diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/session/SEBClientInstructionService.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/session/SEBClientInstructionService.java
index e06ba41a..878b37da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/session/SEBClientInstructionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/session/SEBClientInstructionService.java
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Async;
 
+import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.SEBServerInitEvent;
 import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.gbl.Constants;
+import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.gbl.async.AsyncServiceSpringConfig;
 import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.gbl.model.session.ClientInstruction;
 import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.gbl.model.session.ClientInstruction.InstructionType;
 import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.gbl.util.Result;
@@ -27,11 +33,31 @@ import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.webservice.WebserviceInfo;
  * If there is an instruction in the queue for a specified SEB Client. */
 public interface SEBClientInstructionService {
 
+    static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SEBClientInstructionService.class);
+
     /** Get the underling WebserviceInfo
      *
      * @return the underling WebserviceInfo */
     WebserviceInfo getWebserviceInfo();
 
+    /** This is called from the SEB Server initializer to initialize this service.
+     * Do not use this directly. */
+    @EventListener(SEBServerInitEvent.class)
+    void init();
+
+    /** Used to register a SEB client instruction for one or more active client connections
+     * within an other background thread. This is none-blocking.
+     *
+     * @param clientInstruction the ClientInstruction instance to register
+     * @return A Result refer to a void marker or to an error if happened */
+    @Async(AsyncServiceSpringConfig.EXECUTOR_BEAN_NAME)
+    default void registerInstructionAsync(final ClientInstruction clientInstruction) {
+        registerInstruction(clientInstruction, false)
+                .onError(error -> log.error("Failed to register client instruction asynchronously: {}",
+                        clientInstruction,
+                        error));
+    }
+
     /** Used to register a SEB client instruction for one or more active client connections
      *
      * @param clientInstruction the ClientInstruction instance to register
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/session/impl/SEBClientInstructionServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/session/impl/SEBClientInstructionServiceImpl.java
index 513f77ec..40e04a0c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/session/impl/SEBClientInstructionServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/session/impl/SEBClientInstructionServiceImpl.java
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
-import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.SEBServerInit;
-import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.SEBServerInitEvent;
 import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.gbl.Constants;
 import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.gbl.api.JSONMapper;
 import ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.gbl.model.EntityKey;
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ public class SEBClientInstructionServiceImpl implements SEBClientInstructionServ
         return this.webserviceInfo;
     }
 
-    @EventListener(SEBServerInitEvent.class)
+    @Override
     public void init() {
         SEBServerInit.INIT_LOGGER.info("------>");
         SEBServerInit.INIT_LOGGER.info("------> Run SEBInstructionService...");
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/api/ExamMonitoringController.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/api/ExamMonitoringController.java
index d0e06bed..072c65a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/api/ExamMonitoringController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/api/ExamMonitoringController.java
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public class ExamMonitoringController {
             @Valid @RequestBody final ClientInstruction clientInstruction) {
 
         checkPrivileges(institutionId, examId);
-        this.sebClientInstructionService.registerInstruction(clientInstruction);
+        this.sebClientInstructionService.registerInstructionAsync(clientInstruction);
     }
 
     @RequestMapping(
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/oauth/CachableJdbcTokenStore.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/oauth/CachableJdbcTokenStore.java
index 8933b1bd..8dd35ed5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/oauth/CachableJdbcTokenStore.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/weblayer/oauth/CachableJdbcTokenStore.java
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ public class CachableJdbcTokenStore implements TokenStore {
     }
 
     @Override
-    @Cacheable(
-            cacheNames = CACHE_NAME,
-            key = "#token",
-            unless = "#result == null")
     public OAuth2Authentication readAuthentication(final OAuth2AccessToken token) {
         if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
             log.debug("Read authentication from persistent and cache if available");
@@ -68,6 +64,10 @@ public class CachableJdbcTokenStore implements TokenStore {
     }
 
     @Override
+    @Cacheable(
+            cacheNames = CACHE_NAME,
+            key = "#tokenValue",
+            unless = "#result == null")
     public OAuth2AccessToken readAccessToken(final String tokenValue) {
         return this.jdbcTokenStore.readAccessToken(tokenValue);
     }
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class CachableJdbcTokenStore implements TokenStore {
     @Override
     @CacheEvict(
             cacheNames = CACHE_NAME,
-            key = "#token")
+            key = "#token.getValue()")
     public void removeAccessToken(final OAuth2AccessToken token) {
         if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
             log.debug("Evict token from cache and remove it also from persistent store");
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/ehcache.xml b/src/main/resources/config/ehcache.xml
index ecc1b6f6..db9b470a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config/ehcache.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config/ehcache.xml
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@
     </cache>
     
     <cache alias="ACCESS_TOKEN_STORE_CACHE">
-        <key-type>org.springframework.security.oauth2.common.OAuth2AccessToken</key-type>
-        <value-type>org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.OAuth2Authentication</value-type>
+        <key-type>java.lang.String</key-type>
+        <value-type>org.springframework.security.oauth2.common.OAuth2AccessToken</value-type>
         <expiry>
-            <ttl unit="hours">24</ttl>
+            <ttl unit="hours">1</ttl>
         </expiry>
         <resources>
             <heap unit="entries">100</heap>