diff --git a/app/jobs/avatar/avatar_from_gravatar_job.rb b/app/jobs/avatar/avatar_from_gravatar_job.rb
index 4a967d74f..110a76ab5 100644
--- a/app/jobs/avatar/avatar_from_gravatar_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/avatar/avatar_from_gravatar_job.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Avatar::AvatarFromGravatarJob < ApplicationJob
-  queue_as :low
+  queue_as :deferred
 
   def perform(avatarable, email)
     return if GlobalConfigService.load('DISABLE_GRAVATAR', '').present?