diff --git a/src/js/assets.js b/src/js/assets.js
index 6484d289d..77e9b8167 100644
--- a/src/js/assets.js
+++ b/src/js/assets.js
@@ -696,15 +696,14 @@ function getAssetCacheRegistry() {
 const saveAssetCacheRegistry = (( ) => {
     const save = ( ) => {
         timer.off();
-        cacheStorage.set({ assetCacheRegistry });
+        return cacheStorage.set({ assetCacheRegistry });
     };
     const timer = vAPI.defer.create(save);
-    return function(lazily) {
-        if ( lazily ) {
-            timer.offon({ sec: 30 });
-        } else {
-            save();
+    return (throttle = 0) => {
+        if ( throttle === 0 ) {
+            return save();
         }
+        timer.offon({ sec: throttle });
     };
 })();
 
@@ -741,7 +740,7 @@ async function assetCacheRead(assetKey, updateReadTime = false) {
 
     entry.readTime = Date.now();
     if ( updateReadTime ) {
-        saveAssetCacheRegistry(true);
+        saveAssetCacheRegistry(23);
     }
 
     return reportBack(bin[internalKey]);
@@ -752,18 +751,20 @@ async function assetCacheWrite(assetKey, content, options = {}) {
         return assetCacheRemove(assetKey);
     }
 
-    const { resourceTime, url } = options;
+    const cacheDict = await getAssetCacheRegistry();
 
-    getAssetCacheRegistry().then(cacheDict => {
-        const entry = cacheDict[assetKey] || {};
-        cacheDict[assetKey] = entry;
-        entry.writeTime = entry.readTime = Date.now();
-        entry.resourceTime = resourceTime || 0;
-        if ( typeof url === 'string' ) {
-            entry.remoteURL = url;
-        }
-        cacheStorage.set({ assetCacheRegistry, [`cache/${assetKey}`]: content });
-    });
+    const { resourceTime, url } = options;
+    const entry = cacheDict[assetKey] || {};
+    entry.writeTime = entry.readTime = Date.now();
+    entry.resourceTime = resourceTime || 0;
+    if ( typeof url === 'string' ) {
+        entry.remoteURL = url;
+    }
+    cacheDict[assetKey] = entry;
+
+    await cacheStorage.set({ [`cache/${assetKey}`]: content });
+
+    saveAssetCacheRegistry(3);
 
     const result = { assetKey, content };
     // https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/248
diff --git a/src/js/cachestorage.js b/src/js/cachestorage.js
index 774ab016b..e0fe98705 100644
--- a/src/js/cachestorage.js
+++ b/src/js/cachestorage.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ const cacheStorage = (( ) => {
             data.length >= µbhs.cacheStorageCompressionThreshold;
         const after = await scuo.serializeAsync(data, {
             compress: isLarge && µbhs.cacheStorageCompression,
-            multithreaded: isLarge && µbhs.cacheStorageMultithread || 0,
+            multithreaded: isLarge && µbhs.cacheStorageMultithread || 2,
         });
         return { key, data: after };
     };
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ const cacheStorage = (( ) => {
         const µbhs = µb.hiddenSettings;
         const isLarge = data.length >= µbhs.cacheStorageCompressionThreshold;
         bin[key] = await scuo.deserializeAsync(data, {
-            multithreaded: isLarge && µbhs.cacheStorageMultithread || 0,
+            multithreaded: isLarge && µbhs.cacheStorageMultithread || 2,
         });
     };
 
diff --git a/src/js/storage.js b/src/js/storage.js
index 68b52209d..99116547e 100644
--- a/src/js/storage.js
+++ b/src/js/storage.js
@@ -1300,6 +1300,7 @@ onBroadcast(msg => {
         catch (reason) {
             ubolog(reason);
         }
+        ubolog('Selfie not available');
         destroy();
         return false;
     };
@@ -1308,7 +1309,7 @@ onBroadcast(msg => {
         if ( µb.selfieIsInvalid === false ) {
             io.remove(/^selfie\//, options);
             µb.selfieIsInvalid = true;
-            ubolog(`Selfie was removed`);
+            ubolog('Selfie marked for invalidation');
         }
         if ( µb.wakeupReason === 'createSelfie' ) {
             µb.wakeupReason = '';