diff --git a/mod/settings.php b/mod/settings.php
index 69d9c77c9f..dde7bbf478 100644
--- a/mod/settings.php
+++ b/mod/settings.php
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ function settings_post(App $a)
 					// "http" or "@" to be present in the string.
 					// All other fields from the row will be ignored
 					if ((strpos($csvRow[0],'@') !== false) || (strpos($csvRow[0],'http') !== false)) {
-						$arr = Contact::createFromProbe($_SESSION['uid'], $csvRow[0], '', false);
+						Worker::add(PRIORITY_LOW, 'AddContact', $_SESSION['uid'], $csvRow[0]);
 					}
 				}
 				info(DI::l10n()->t('Importing Contacts done'));
diff --git a/src/Worker/AddContact.php b/src/Worker/AddContact.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47d9d01375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Worker/AddContact.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file src/Worker/AddContact.php
+ */
+
+namespace Friendica\Worker;
+
+use Friendica\Core\Logger;
+use Friendica\Model\Contact;
+
+class AddContact
+{
+	/**
+	 * Add contact data via probe
+	 * @param int    $uid User ID
+	 * @param string $url Contact link
+	 */
+	public static function execute(int $uid, string $url)
+	{
+		$result = Contact::createFromProbe($uid, $url, '', false);
+		Logger::info('Added contact', ['uid' => $uid, 'url' => $url, 'result' => $result]);
+	}
+}