diff --git a/src/main/java/com/couchbase/intellij/searchworkbench/actions/AddEmbeddingAction.java b/src/main/java/com/couchbase/intellij/searchworkbench/actions/AddEmbeddingAction.java
index 24d699b8..8ba64947 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/couchbase/intellij/searchworkbench/actions/AddEmbeddingAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/couchbase/intellij/searchworkbench/actions/AddEmbeddingAction.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.couchbase.intellij.searchworkbench.actions;
 
 import com.couchbase.intellij.embeddings.EmbeddingModelDialog;
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ActionUpdateThread;
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnAction;
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent;
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.CommonDataKeys;
@@ -41,4 +42,8 @@ public void update(@NotNull AnActionEvent e) {
         e.getPresentation().setEnabledAndVisible(isEnabled);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public @NotNull ActionUpdateThread getActionUpdateThread() {
+        return ActionUpdateThread.BGT;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index a7068cec..acd074f3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     <!-- Product and plugin compatibility requirements.
          Read more: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/plugin-compatibility.html -->
     <depends>com.intellij.modules.platform</depends>
+    <depends>com.intellij.modules.json</depends>
 
     <projectListeners>
         <listener