diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5aa7c52..197c4d5 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.3.9
+2.4.0
diff --git a/api/routes.py b/api/routes.py
index d721c4f..8c9b738 100644
--- a/api/routes.py
+++ b/api/routes.py
@@ -597,9 +597,9 @@ async def manual_scan(background_tasks: BackgroundTasks, path: Optional[str] = N
                                 except Exception as e:
                                     print(f"ERROR: Failed processing TV series {item}: {e}")
                                 
-                                # Yield control every 3 TV series to allow other requests  
-                                if tv_count % 3 == 0:
-                                    await asyncio.sleep(0.01)  # 10ms yield to process other requests
+                                # Yield control every TV series to allow other requests  
+                                if tv_count % 1 == 0:
+                                    await asyncio.sleep(0.2)  # 200ms yield to process other requests
                                     print(f"INFO: Processed {tv_count} TV series, yielding to other requests...")
             
             if scan_type in ["both", "movies"] and scan_path in config.movie_paths:
@@ -614,9 +614,9 @@ async def manual_scan(background_tasks: BackgroundTasks, path: Optional[str] = N
                         except Exception as e:
                             print(f"ERROR: Failed processing movie {item}: {e}")
                         
-                        # Yield control every 5 movies to allow other requests (webhooks, web interface)
-                        if movie_count % 5 == 0:
-                            await asyncio.sleep(0.01)  # 10ms yield to process other requests
+                        # Yield control every 2 movies to allow other requests (webhooks, web interface)
+                        if movie_count % 2 == 0:
+                            await asyncio.sleep(0.2)  # 200ms yield to process other requests
                             print(f"INFO: Processed {movie_count} movies, yielding to other requests...")
                         
                 print(f"INFO: Completed movie scan: {movie_count} movies processed in {scan_path}")
diff --git a/processors/tv_processor.py b/processors/tv_processor.py
index f9aaf60..48bb37d 100644
--- a/processors/tv_processor.py
+++ b/processors/tv_processor.py
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ class TVProcessor:
                     _log("ERROR", f"S{season:02d}E{episode:02d}: Database write failed: {e}")
                     # Continue processing other episodes
                 
-                # Yield control every 10 episodes to allow other requests (webhooks, web interface)
-                if episode_count % 10 == 0:
+                # Yield control every 3 episodes to allow other requests (webhooks, web interface)
+                if episode_count % 3 == 0:
                     import time
-                    time.sleep(0.005)  # 5ms yield to improve responsiveness during episode processing
+                    time.sleep(0.1)  # 100ms yield to improve responsiveness during episode processing
                     _log("DEBUG", f"Processed {episode_count} episodes, yielding to allow other requests...")
         
         # Skip season.nfo and tvshow.nfo creation - focus only on episode NFOs