diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/Settings.kt b/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/Settings.kt
index a0efb34c..3a92235c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/Settings.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/Settings.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.segment.analytics.kotlin.core.platform.plugins.logger.log
 import com.segment.analytics.kotlin.core.utilities.LenientJson
 import com.segment.analytics.kotlin.core.utilities.safeJsonObject
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runInterruptible
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 import kotlinx.serialization.DeserializationStrategy
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ suspend fun Analytics.checkSettings() {
 
     val settingsObj = withContext(networkIODispatcher) {
         log("Fetching settings on ${Thread.currentThread().name}")
-        return@withContext fetchSettings(writeKey, cdnHost)
+        return@withContext runInterruptible { fetchSettings(writeKey, cdnHost) }
     }
 
     settingsObj?.let {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/Telemetry.kt b/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/Telemetry.kt
index 6e14b6fd..8fddc0ad 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/Telemetry.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/Telemetry.kt
@@ -263,15 +263,19 @@ object Telemetry: Subscriber {
             //  We're using this to leave off the 'log' parameter if unset.
             val payload = Json.encodeToString(mapOf("series" to sendQueue))
 
-            val connection = httpClient.upload(host)
-            connection.outputStream?.use { outputStream ->
-                // Write the JSON string to the outputStream.
-                outputStream.write(payload.toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8))
-                outputStream.flush() // Ensure all data is written
+            runBlocking {
+                runInterruptible {
+                    val connection = httpClient.upload(host)
+                    connection.outputStream?.use { outputStream ->
+                        // Write the JSON string to the outputStream.
+                        outputStream.write(payload.toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8))
+                        outputStream.flush() // Ensure all data is written
+                    }
+                    connection.inputStream?.close()
+                    connection.outputStream?.close()
+                    connection.close()
+                }
             }
-            connection.inputStream?.close()
-            connection.outputStream?.close()
-            connection.close()
         } catch (e: HTTPException) {
             errorHandler?.invoke(e)
             if (e.responseCode == 429) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/platform/EventPipeline.kt b/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/platform/EventPipeline.kt
index b966291c..9a12085f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/platform/EventPipeline.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/kotlin/core/platform/EventPipeline.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel.Factory.UNLIMITED
 import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.consumeEach
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runInterruptible
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 import kotlinx.serialization.encodeToString
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
@@ -135,14 +136,16 @@ open class EventPipeline(
                 var shouldCleanup = true
                 storage.readAsStream(url)?.use { data ->
                     try {
-                        val connection = httpClient.upload(apiHost)
-                        connection.outputStream?.let {
-                            // Write the payloads into the OutputStream
-                            data.copyTo(connection.outputStream)
-                            connection.outputStream.close()
-
-                            // Upload the payloads.
-                            connection.close()
+                        runInterruptible {
+                            val connection = httpClient.upload(apiHost)
+                            connection.outputStream?.let {
+                                // Write the payloads into the OutputStream
+                                data.copyTo(connection.outputStream)
+                                connection.outputStream.close()
+
+                                // Upload the payloads.
+                                connection.close()
+                            }
                         }
                         // Cleanup uploaded payloads
                         analytics.log("$logTag uploaded $url")