diff --git a/app/jobs/email_list_create_job.rb b/app/jobs/email_list_create_job.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21795976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/jobs/email_list_create_job.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class EmailListCreateJob < ApplicationJob
+  queue_as :default
+
+  def perform(npo_id)
+    UpdateEmailLists.populate_lists_on_mailchimp(npo_id)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/insert/insert_email_lists.rb b/lib/insert/insert_email_lists.rb
index 194ed56e..d19c37e3 100644
--- a/lib/insert/insert_email_lists.rb
+++ b/lib/insert/insert_email_lists.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module InsertEmailLists
                        .returning('*')
                        .execute
 
-    UpdateEmailLists.delay.populate_lists_on_mailchimp(npo_id)
+    EmailListCreateJob.perform_later(npo_id)
 
     { deleted: deleted, deleted_result: result, inserted_lists: inserted_lists, inserted_result: lists }
   end