diff --git a/Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient/ManagedMqttClient.cs b/Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient/ManagedMqttClient.cs
index dc57e40..74d148d 100644
--- a/Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient/ManagedMqttClient.cs
+++ b/Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient/ManagedMqttClient.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
 
         private ManagedMqttClientStorageManager _storageManager;
 
-        private bool _disposed = false;
+        private bool _disposed;
         private bool _subscriptionsNotPushed;
 
         public ManagedMqttClient(IMqttClient mqttClient, IMqttNetChildLogger logger)
@@ -102,9 +102,8 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
 
             _connectionCancellationToken = new CancellationTokenSource();
 
-#pragma warning disable CS4014 // Because this call is not awaited, execution of the current method continues before the call is completed
             _maintainConnectionTask = Task.Run(() => MaintainConnectionAsync(_connectionCancellationToken.Token), _connectionCancellationToken.Token);
-#pragma warning restore CS4014 // Because this call is not awaited, execution of the current method continues before the call is completed
+            _maintainConnectionTask.Forget(_logger);
 
             _logger.Info("Started");
         }
@@ -333,20 +332,20 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
             }
         }
 
-        private void PublishQueuedMessages(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        private async Task PublishQueuedMessagesAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             try
             {
                 while (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested && _mqttClient.IsConnected)
                 {
-                    //Peek at the message without dequeueing in order to prevent the
-                    //possibility of the queue growing beyond the configured cap.
-                    //Previously, messages could be re-enqueued if there was an
-                    //exception, and this re-enqueueing did not honor the cap.
-                    //Furthermore, because re-enqueueing would shuffle the order
-                    //of the messages, the DropOldestQueuedMessage strategy would
-                    //be unable to know which message is actually the oldest and would
-                    //instead drop the first item in the queue.
+                    // Peek at the message without dequeueing in order to prevent the
+                    // possibility of the queue growing beyond the configured cap.
+                    // Previously, messages could be re-enqueued if there was an
+                    // exception, and this re-enqueueing did not honor the cap.
+                    // Furthermore, because re-enqueueing would shuffle the order
+                    // of the messages, the DropOldestQueuedMessage strategy would
+                    // be unable to know which message is actually the oldest and would
+                    // instead drop the first item in the queue.
                     var message = _messageQueue.PeekAndWait();
                     if (message == null)
                     {
@@ -355,7 +354,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
 
                     cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-                    TryPublishQueuedMessage(message);
+                    await TryPublishQueuedMessageAsync(message).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
             }
             catch (OperationCanceledException)
@@ -371,25 +370,27 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
             }
         }
 
-        private void TryPublishQueuedMessage(ManagedMqttApplicationMessage message)
+        private async Task TryPublishQueuedMessageAsync(ManagedMqttApplicationMessage message)
         {
             Exception transmitException = null;
             try
             {
-                _mqttClient.PublishAsync(message.ApplicationMessage).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                await _mqttClient.PublishAsync(message.ApplicationMessage).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
                 lock (_messageQueue) //lock to avoid conflict with this.PublishAsync
                 {
-                    //While publishing this message, this.PublishAsync could have booted this
-                    //message off the queue to make room for another (when using a cap
-                    //with the DropOldestQueuedMessage strategy).  If the first item
-                    //in the queue is equal to this message, then it's safe to remove
-                    //it from the queue.  If not, that means this.PublishAsync has already
-                    //removed it, in which case we don't want to do anything.
+                    // While publishing this message, this.PublishAsync could have booted this
+                    // message off the queue to make room for another (when using a cap
+                    // with the DropOldestQueuedMessage strategy).  If the first item
+                    // in the queue is equal to this message, then it's safe to remove
+                    // it from the queue.  If not, that means this.PublishAsync has already
+                    // removed it, in which case we don't want to do anything.
                     _messageQueue.RemoveFirst(i => i.Id.Equals(message.Id));
                 }
+
                 if (_storageManager != null)
                 {
-                    _storageManager.RemoveAsync(message).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                    await _storageManager.RemoveAsync(message).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
             }
             catch (MqttCommunicationException exception)
@@ -411,9 +412,10 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
                     {
                         _messageQueue.RemoveFirst(i => i.Id.Equals(message.Id));
                     }
+
                     if (_storageManager != null)
                     {
-                        _storageManager.RemoveAsync(message).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                        await _storageManager.RemoveAsync(message).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -424,7 +426,12 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
             }
             finally
             {
-                ApplicationMessageProcessedHandler?.HandleApplicationMessageProcessedAsync(new ApplicationMessageProcessedEventArgs(message, transmitException)).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                var eventHandler = ApplicationMessageProcessedHandler;
+                if (eventHandler != null)
+                {
+                    var eventArguments = new ApplicationMessageProcessedEventArgs(message, transmitException);
+                    await eventHandler.HandleApplicationMessageProcessedAsync(eventArguments).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -509,7 +516,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
             var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
             _publishingCancellationToken = cts;
 
-            Task.Factory.StartNew(() => PublishQueuedMessages(cts.Token), cts.Token, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning, TaskScheduler.Default);
+            Task.Run(() => PublishQueuedMessagesAsync(cts.Token), cts.Token).Forget(_logger);
         }
 
         private void StopPublishing()