diff --git a/bbot/modules/httpx.py b/bbot/modules/httpx.py
index 136e14119..8edc4e1d6 100644
--- a/bbot/modules/httpx.py
+++ b/bbot/modules/httpx.py
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ async def handle_batch(self, *events):
             command += ["-http-proxy", proxy]
         async for line in self.run_process_live(command, text=False, input=list(stdin), stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL):
             try:
-                j = orjson.loads(line)
+                j = await self.helpers.run_in_executor(orjson.loads, line)
             except orjson.JSONDecodeError:
-                self.debug(f"Failed to decode line: {line}")
+                self.warning(f"httpx failed to decode line: {line}")
                 continue
 
             url = j.get("url", "")