diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/tasks.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/tasks.py
index da257f49cf..90deaaa225 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/tasks.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/tasks.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def raise_warning(msg):
         warnings.warn(msg)
 
 
-def offload_task(taskname, *args, force_sync=False, **kwargs):
+def offload_task(taskname, *args, force_async=False, force_sync=False, **kwargs):
     """Create an AsyncTask if workers are running. This is different to a 'scheduled' task, in that it only runs once!
 
     If workers are not running or force_sync flag
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def offload_task(taskname, *args, force_sync=False, **kwargs):
     except (OperationalError, ProgrammingError):  # pragma: no cover
         raise_warning(f"Could not offload task '{taskname}' - database not ready")
 
-    if is_worker_running() and not force_sync:  # pragma: no cover
+    if force_async or (is_worker_running() and not force_sync):
         # Running as asynchronous task
         try:
             task = AsyncTask(taskname, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/tests.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/tests.py
index 6f9db50ee5..4347e5ebac 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/tests.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/tests.py
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ from djmoney.money import Money
 import InvenTree.tasks
 from common.models import InvenTreeSetting
 from common.settings import currency_codes
-from stock.models import StockLocation
+from part.models import Part, PartCategory
+from stock.models import StockItem, StockLocation
 
 from . import config, helpers, ready, status, version
+from .tasks import offload_task
 from .validators import validate_overage, validate_part_name
 
 
@@ -618,3 +620,48 @@ class TestInstanceName(helpers.InvenTreeTestCase):
         # The site should also be changed
         site_obj = Site.objects.all().order_by('id').first()
         self.assertEqual(site_obj.domain, 'http://127.1.2.3')
+
+
+class TestOffloadTask(helpers.InvenTreeTestCase):
+    """Tests for offloading tasks to the background worker"""
+
+    fixtures = [
+        'category',
+        'part',
+        'location',
+        'stock',
+    ]
+
+    def test_offload_tasks(self):
+        """Test that we can offload various tasks to the background worker thread.
+
+        This set of tests also ensures that various types of objects
+        can be encoded by the django-q serialization layer!
+
+        Note that as the background worker is not actually running for the tests,
+        the call to 'offload_task' won't really *do* anything!
+
+        However, it serves as a validation that object serialization works!
+
+        Ref: https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree/pull/3273
+        """
+
+        offload_task(
+            'dummy_tasks.parts',
+            part=Part.objects.get(pk=1),
+            cat=PartCategory.objects.get(pk=1),
+            force_async=True
+        )
+
+        offload_task(
+            'dummy_tasks.stock',
+            item=StockItem.objects.get(pk=1),
+            loc=StockLocation.objects.get(pk=1),
+            force_async=True
+        )
+
+        offload_task(
+            'dummy_task.numbers',
+            1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
+            force_async=True
+        )
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 26353cdaf3..844ffe6b3b 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ django-redis>=5.0.0                     # Redis integration
 django-q                                # Background task scheduling
 django-sql-utils                        # Advanced query annotation / aggregation
 django-sslserver                        # Secure HTTP development server
-django-stdimage                         # Advanced ImageField management
+django-stdimage<6.0.0                   # Advanced ImageField management  # FIXED 2022-06-29 6.0.0 breaks serialization for django-q
 django-user-sessions                    # user sessions in DB
 django-weasyprint                       # django weasyprint integration
 djangorestframework                     # DRF framework
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 967f860faf..cfb733a184 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ django-sql-utils==0.6.1
     # via -r requirements.in
 django-sslserver==0.22
     # via -r requirements.in
-django-stdimage==6.0.1
+django-stdimage==5.3.0
     # via -r requirements.in
 django-user-sessions==1.7.1
     # via -r requirements.in