diff --git a/benchmarks/profile_cache_storage_bench.js b/benchmarks/profile_cache_storage_bench.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..feffb2a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/profile_cache_storage_bench.js
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { profileCache } from "../js/state/profileCache.js";
+
+// Polyfill localStorage
+const store = new Map();
+global.localStorage = {
+  getItem: (key) => store.get(key) || null,
+  setItem: (key, value) => store.set(key, value),
+  removeItem: (key) => store.delete(key),
+  clear: () => store.clear(),
+};
+
+// Polyfill requestIdleCallback
+global.requestIdleCallback = (cb) => setTimeout(() => {
+    cb({
+        timeRemaining: () => 50,
+        didTimeout: false
+    });
+}, 0);
+
+// Polyfill window (might be needed by logger or others)
+if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
+    global.window = global;
+}
+
+function generateLargeData() {
+  const data = [];
+  // Generate roughly 2MB of JSON data
+  for (let i = 0; i < 20000; i++) {
+    data.push({ id: i, content: "x".repeat(100) });
+  }
+  return data;
+}
+
+async function runBenchmark() {
+  const pubkey = "0".repeat(64);
+  const section = "watchHistory";
+  const data = generateLargeData();
+
+  // Set active profile to ensure logic runs
+  profileCache.setActiveProfile(pubkey);
+
+  console.log("Benchmarking setProfileData with large payload...");
+
+  // Warmup
+  profileCache.setProfileData(pubkey, section, [{id: 1}]);
+
+  const start = performance.now();
+  // We call it multiple times to amplify the effect, but a single call with 2MB is enough to show blocking
+  profileCache.setProfileData(pubkey, section, data);
+  const end = performance.now();
+
+  console.log(`Execution time (Synchronous part): ${(end - start).toFixed(4)} ms`);
+
+  // Wait for idle callback
+  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+
+  // Verify data is "stored"
+  const stored = localStorage.getItem(profileCache.getStorageKey(pubkey, section));
+  if (stored) {
+      console.log("Data successfully stored in localStorage (length: " + stored.length + ")");
+  } else {
+      console.log("Data NOT found in localStorage");
+  }
+}
+
+runBenchmark();
diff --git a/js/state/profileCache.js b/js/state/profileCache.js
index 4e0bc561..14317b8b 100644
--- a/js/state/profileCache.js
+++ b/js/state/profileCache.js
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ const SECTION_TO_NOTE_TYPE = {
   "profile": NOTE_TYPES.PROFILE_METADATA,
 };
 
+// Helper to defer non-critical work to idle periods
+function runIdle(callback) {
+  if (typeof requestIdleCallback !== "undefined") {
+    requestIdleCallback(callback);
+  } else {
+    setTimeout(callback, 1);
+  }
+}
+
 function sanitizeProfileString(value) {
   if (typeof value !== "string") {
     return "";
@@ -316,17 +325,19 @@ class ProfileCache {
     const storageKey = this.getStorageKey(pubkey, section);
     const tier = this.getStorageTier(section);
 
-    // Save to storage
+    // Save to storage (Optimized: defer blocking I/O)
     if (tier === STORAGE_TIERS.LOCAL_STORAGE && typeof localStorage !== "undefined") {
-      try {
-        if (data === null || data === undefined) {
-          localStorage.removeItem(storageKey);
-        } else {
-          localStorage.setItem(storageKey, JSON.stringify(data));
+      runIdle(() => {
+        try {
+          if (data === null || data === undefined) {
+            localStorage.removeItem(storageKey);
+          } else {
+            localStorage.setItem(storageKey, JSON.stringify(data));
+          }
+        } catch (error) {
+          userLogger.warn(`[ProfileCache] Failed to save ${section} for ${pubkey}`, error);
         }
-      } catch (error) {
-        userLogger.warn(`[ProfileCache] Failed to save ${section} for ${pubkey}`, error);
-      }
+      });
     }
 
     // Update memory cache
diff --git a/tests/profile-cache.test.mjs b/tests/profile-cache.test.mjs
index 527ab7a4..fcd54338 100644
--- a/tests/profile-cache.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/profile-cache.test.mjs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ test("ProfileCache: resolveAddressKey", (t) => {
   assert.equal(keyUnknown, `bitvid:profile:${pubkey}:unknownSection:v1`);
 });
 
-test("ProfileCache: set and get (memory and persistence)", (t) => {
+test("ProfileCache: set and get (memory and persistence)", async (t) => {
   const pubkey = "c".repeat(64);
   profileCache.setActiveProfile(pubkey);
 
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ test("ProfileCache: set and get (memory and persistence)", (t) => {
 
   // Check persistence
   const storageKey = profileCache.getStorageKey(pubkey, section);
+
+  // Wait for async write (runIdle/setTimeout)
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+
   const storedRaw = localStorage.getItem(storageKey);
   assert.ok(storedRaw);
   assert.deepEqual(JSON.parse(storedRaw), data);
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ test("ProfileCache: set and get (memory and persistence)", (t) => {
   assert.deepEqual(reloaded, data);
 });
 
-test("ProfileCache: setProfile normalization and storage", (t) => {
+test("ProfileCache: setProfile normalization and storage", async (t) => {
   const pubkey = "d".repeat(64);
   const profileInput = {
     name: " Test User ",
@@ -131,6 +135,10 @@ test("ProfileCache: setProfile normalization and storage", (t) => {
 
   // Verify persistence
   const storageKey = profileCache.getStorageKey(pubkey, "profile");
+
+  // Wait for async write (runIdle/setTimeout)
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+
   const stored = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(storageKey));
   assert.deepEqual(stored.profile, entry.profile);
 });