diff --git a/src/android/CommunicationHelperPlugin.java b/src/android/CommunicationHelperPlugin.java
index 8496da6..3c67364 100644
--- a/src/android/CommunicationHelperPlugin.java
+++ b/src/android/CommunicationHelperPlugin.java
@@ -11,20 +11,28 @@
 
 public class CommunicationHelperPlugin extends CordovaPlugin {
     @Override
-    public boolean execute(String action, JSONArray data, CallbackContext callbackContext) throws JSONException {
+    public boolean execute(String action, JSONArray data, final CallbackContext callbackContext) throws JSONException {
         if (action.equals("pushGetJSON")) {
             try {
-                Context ctxt = cordova.getActivity();
+                final Context ctxt = cordova.getActivity();
                 String relativeURL = data.getString(0);
-                JSONObject filledMessage = data.getJSONObject(1);
+                final JSONObject filledMessage = data.getJSONObject(1);
 
                 String commuteTrackerHost = ConnectionSettings.getConnectURL(ctxt);
-                String fullURL = commuteTrackerHost + relativeURL;
+                final String fullURL = commuteTrackerHost + relativeURL;
 
+                cordova.getThreadPool().execute(new Runnable() {
+                    public void run() {
+                        try {
                 String resultString = CommunicationHelper.pushGetJSON(ctxt, fullURL, filledMessage);
                 callbackContext.success(new JSONObject(resultString));
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 callbackContext.error("While pushing/getting from server "+e.getMessage());
+            }
+                    }
+                });
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                callbackContext.error("While pushing/getting from server "+e.getMessage());
             }
             return true;
         } else {
diff --git a/src/ios/BEMCommunicationHelperPlugin.m b/src/ios/BEMCommunicationHelperPlugin.m
index 4089e03..5730488 100644
--- a/src/ios/BEMCommunicationHelperPlugin.m
+++ b/src/ios/BEMCommunicationHelperPlugin.m
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ - (void)pushGetJSON:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand *)command
         [CommunicationHelper pushGetJSON:filledMessage toURL:relativeURL completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
             if (error != NULL) {
                 [self sendError:error callBackID:callbackId];
-            }
+            } else {
             NSError *parseError;
             NSDictionary *parsedResult = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data
                                                                 options:kNilOptions
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ - (void)pushGetJSON:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand *)command
                                        resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK
                                        messageAsDictionary:parsedResult];
             [self.commandDelegate sendPluginResult:result callbackId:callbackId];
+            }
         }];
     }
     @catch (NSException *exception) {