diff --git a/godot/src/test/testing_api.gd b/godot/src/test/testing_api.gd
index b5711b54..4f4c1437 100644
--- a/godot/src/test/testing_api.gd
+++ b/godot/src/test/testing_api.gd
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ func async_take_and_compare_snapshot(
 		dcl_rpc_sender
 	)
 
+	var pending_promises := Global.content_provider.get_pending_promises()
+	if not pending_promises.is_empty():
+		await PromiseUtils.async_all(Global.content_provider.get_pending_promises())
+
 	# TODO: make this configurable
 	var hide_player := true
 
diff --git a/rust/decentraland-godot-lib/src/content/content_provider.rs b/rust/decentraland-godot-lib/src/content/content_provider.rs
index 73176d45..36bce7f4 100644
--- a/rust/decentraland-godot-lib/src/content/content_provider.rs
+++ b/rust/decentraland-godot-lib/src/content/content_provider.rs
@@ -429,6 +429,16 @@ impl ContentProvider {
         }
         Variant::nil()
     }
+
+    #[func]
+    pub fn get_pending_promises(&self) -> Array<Gd<Promise>> {
+        Array::from_iter(
+            self.cached
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|(_, entry)| !entry.promise.bind().is_resolved())
+                .map(|(_, entry)| entry.promise.clone()),
+        )
+    }
 }
 
 impl ContentProvider {
diff --git a/rust/decentraland-godot-lib/src/dcl/js/engine.rs b/rust/decentraland-godot-lib/src/dcl/js/engine.rs
index 8b07f73d..15719be8 100644
--- a/rust/decentraland-godot-lib/src/dcl/js/engine.rs
+++ b/rust/decentraland-godot-lib/src/dcl/js/engine.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ pub fn ops() -> Vec<OpDecl> {
     vec![
         op_crdt_send_to_renderer::DECL,
         op_crdt_recv_from_renderer::DECL,
+        op_run_async::DECL,
     ]
 }
 
@@ -79,6 +80,11 @@ fn op_crdt_send_to_renderer(op_state: Rc<RefCell<OpState>>, messages: &[u8]) {
         .expect("error sending scene response!!")
 }
 
+#[op(v8)]
+async fn op_run_async(op_state: Rc<RefCell<OpState>>) {
+    let _ = op_state.borrow_mut();
+}
+
 #[op(v8)]
 async fn op_crdt_recv_from_renderer(op_state: Rc<RefCell<OpState>>) -> Vec<Vec<u8>> {
     let dying = op_state.borrow().borrow::<SceneDying>().0;
diff --git a/rust/decentraland-godot-lib/src/dcl/js/js_modules/utils.js b/rust/decentraland-godot-lib/src/dcl/js/js_modules/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d1ee07c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/decentraland-godot-lib/src/dcl/js/js_modules/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports.run_async = async function () {
+    await Deno.core.ops.op_run_async();
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rust/decentraland-godot-lib/src/dcl/js/mod.rs b/rust/decentraland-godot-lib/src/dcl/js/mod.rs
index b8653db6..f514cc1a 100644
--- a/rust/decentraland-godot-lib/src/dcl/js/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/decentraland-godot-lib/src/dcl/js/mod.rs
@@ -254,6 +254,17 @@ pub(crate) fn scene_thread(
         Ok(script) => script,
     };
 
+    let utils_script = rt.block_on(async {
+        runtime.execute_script("<loader>", ascii_str!("require (\"~utils.js\")"))
+    });
+    let utils_script = match utils_script {
+        Err(e) => {
+            tracing::error!("[scene thread {scene_id:?}] utils script load error: {}", e);
+            return;
+        }
+        Ok(script) => script,
+    };
+
     let result =
         rt.block_on(async { run_script(&mut runtime, &script, "onStart", |_| Vec::new()).await });
     if let Err(e) = result {
@@ -261,9 +272,14 @@ pub(crate) fn scene_thread(
         return;
     }
 
-    rt.block_on(async {
-        let _ = runtime.run_event_loop(false).await;
+    // instead of using run_event_loop for polling, this is a workaround to resolve pending promises
+    let result = rt.block_on(async {
+        run_script(&mut runtime, &utils_script, "run_async", |_| Vec::new()).await
     });
+    if let Err(e) = result {
+        tracing::error!("[scene thread {scene_id:?}] script load running: {}", e);
+        return;
+    }
 
     let start_time = std::time::SystemTime::now();
     let mut elapsed = Duration::default();
@@ -382,6 +398,7 @@ fn op_require(
     match module_spec.as_str() {
         // user module load
         "~scene.js" => Ok(state.take::<SceneJsFileContent>().0),
+        "~utils.js" => Ok(include_str!("js_modules/utils.js").to_owned()),
         // core module load
         "~system/CommunicationsController" => {
             Ok(include_str!("js_modules/CommunicationsController.js").to_owned())