diff --git a/protocol/connections/engine.go b/protocol/connections/engine.go
index 3eef1bc..3762e2b 100644
--- a/protocol/connections/engine.go
+++ b/protocol/connections/engine.go
@@ -561,11 +561,14 @@ func (e *engine) handlePeerMessage(hostname string, eventID string, context stri
 			e.eventManager.Publish(event.NewEvent(event.ManifestReceived, map[event.Field]string{event.Handle: hostname, event.FileKey: fileKey, event.SerializedManifest: manifest}))
 		}
 	} else if context == event.ContextRequestFile {
-		for _, message := range e.filesharingSubSystem.ProcessChunkRequest(eventID, message) {
-			if err := e.sendPeerMessage(hostname, message); err != nil {
-				e.eventManager.Publish(event.NewEvent(event.SendMessageToPeerError, map[event.Field]string{event.RemotePeer: hostname, event.EventID: eventID, event.Error: err.Error()}))
+		chunks := e.filesharingSubSystem.ProcessChunkRequest(eventID, message)
+		go func() {
+			for _, message := range chunks {
+				if err := e.sendPeerMessage(hostname, message); err != nil {
+					e.eventManager.Publish(event.NewEvent(event.SendMessageToPeerError, map[event.Field]string{event.RemotePeer: hostname, event.EventID: eventID, event.Error: err.Error()}))
+				}
 			}
-		}
+		}()
 	} else if context == event.ContextSendFile {
 		fileKey, progress, totalChunks, _, title := e.filesharingSubSystem.ProcessChunk(eventID, message)
 		if len(fileKey) != 0 {