diff --git a/internal/cron/sftp_cron.go b/internal/cron/sftp_cron.go
index 8d24c39..d412caf 100644
--- a/internal/cron/sftp_cron.go
+++ b/internal/cron/sftp_cron.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/internal/models"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/server"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/system"
-	"gorm.io/gorm"
 	"reflect"
 )
 
@@ -79,17 +78,13 @@ func (sc *sftpCron) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if len(events.m) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-
-	err = database.Instance().Transaction(func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
-		tx.Where("id IN ?", events.ids).Delete(&models.Activity{})
-		if tx.Error != nil {
-			return tx.Error
-		}
-
-		return sc.manager.Client().SendActivityLogs(ctx, events.Elements())
-	})
-
-	return errors.WithStack(err)
+	if err := sc.manager.Client().SendActivityLogs(ctx, events.Elements()); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to send sftp activity logs to Panel")
+	}
+	if tx := database.Instance().Where("id IN ?", events.ids).Delete(&models.Activity{}); tx.Error != nil {
+		return errors.WithStack(tx.Error)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // fetchRecords returns a group of activity events starting at the given offset. This is used
diff --git a/router/websocket/websocket.go b/router/websocket/websocket.go
index d30b5eb..a1a56c4 100644
--- a/router/websocket/websocket.go
+++ b/router/websocket/websocket.go
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ func (h *Handler) HandleInbound(ctx context.Context, m Message) error {
 			}
 
 			if err == nil {
-				_ = h.ra.Save(h.server, models.Event(server.ActivityPowerPrefix+action), nil)
+				h.server.SaveActivity(h.ra, models.Event(server.ActivityPowerPrefix+action), nil)
 			}
 
 			return err
@@ -429,11 +429,13 @@ func (h *Handler) HandleInbound(ctx context.Context, m Message) error {
 				}
 			}
 
-			_ = h.ra.Save(h.server, server.ActivityConsoleCommand, models.ActivityMeta{
+			if err := h.server.Environment.SendCommand(strings.Join(m.Args, "")); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			h.server.SaveActivity(h.ra, server.ActivityConsoleCommand, models.ActivityMeta{
 				"command": strings.Join(m.Args, ""),
 			})
-
-			return h.server.Environment.SendCommand(strings.Join(m.Args, ""))
+			return nil
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/server/activity.go b/server/activity.go
index edca85e..0c9ddbc 100644
--- a/server/activity.go
+++ b/server/activity.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package server
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"emperror.dev/errors"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/internal/database"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/internal/models"
+	"time"
 )
 
 const ActivityPowerPrefix = "server:power."
@@ -34,29 +36,6 @@ func (ra RequestActivity) Event(event models.Event, metadata models.ActivityMeta
 	return a.SetUser(ra.user)
 }
 
-// Save creates a new event instance and saves it. If an error is encountered it is automatically
-// logged to the provided server's error logging output. The error is also returned to the caller
-// but can be ignored.
-func (ra RequestActivity) Save(s *Server, event models.Event, metadata models.ActivityMeta) error {
-	if tx := database.Instance().Create(ra.Event(event, metadata)); tx.Error != nil {
-		err := errors.WithStackIf(tx.Error)
-
-		s.Log().WithField("error", err).WithField("event", event).Error("activity: failed to save event")
-
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// IP returns the IP address associated with this entry.
-func (ra RequestActivity) IP() string {
-	return ra.ip
-}
-
-func (ra *RequestActivity) User() string {
-	return ra.user
-}
-
 // SetUser clones the RequestActivity struct and sets a new user value on the copy
 // before returning it.
 func (ra RequestActivity) SetUser(u string) RequestActivity {
@@ -68,3 +47,17 @@ func (ra RequestActivity) SetUser(u string) RequestActivity {
 func (s *Server) NewRequestActivity(user string, ip string) RequestActivity {
 	return RequestActivity{server: s.ID(), user: user, ip: ip}
 }
+
+// SaveActivity saves an activity entry to the database in a background routine. If an error is
+// encountered it is logged but not returned to the caller.
+func (s *Server) SaveActivity(a RequestActivity, event models.Event, metadata models.ActivityMeta) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(s.Context(), time.Second*3)
+	go func() {
+		defer cancel()
+		if tx := database.Instance().WithContext(ctx).Create(a.Event(event, metadata)); tx.Error != nil {
+			s.Log().WithField("error", errors.WithStack(tx.Error)).
+				WithField("event", event).
+				Error("activity: failed to save event")
+		}
+	}()
+}