diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/actors/AbstractDaprClient.java b/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/actors/AbstractDaprClient.java
index 2be14579b..f5a687350 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/actors/AbstractDaprClient.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/actors/AbstractDaprClient.java
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 package io.dapr.actors;
 
 
-
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-
 import okhttp3.*;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+import reactor.core.scheduler.Schedulers;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -69,47 +68,36 @@ public abstract class AbstractDaprClient {
      * @return Asynchronous text
      */
     protected final Mono<String> invokeAPI(String method, String urlString, String json) {
-        return Mono.fromSupplier(() -> {
-            try {
-                return tryInvokeAPI(method, urlString, json);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        String requestId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        RequestBody body = json != null ? RequestBody.create(json, MEDIA_TYPE_APPLICATION_JSON) : REQUEST_BODY_EMPTY_JSON;
+
+        // use Mono blocking wrapper to be reactive
+        Mono<String> blockingWrapper = Mono.fromCallable(() -> {
+            Request request = new Request.Builder()
+                    .url(new URL(this.baseUrl + urlString))
+                    .method(method, body)
+                    .addHeader(Constants.HEADER_DAPR_REQUEST_ID, requestId)
+                    .build();
+
+
+            try(Response response = this.httpClient.newCall(request).execute())
+            {
+                if (!response.isSuccessful()) {
+                    DaprError error = parseDaprError(response.body().string());
+                    if ((error != null) && (error.getErrorCode() != null) && (error.getMessage() != null)) {
+                        throw new DaprException(error);
+                    }
+
+                    throw new DaprException("UNKNOWN", String.format("Dapr's Actor API %s failed with return code %d %s", urlString, response.code()));
+                }
+
+                return response.body().string();
             }
         });
+
+        return blockingWrapper.subscribeOn(Schedulers.boundedElastic());
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Invokes an API synchronously and returns a text payload.
-     * @param method HTTP method.
-     * @param urlString url as String.
-     * @param json JSON payload or null.
-     * @return text
-     */
-    protected final String tryInvokeAPI(String method, String urlString, String json) throws IOException {
-        String requestId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-        RequestBody body = json != null ? RequestBody.create(MEDIA_TYPE_APPLICATION_JSON, json) : REQUEST_BODY_EMPTY_JSON;
-
-        Request request = new Request.Builder()
-                .url(new URL(this.baseUrl + urlString))
-                .method(method, body)
-                .addHeader(Constants.HEADER_DAPR_REQUEST_ID, requestId)
-                .build();
-
-        // TODO: make this call async as well.
-        Response response = this.httpClient.newCall(request).execute();
-        if (!response.isSuccessful())
-        {
-            DaprError error = parseDaprError(response.body().string());
-            if ((error != null) && (error.getErrorCode() != null) && (error.getMessage() != null))  {
-                throw new DaprException(error);
-            }
-
-            throw new DaprException("UNKNOWN", String.format("Dapr's Actor API %s failed with return code %d %s", urlString, response.code()));
-        }
-
-        return response.body().string();
-    }
 
     /**
      * Tries to parse an error from Dapr response body.