diff --git a/agenthub/monologue_agent/utils/memory.py b/agenthub/monologue_agent/utils/memory.py
index e14fdf1e08..c0222efd3e 100644
--- a/agenthub/monologue_agent/utils/memory.py
+++ b/agenthub/monologue_agent/utils/memory.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from threading import Thread
+
 import chromadb
 from llama_index.core import Document
 from llama_index.core.retrievers import VectorIndexRetriever
@@ -85,6 +87,10 @@ class LongTermMemory:
         )
         self.thought_idx += 1
         logger.debug('Adding %s event to memory: %d', t, self.thought_idx)
+        thread = Thread(target=self._add_doc, args=(doc,))
+        thread.start()  # We add the doc concurrently so we don't have to wait ~500ms for the insert
+
+    def _add_doc(self, doc):
         self.index.insert(doc)
 
     def search(self, query: str, k: int = 10):