diff --git a/src/configure/mod.rs b/src/configure/mod.rs
index cb570dea4..07d70d482 100644
--- a/src/configure/mod.rs
+++ b/src/configure/mod.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ mod read_url;
 
 use percent_encoding::{utf8_percent_encode, NON_ALPHANUMERIC};
 
+use async_std::task;
+
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::constants::*;
 use crate::context::Context;
@@ -540,12 +542,12 @@ fn try_imap_one_param(context: &Context, param: &LoginParam) -> Option<bool> {
         param.imap_certificate_checks
     );
     info!(context, "Trying: {}", inf);
-    if context
+    if task::block_on(context
         .inbox_thread
         .read()
         .unwrap()
         .imap
-        .connect(context, &param)
+        .connect(context, &param))
     {
         info!(context, "success: {}", inf);
         return Some(true);
diff --git a/src/imap/mod.rs b/src/imap/mod.rs
index 5c58d45d5..faa70b502 100644
--- a/src/imap/mod.rs
+++ b/src/imap/mod.rs
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ impl Imap {
         let param = LoginParam::from_database(context, "configured_");
         // the trailing underscore is correct
 
-        if self.connect(context, &param) {
+        if task::block_on(self.connect(context, &param)) {
             self.ensure_configured_folders(context, true)
         } else {
             Err(Error::ConnectionFailed(format!("{}", param)))
@@ -348,8 +348,7 @@ impl Imap {
 
     /// tries connecting to imap account using the specific login
     /// parameters
-    pub fn connect(&self, context: &Context, lp: &LoginParam) -> bool {
-        task::block_on(async move {
+    pub async fn connect(&self, context: &Context, lp: &LoginParam) -> bool {
             if lp.mail_server.is_empty() || lp.mail_user.is_empty() || lp.mail_pw.is_empty() {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -423,7 +422,6 @@ impl Imap {
             } else {
                 true
             }
-        })
     }
 
     pub fn disconnect(&self, context: &Context) {