String connectionId,
       final String context,
       final String commonName,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public boolean sendRequest(
       connection = createConnection(context, soapPayload, commonName);
       if (connection == null) {
         LOGGER.warn("Could not create connection for sending SOAP request.");
-        return false;
+        return;
       }
 
       // Send the SOAP payload to the server.
@@ -89,13 +89,11 @@ public boolean sendRequest(
       // Send queue message.
       proxyReponseSender.send(responseMessage);
 
-      return true;
     } catch (final Exception e) {
       if (connection != null) {
         connection.disconnect();
       }
       LOGGER.error("Unexpected exception while sending SOAP request", e);
-      return false;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/application/src/main/kotlin/org/gxf/soapbridge/SoapBridgeApplication.kt b/application/src/main/kotlin/org/gxf/soapbridge/SoapBridgeApplication.kt
index 93685e6..b2f354d 100644
--- a/application/src/main/kotlin/org/gxf/soapbridge/SoapBridgeApplication.kt
+++ b/application/src/main/kotlin/org/gxf/soapbridge/SoapBridgeApplication.kt
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ package org.gxf.soapbridge
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationPropertiesScan
 import org.springframework.boot.runApplication
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableAsync
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc
 
 @SpringBootApplication
 @EnableWebMvc
+@EnableAsync
 @ConfigurationPropertiesScan
 class SoapBridgeApplication