diff --git a/modules/call_queue.py b/modules/call_queue.py
index 555c35312dd..b20badcaf25 100644
--- a/modules/call_queue.py
+++ b/modules/call_queue.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import html
 import time
 
-from modules import shared, progress, errors, devices, fifo_lock, profiling
+from modules import shared, progress, errors, devices, fifo_lock, profiling, manager
 
 queue_lock = fifo_lock.FIFOLock()
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def f(*args, **kwargs):
             progress.start_task(id_task)
 
             try:
-                res = func(*args, **kwargs)
+                res = manager.task.run_and_wait_result(func, *args, **kwargs)
                 progress.record_results(id_task, res)
             finally:
                 progress.finish_task(id_task)
diff --git a/modules/launch_utils.py b/modules/launch_utils.py
index 20c7dc127a7..5c868747e7a 100644
--- a/modules/launch_utils.py
+++ b/modules/launch_utils.py
@@ -463,11 +463,17 @@ def configure_for_tests():
 def start():
     print(f"Launching {'API server' if '--nowebui' in sys.argv else 'Web UI'} with arguments: {shlex.join(sys.argv[1:])}")
     import webui
+
+    from modules import manager
+
     if '--nowebui' in sys.argv:
         webui.api_only()
     else:
         webui.webui()
 
+    manager.task.main_loop()
+    return
+
 
 def dump_sysinfo():
     from modules import sysinfo
diff --git a/modules/manager.py b/modules/manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..34c67c6b3cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#
+# based on forge's work from https://github.com/lllyasviel/stable-diffusion-webui-forge/blob/main/modules_forge/main_thread.py
+#
+# Original author comment:
+#  This file is the main thread that handles all gradio calls for major t2i or i2i processing.
+#  Other gradio calls (like those from extensions) are not influenced.
+#  By using one single thread to process all major calls, model moving is significantly faster.
+#
+# 2024/09/28 classified,
+
+import random
+import string
+import threading
+import time
+
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+
+class Task:
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        self.__dict__.update(kwargs)
+
+
+class TaskManager:
+    last_exception = None
+    pending_tasks = []
+    finished_tasks = OrderedDict()
+    lock = None
+    running = False
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    def work(self, task):
+        try:
+            task.result = task.func(*task.args, **task.kwargs)
+        except Exception as e:
+            task.exception = e
+            self.last_exception = e
+
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.running = False
+
+
+    def main_loop(self):
+        self.running = True
+        while self.running:
+            time.sleep(0.01)
+            if len(self.pending_tasks) > 0:
+                with self.lock:
+                    task = self.pending_tasks.pop(0)
+
+                self.work(task)
+
+                self.finished_tasks[task.task_id] = task
+
+
+    def push_task(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
+        if args and type(args[0]) == str and args[0].startswith("task(") and args[0].endswith(")"):
+            task_id = args[0]
+        else:
+            task_id = ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits, k=7))
+        task = Task(task_id=task_id, func=func, args=args, kwargs=kwargs, result=None, exception=None)
+        self.pending_tasks.append(task)
+
+        return task.task_id
+
+
+    def run_and_wait_result(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
+        current_id = self.push_task(func, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        while True:
+            time.sleep(0.01)
+            if current_id in self.finished_tasks:
+                finished = self.finished_tasks.pop(current_id)
+                if finished.exception is not None:
+                    raise finished.exception
+
+                return finished.result
+
+
+task = TaskManager()
diff --git a/webui.py b/webui.py
index 2c417168aa6..f17d60f2f58 100644
--- a/webui.py
+++ b/webui.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 from modules import timer
 from modules import initialize_util
 from modules import initialize
+from modules import manager
+from threading import Thread
 
 startup_timer = timer.startup_timer
 startup_timer.record("launcher")
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@
 
 initialize.check_versions()
 
+initialize.initialize()
+
 
 def create_api(app):
     from modules.api.api import Api
@@ -23,12 +27,10 @@ def create_api(app):
     return api
 
 
-def api_only():
+def _api_only():
     from fastapi import FastAPI
     from modules.shared_cmd_options import cmd_opts
 
-    initialize.initialize()
-
     app = FastAPI()
     initialize_util.setup_middleware(app)
     api = create_api(app)
@@ -45,11 +47,10 @@ def api_only():
     )
 
 
-def webui():
+def _webui():
     from modules.shared_cmd_options import cmd_opts
 
     launch_api = cmd_opts.api
-    initialize.initialize()
 
     from modules import shared, ui_tempdir, script_callbacks, ui, progress, ui_extra_networks
 
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ def webui():
             print("Stopping server...")
             # If we catch a keyboard interrupt, we want to stop the server and exit.
             shared.demo.close()
+            manager.task.stop()
             break
 
         # disable auto launch webui in browser for subsequent UI Reload
@@ -153,6 +155,13 @@ def webui():
         initialize.initialize_rest(reload_script_modules=True)
 
 
+def api_only():
+    Thread(target=_api_only, daemon=True).start()
+
+
+def webui():
+    Thread(target=_webui, daemon=True).start()
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     from modules.shared_cmd_options import cmd_opts
 
@@ -160,3 +169,5 @@ def webui():
         api_only()
     else:
         webui()
+
+    manager.task.main_loop()