diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/AppExtensions/Share/ShareExtensionScene.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/AppExtensions/Share/ShareExtensionScene.swift
index d3fa98d5f..1566bcf91 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/AppExtensions/Share/ShareExtensionScene.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/AppExtensions/Share/ShareExtensionScene.swift
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ final class ShareExtensionViewModel: ObservableObject {
   @Published var debugText: String?
 
   var subscriptions = Set<AnyCancellable>()
+  var backgroundTask: UIBackgroundTaskIdentifier?
   let requestID = UUID().uuidString.lowercased()
 
   init() {}
@@ -41,11 +42,16 @@ final class ShareExtensionViewModel: ObservableObject {
   }
 
   func savePage(extensionContext: NSExtensionContext?) {
+    backgroundTask = UIApplication.shared.beginBackgroundTask(withName: "BACKGROUND")
+
     PageScraper.scrape(extensionContext: extensionContext) { [weak self] result in
       switch result {
       case let .success(payload):
         self?.persist(pageScrapePayload: payload, requestId: self?.requestID ?? "")
       case let .failure(error):
+        if let backgroundTask = self?.backgroundTask {
+          UIApplication.shared.endBackgroundTask(backgroundTask)
+        }
         self?.debugText = error.message
       }
     }
@@ -59,7 +65,6 @@ final class ShareExtensionViewModel: ObservableObject {
       return
     }
 
-    let backgroundTask = UIApplication.shared.beginBackgroundTask(withName: requestId)
     let saveLinkPublisher: AnyPublisher<Void, SaveArticleError> = {
       if case let .pdf(data) = pageScrapePayload.contentType {
         return services.dataService.uploadPDFPublisher(pageScrapePayload: pageScrapePayload,
@@ -80,10 +85,14 @@ final class ShareExtensionViewModel: ObservableObject {
         guard case let .failure(error) = completion else { return }
         self?.debugText = "saveArticleError: \(error)"
         self?.status = .failed(error: error)
-        UIApplication.shared.endBackgroundTask(backgroundTask)
+        if let backgroundTask = self?.backgroundTask {
+          UIApplication.shared.endBackgroundTask(backgroundTask)
+        }
       } receiveValue: { [weak self] _ in
         self?.status = .success
-        UIApplication.shared.endBackgroundTask(backgroundTask)
+        if let backgroundTask = self?.backgroundTask {
+          UIApplication.shared.endBackgroundTask(backgroundTask)
+        }
       }
       .store(in: &subscriptions)
 
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Mutations/SavePDF.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Mutations/SavePDF.swift
index 4267b5a6f..df0511ed6 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Mutations/SavePDF.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Mutations/SavePDF.swift
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ private extension DataService {
     return Deferred {
       Future { promise in
         send(mutation, to: path, headers: headers) { result in
+          print("result of upload file request", result)
           switch result {
           case let .success(payload):
             if let graphqlError = payload.errors {
@@ -100,29 +101,43 @@ private extension DataService {
     request.addValue("application/pdf", forHTTPHeaderField: "content-type")
     request.httpBody = data
 
-    return networker.urlSession.dataTaskPublisher(for: request)
-      .tryMap { data, response -> String in
-        let serverResponse = ServerResponse(data: data, response: response)
-        if serverResponse.httpUrlResponse?.statusCode == 200, let fileUploadID = fileUploadConfig.uploadID {
-          return fileUploadID
-        }
+    // TODO: Maybe better to copy into this directory immediately
+    // instead of loading and writing the data
+    let tempDir = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory
+    let localURL = tempDir.appendingPathComponent(fileUploadConfig.uploadFileID ?? "temporary")
+    try? data.write(to: localURL)
 
-        throw ServerError(serverResponse: serverResponse)
-      }
-      .mapError { error -> SaveArticleError in
-        let serverResponse = ServerResponse(error: error)
-        NetworkRequestLogger.log(request: request, serverResponse: serverResponse)
-        let serverError = ServerError(serverResponse: serverResponse)
-        switch serverError {
-        case .noConnection, .timeout:
-          return .network
-        case .unauthenticated:
-          return .unauthorized
-        case .unknown:
-          return .unknown(description: "upload to file server failed")
-        }
-      }
-      .eraseToAnyPublisher()
+    print("STARTING UPLOAD TASK WITH LOCAL URL", localURL)
+
+    let task = networker.backgroundSession.uploadTask(with: request, fromFile: localURL)
+    task.resume()
+
+    // Just return immediately at this point.
+    return Empty(completeImmediately: true).eraseToAnyPublisher()
+//    return "".publisher.eraseToAnyPublisher()
+//    return networker.urlSession.dataTaskPublisher(for: request)
+//      .tryMap { data, response -> String in
+//        let serverResponse = ServerResponse(data: data, response: response)
+//        if serverResponse.httpUrlResponse?.statusCode == 200, let fileUploadID = fileUploadConfig.uploadID {
+//          return fileUploadID
+//        }
+//
+//        throw ServerError(serverResponse: serverResponse)
+//      }
+//      .mapError { error -> SaveArticleError in
+//        let serverResponse = ServerResponse(error: error)
+//        NetworkRequestLogger.log(request: request, serverResponse: serverResponse)
+//        let serverError = ServerError(serverResponse: serverResponse)
+//        switch serverError {
+//        case .noConnection, .timeout:
+//          return .network
+//        case .unauthenticated:
+//          return .unauthorized
+//        case .unknown:
+//          return .unknown(description: "upload to file server failed")
+//        }
+//      }
+//      .eraseToAnyPublisher()
   }
 
   // swiftlint:disable:next line_length
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Networking/Networker.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Networking/Networker.swift
index 4f2869e23..cdf683d3e 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Networking/Networker.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Networking/Networker.swift
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import Foundation
 import Models
 
-public final class Networker {
+public final class Networker: NSObject, URLSessionTaskDelegate {
   let urlSession: URLSession
   let appEnvironment: AppEnvironment
 
@@ -15,9 +15,28 @@ public final class Networker {
     return headers
   }
 
-  public init(appEnvironment: AppEnvironment, urlSession: URLSession = .shared) {
+  public init(appEnvironment: AppEnvironment) {
     self.appEnvironment = appEnvironment
-    self.urlSession = urlSession
+    self.urlSession = .shared
+  }
+
+  lazy var backgroundSession: URLSession = {
+    let sessionConfig = URLSessionConfiguration.background(withIdentifier: "app.omnivoreapp.BackgroundSessionConfig")
+    sessionConfig.sharedContainerIdentifier = "group.app.omnivoreapp"
+    return URLSession(configuration: sessionConfig, delegate: self, delegateQueue: nil)
+  }()
+
+  public func urlSession(_: URLSession, task: URLSessionTask, didCompleteWithError _: Error?) {
+    print("finished upload of file:", task.taskIdentifier)
+  }
+
+  public func urlSession(_: URLSession,
+                         task: URLSessionTask,
+                         didSendBodyData _: Int64,
+                         totalBytesSent: Int64,
+                         totalBytesExpectedToSend _: Int64)
+  {
+    print("sent background data:", task.taskIdentifier, totalBytesSent)
   }
 }