diff --git a/src/Speckle.Sdk.Dependencies/Serialization/ChannelLoader.cs b/src/Speckle.Sdk.Dependencies/Serialization/ChannelLoader.cs
index 7afaad2a..590ee359 100644
--- a/src/Speckle.Sdk.Dependencies/Serialization/ChannelLoader.cs
+++ b/src/Speckle.Sdk.Dependencies/Serialization/ChannelLoader.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using Open.ChannelExtensions;
+using Open.ChannelExtensions;
 
 namespace Speckle.Sdk.Dependencies.Serialization;
 
diff --git a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Client.cs b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Client.cs
index 37fa525b..2dadff62 100644
--- a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Client.cs
+++ b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Client.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
-using System.Dynamic;
 using System.Net.WebSockets;
 using System.Reflection;
 using GraphQL;
@@ -175,46 +174,11 @@ internal void MaybeThrowFromGraphQLErrors<T>(GraphQLRequest request, GraphQLResp
     }
   }
 
-  private Dictionary<string, object?> ConvertExpandoToDict(ExpandoObject expando)
-  {
-    var variables = new Dictionary<string, object?>();
-    foreach (KeyValuePair<string, object?> kvp in expando)
-    {
-      object? value;
-      if (kvp.Value is ExpandoObject ex)
-      {
-        value = ConvertExpandoToDict(ex);
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        value = kvp.Value;
-      }
-
-      variables[kvp.Key] = value;
-    }
-    return variables;
-  }
-
-  /* private ILogEventEnricher[] CreateEnrichers<T>(GraphQLRequest request)
-   {
-     // i know this is double  (de)serializing, but we need a recursive convert to
-     // dict<str, object> here
-     var expando = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ExpandoObject>(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(request.Variables));
-     var variables = request.Variables != null && expando != null ? ConvertExpandoToDict(expando) : null;
-     return new ILogEventEnricher[]
-     {
-       new PropertyEnricher("serverUrl", ServerUrl),
-       new PropertyEnricher("graphqlQuery", request.Query),
-       new PropertyEnricher("graphqlVariables", variables),
-       new PropertyEnricher("resultType", typeof(T).Name)
-     };
-   }*/
-
   IDisposable ISpeckleGraphQLClient.SubscribeTo<T>(GraphQLRequest request, Action<object, T> callback) =>
     SubscribeTo(request, callback);
 
   /// <inheritdoc cref="ISpeckleGraphQLClient.SubscribeTo{T}"/>
-  internal IDisposable SubscribeTo<T>(GraphQLRequest request, Action<object, T> callback)
+  private IDisposable SubscribeTo<T>(GraphQLRequest request, Action<object, T> callback)
   {
     //using (LogContext.Push(CreateEnrichers<T>(request)))
     {
diff --git a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Serialisation/V2/Receive/DeserializeProcess.cs b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Serialisation/V2/Receive/DeserializeProcess.cs
index 21581903..322cc92e 100644
--- a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Serialisation/V2/Receive/DeserializeProcess.cs
+++ b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Serialisation/V2/Receive/DeserializeProcess.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ public sealed class DeserializeProcess(IProgress<ProgressArgs>? progress, IObjec
   private DeserializeOptions _options = new(false);
 
   public ConcurrentDictionary<string, Base> BaseCache { get; } = new();
+  private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, Task> _activeTasks = new();
 
   public async Task<Base> Deserialize(
     string rootId,
@@ -42,13 +43,17 @@ private async Task Traverse(string id, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     var tasks = new List<Task>();
     foreach (var childId in childIds)
     {
-      lock (BaseCache)
+      if (BaseCache.ContainsKey(childId))
       {
-        if (BaseCache.ContainsKey(childId))
-        {
-          continue;
-        }
+        continue;
+      }
 
+      if (_activeTasks.TryGetValue(childId, out var task))
+      {
+        tasks.Add(task);
+      }
+      else
+      {
         // tmp is necessary because of the way closures close over loop variables
         var tmpId = childId;
         Task t = Task
@@ -60,6 +65,7 @@ private async Task Traverse(string id, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
           )
           .Unwrap();
         tasks.Add(t);
+        _activeTasks.TryAdd(childId, t);
       }
     }
 
@@ -104,6 +110,7 @@ public void DecodeOrEnqueueChildren(string id)
     BaseCache.TryAdd(id, @base);
     //remove from JSON cache because we've finally made the Base
     _closures.TryRemove(id, out _);
+    _activeTasks.TryRemove(id, out _);
   }
 
   private Base Deserialise(string id, string json)