diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/datasets/AsyncIoTaskExecutor.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/datasets/AsyncIoTaskExecutor.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b3bd9f15403..000000000000
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/datasets/AsyncIoTaskExecutor.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package org.wordpress.android.datasets
-
-import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
-import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
-import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
-import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
-
-/**
- * Helper class to handle asynchronous I/O tasks using coroutines
- * @see <a href="https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/pull/20937">Introduction</a>
- */
-object AsyncIoTaskExecutor {
-    /**
-     * Execute a data loading task in the IO thread and handle the result on the main thread
-     */
-    @JvmStatic
-    fun <T> execute(scope: CoroutineScope, backgroundTask: () -> T, callback: IoTaskResultCallback<T>) {
-        scope.launch {
-            // handle the background task
-            val result = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
-                backgroundTask()
-            }
-
-            withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
-                // handle the result on the main thread
-                callback.onTaskFinished(result)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    interface IoTaskResultCallback<T> {
-        fun onTaskFinished(result: T)
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/datasets/AsyncTaskExecutor.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/datasets/AsyncTaskExecutor.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b63e65e5b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/datasets/AsyncTaskExecutor.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package org.wordpress.android.datasets
+
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineDispatcher
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
+
+/**
+ * Helper class to handle asynchronous I/O tasks using coroutines
+ * @see <a href="https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/pull/20937">Introduction</a>
+ */
+object AsyncTaskExecutor {
+    /**
+     * Execute a data loading task in the IO thread and handle the result on the main thread
+     */
+    @JvmStatic
+    fun <T> executeIo(scope: CoroutineScope, backgroundTask: () -> T, callback: AsyncTaskCallback<T>) {
+        execute(scope, Dispatchers.IO, backgroundTask, callback)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute a data loading task in the default thread and handle the result on the main thread
+     */
+    @JvmStatic
+    fun <T> executeDefault(scope: CoroutineScope, backgroundTask: () -> T, callback: AsyncTaskCallback<T>) {
+        execute(scope, Dispatchers.Default, backgroundTask, callback)
+    }
+
+    private fun <T> execute(
+        scope: CoroutineScope,
+        dispatcher: CoroutineDispatcher,
+        backgroundTask: () -> T,
+        callback: AsyncTaskCallback<T>
+    ) {
+        scope.launch(dispatcher) {
+            // handle the background task
+            val result = backgroundTask()
+
+            withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
+                // handle the result on the main thread
+                callback.onTaskFinished(result)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    interface AsyncTaskCallback<T> {
+        fun onTaskFinished(result: T)
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/reader/adapters/ReaderPostAdapter.java b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/reader/adapters/ReaderPostAdapter.java
index 68975cec5bf2..6dc4ad0d99d3 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/reader/adapters/ReaderPostAdapter.java
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/reader/adapters/ReaderPostAdapter.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import org.wordpress.android.R;
 import org.wordpress.android.WordPress;
 import org.wordpress.android.analytics.AnalyticsTracker;
-import org.wordpress.android.datasets.AsyncIoTaskExecutor;
+import org.wordpress.android.datasets.AsyncTaskExecutor;
 import org.wordpress.android.datasets.ReaderPostTable;
 import org.wordpress.android.datasets.ReaderTagTable;
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.store.AccountStore;
@@ -83,12 +83,13 @@
 import kotlin.jvm.functions.Function1;
 import kotlin.jvm.functions.Function2;
 import kotlin.jvm.functions.Function3;
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope;
 
 public class ReaderPostAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder> {
     private final ImageManager mImageManager;
     private final UiHelpers mUiHelpers;
     private final NetworkUtilsWrapper mNetworkUtilsWrapper;
-    private final LifecycleCoroutineScope mScope;
+    private final CoroutineScope mScope;
     private ReaderTag mCurrentTag;
     private long mCurrentBlogId;
     private long mCurrentFeedId;
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ private void toggleFollowButton(
             return;
         }
 
-        AsyncIoTaskExecutor.execute(
+        AsyncTaskExecutor.executeIo(
                 mScope,
                 () -> !ReaderTagTable.isFollowedTagName(currentTag.getTagSlug()),
                 isAskingToFollow -> {