diff --git a/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/PresentationLayer/DiscordHandler.java b/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/PresentationLayer/DiscordHandler.java
index 33838de7..9432e3b4 100644
--- a/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/PresentationLayer/DiscordHandler.java
+++ b/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/PresentationLayer/DiscordHandler.java
@@ -165,8 +165,12 @@ public class DiscordHandler extends ListenerAdapter {
                         event.getMessage().getChannel().sendMessage(ResponseStr).queue();
                     }
                 } else {
-                    String strF = datahandler.trimString(content);
-                    datahandler.getResponseFutures(strF, stanfordCoreNLP, stanfordCoreNLPSentiment);
+                    final String contentF = content;
+                    //these should be able to run on their own.
+                    new Thread(() -> {
+                        String strF = datahandler.trimString(contentF);
+                        datahandler.getResponseFutures(strF, stanfordCoreNLP, stanfordCoreNLPSentiment);
+                    }).start();
                 }
             }
         }