diff --git a/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/service/repository/controller/AdminController.java b/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/service/repository/controller/AdminController.java
index f96f7b7..045ea12 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/service/repository/controller/AdminController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/service/repository/controller/AdminController.java
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
 import org.commonjava.indy.service.repository.data.StoreValidator;
 import org.commonjava.indy.service.repository.exception.IndyDataException;
 import org.commonjava.indy.service.repository.exception.IndyWorkflowException;
-import org.commonjava.indy.service.repository.exception.InvalidArtifactStoreException;
 import org.commonjava.indy.service.repository.model.ArtifactStore;
 import org.commonjava.indy.service.repository.model.RemoteRepository;
 import org.commonjava.indy.service.repository.model.StoreKey;
 import org.commonjava.indy.service.repository.model.StoreType;
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.context.ManagedExecutor;
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.rest.client.inject.RestClient;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -65,6 +64,9 @@ public class AdminController
     @RestClient
     StorageService storageService;
 
+    @Inject
+    ManagedExecutor executor;
+
     protected AdminController()
     {
     }
@@ -194,8 +196,7 @@ public void delete( final StoreKey key, final String user, final String changelo
             ArtifactStore store = storeManager.getArtifactStore( key ).orElse( null );
             if ( store != null && deleteContent )
             {
-                logger.info( "Delete content of {}", key );
-                purgeFilesystem( key.toString() );
+                purgeFilesystemAsync( key.toString() );
             }
             storeManager.deleteArtifactStore( key, new ChangeSummary( user, changelog ),
                     new EventMetadata().set( "deleteContent", deleteContent ) );
@@ -211,16 +212,19 @@ public void delete( final StoreKey key, final String user, final String changelo
         }
     }
 
-    private void purgeFilesystem(String filesystem)
+    private void purgeFilesystemAsync(final String filesystem)
     {
-        try( Response resp = storageService.purge(filesystem) )
-        {
-            logger.info( "Purge filesystem done, code: {}, result: {}", resp.getStatus(), resp.getEntity() );
-        }
-        catch ( Exception e )
-        {
-            logger.warn( "Purge filesystem failed", e );
-        }
+        executor.runAsync(() -> {
+            logger.info( "Purge content of {}", filesystem );
+            try( Response resp = storageService.purge(filesystem) )
+            {
+                logger.info( "Purge filesystem done, code: {}, result: {}", resp.getStatus(), resp.getEntity() );
+            }
+            catch ( Exception e )
+            {
+                logger.warn( "Purge filesystem failed", e );
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     public boolean exists( final StoreKey key )
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/commonjava/indy/service/repository/ftests/admin/AddAndDeleteRemoteRepoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/commonjava/indy/service/repository/ftests/admin/AddAndDeleteRemoteRepoTest.java
index a6ae66d..91f1505 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/commonjava/indy/service/repository/ftests/admin/AddAndDeleteRemoteRepoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/commonjava/indy/service/repository/ftests/admin/AddAndDeleteRemoteRepoTest.java
@@ -60,4 +60,26 @@ public void addMinimalRemoteRepositoryAndDeleteIt()
 
         given().head( repoUrl ).then().statusCode( NOT_FOUND.getStatusCode() );
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void addRemoteRepositoryAndDeleteWithContent()
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        final String name = "build-" + newName();
+        final RemoteRepository repo = new RemoteRepository( MAVEN_PKG_KEY, name, "http://www.foo.com" );
+        final String json = mapper.writeValueAsString( repo );
+
+        given().body( json )
+                .contentType( APPLICATION_JSON )
+                .post( getRepoTypeUrl( repo.getKey() ) )
+                .then()
+                .body( "url", is( "http://www.foo.com" ) )
+                .body( new RepoEqualMatcher<>( mapper, repo, RemoteRepository.class ) );
+        final String repoUrl = getRepoUrl( repo.getKey() );
+        given().head( repoUrl ).then().statusCode( OK.getStatusCode() );
+
+        delete( repoUrl + "?deleteContent=true" ); // Delete with content
+
+        given().head( repoUrl ).then().statusCode( NOT_FOUND.getStatusCode() );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/commonjava/indy/service/repository/jaxrs/mock/MockStorageService.java b/src/test/java/org/commonjava/indy/service/repository/jaxrs/mock/MockStorageService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39f2454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/commonjava/indy/service/repository/jaxrs/mock/MockStorageService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2022-2023 Red Hat, Inc. (https://github.com/Commonjava/indy-repository-service)
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.commonjava.indy.service.repository.jaxrs.mock;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.Mock;
+import org.commonjava.indy.model.core.BatchDeleteResult;
+import org.commonjava.indy.service.repository.client.storage.StorageService;
+import org.commonjava.indy.service.repository.jaxrs.ResponseHelper;
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.rest.client.inject.RestClient;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+@Mock
+@RestClient
+public class MockStorageService implements StorageService
+{
+    @Inject ResponseHelper helper;
+
+    @Override
+    public Response purge(String filesystem) throws Exception
+    {
+        BatchDeleteResult result = new BatchDeleteResult();
+        result.setFilesystem( filesystem );
+        Set<String> succeeded = new HashSet<>();
+        succeeded.add( "foo/bar/1.0/bar-1.0.jar" );
+        result.setSucceeded( succeeded );
+        return helper.formatOkResponseWithJsonEntity( result );
+    }
+}