diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/IEngineInstallationData.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/IEngineInstallationData.cs
index b3d8458973..0194c10d52 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/IEngineInstallationData.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/IEngineInstallationData.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Engine
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="path">The full path to extract to.</param>
 		/// <param name="cancellationToken">The <see cref="CancellationToken"/> for the operation.</param>
-		/// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the running operation.</returns>
-		Task ExtractToPath(string path, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+		/// <returns>A <see cref="ValueTask"/> representing the running operation.</returns>
+		ValueTask ExtractToPath(string path, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/RepositoryEngineInstallationData.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/RepositoryEngineInstallationData.cs
index 88fbb77911..8b89075d4e 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/RepositoryEngineInstallationData.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/RepositoryEngineInstallationData.cs
@@ -48,12 +48,11 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Engine
 		}
 
 		/// <inheritdoc />
-		public Task ExtractToPath(string path, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+		public ValueTask ExtractToPath(string path, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 			=> repository.CopyTo(
 				ioManager.ConcatPath(
 					path,
 					targetSubDirectory),
-				cancellationToken)
-			.AsTask();
+				cancellationToken);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/ZipStreamEngineInstallationData.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/ZipStreamEngineInstallationData.cs
index 116689f8de..195c2b3b04 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/ZipStreamEngineInstallationData.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/ZipStreamEngineInstallationData.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Engine
 		public ValueTask DisposeAsync() => zipStream.DisposeAsync();
 
 		/// <inheritdoc />
-		public Task ExtractToPath(string path, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+		public ValueTask ExtractToPath(string path, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 			=> ioManager.ZipToDirectory(path, zipStream, cancellationToken);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/IO/DefaultIOManager.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/IO/DefaultIOManager.cs
index 68b6aac015..3ec8aef858 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/IO/DefaultIOManager.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/IO/DefaultIOManager.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
+using Tgstation.Server.Host.Jobs;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Utils;
 
 namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.IO
@@ -335,26 +336,46 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.IO
 			TaskScheduler.Current);
 
 		/// <inheritdoc />
-		public Task ZipToDirectory(string path, Stream zipFile, CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.Factory.StartNew(
-			() =>
-			{
-				path = ResolvePath(path);
-				ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(zipFile);
+		public async ValueTask ZipToDirectory(string path, Stream zipFile, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+		{
+			path = ResolvePath(path);
+			ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(zipFile);
 
 #if NET9_0_OR_GREATER
 #error Check if zip file seeking has been addressesed. See https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation-server/issues/1531
 #endif
 
-				// ZipArchive does a synchronous copy on unseekable streams we want to avoid
-				if (!zipFile.CanSeek)
-					throw new ArgumentException("Stream does not support seeking!", nameof(zipFile));
+			// ZipArchive does a synchronous copy on unseekable streams we want to avoid
+			if (!zipFile.CanSeek)
+				throw new ArgumentException("Stream does not support seeking!", nameof(zipFile));
 
-				using var archive = new ZipArchive(zipFile, ZipArchiveMode.Read, true);
-				archive.ExtractToDirectory(path);
-			},
-			cancellationToken,
-			BlockingTaskCreationOptions,
-			TaskScheduler.Current);
+			using var archive = new ZipArchive(zipFile, ZipArchiveMode.Read, true);
+
+			// start async context
+			await Task.Yield();
+			foreach (var entry in archive.Entries)
+			{
+				var entryPath = fileSystem.Path.Combine(path, entry.FullName);
+
+				if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(entry.Name))
+				{
+					fileSystem.Directory.CreateDirectory(entryPath);
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				var directoryPath = fileSystem.Path.GetDirectoryName(entryPath);
+				if (directoryPath == null)
+				{
+					throw new JobException("Zip archive concatenation resulted in a null directory path!");
+				}
+
+				fileSystem.Directory.CreateDirectory(directoryPath);
+
+				using var entryStream = entry.Open();
+				using var outputStream = fileSystem.File.Create(entryPath);
+				await entryStream.CopyToAsync(outputStream, cancellationToken);
+			}
+		}
 
 		/// <inheritdoc />
 		public bool PathContainsParentAccess(string path) => path
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/IO/IIOManager.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/IO/IIOManager.cs
index 3b81869fb8..6d505faec0 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/IO/IIOManager.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/IO/IIOManager.cs
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.IO
 		/// <param name="path">The path to unzip to.</param>
 		/// <param name="zipFile">The <see cref="Stream"/> of the <see cref="global::System.IO.Compression.ZipArchive"/>. Must have <see cref="Stream.CanSeek"/> set to <see langword="true"/>. Will be read completely and left open. <see cref="Stream.Position"/> will be indeterminate.</param>
 		/// <param name="cancellationToken">The <see cref="CancellationToken"/> for the operation.</param>
-		/// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the running operation.</returns>
-		Task ZipToDirectory(string path, Stream zipFile, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+		/// <returns>A <see cref="ValueTask"/> representing the running operation.</returns>
+		ValueTask ZipToDirectory(string path, Stream zipFile, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Get the <see cref="DateTimeOffset"/> of when a given <paramref name="path"/> was last modified.