diff --git a/sepal_ui/scripts/gee.py b/sepal_ui/scripts/gee.py
index b3807e2f..4c7adb63 100644
--- a/sepal_ui/scripts/gee.py
+++ b/sepal_ui/scripts/gee.py
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 """All the heleper methods to interface Google Earthengine with sepal-ui."""
 
+import asyncio
+import os
 import time
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Union
 
 import ee
 import ipyvuetify as v
+import nest_asyncio
+import psutil
 
 from sepal_ui.message import ms
 from sepal_ui.scripts import decorator as sd
 
+# This I have to add because of the error: RuntimeError: This event loop is already running when using jupyter notebook
+nest_asyncio.apply()
+
 
 @sd.need_ee
 def wait_for_completion(task_descripsion: str, widget_alert: v.Alert = None) -> str:
@@ -83,8 +91,91 @@ def is_running(task_descripsion: str) -> ee.batch.Task:
     return current_task
 
 
+async def list_assets_concurrent(folders: list, semaphore: asyncio.Semaphore) -> list:
+    """List assets concurrently using ThreadPoolExecutor.
+
+    Args:
+        folders: list of folders to list assets from
+
+    Returns:
+        list of assets for each folder
+    """
+    async with semaphore:
+        with ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
+            loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+            tasks = [
+                loop.run_in_executor(executor, ee.data.listAssets, {"parent": folder})
+                for folder in folders
+            ]
+            results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
+            return results
+
+
+async def get_assets_async_concurrent(folder: str) -> List[dict]:
+    """Get all the assets from the parameter folder. every nested asset will be displayed.
+
+    Args:
+        folder: the initial GEE folder
+
+    Returns:
+        the asset list. each asset is a dict with 3 keys: 'type', 'name' and 'id'
+
+    """
+    folder_queue = asyncio.Queue()
+    await folder_queue.put(folder)
+    asset_list = []
+
+    # Determine system resources
+    cpu_count = os.cpu_count()
+    available_memory = psutil.virtual_memory().available
+
+    # 50 MB per task
+    max_concurrent_tasks = min(30, cpu_count, available_memory // (50 * 1024 * 1024))
+
+    # Create a semaphore to limit the number of concurrent tasks
+    semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(max_concurrent_tasks)
+
+    while not folder_queue.empty():
+        current_folders = [await folder_queue.get() for _ in range(folder_queue.qsize())]
+        assets_groups = await list_assets_concurrent(current_folders, semaphore)
+
+        for assets in assets_groups:
+            for asset in assets.get("assets", []):
+                asset_list.append({"type": asset["type"], "name": asset["name"], "id": asset["id"]})
+                if asset["type"] == "FOLDER":
+                    await folder_queue.put(asset["name"])
+
+    return asset_list
+
+
+@sd.need_ee
+def get_assets(folder: Union[str, Path] = "", async_=True) -> List[dict]:
+    """Get all the assets from the parameter folder. every nested asset will be displayed.
+
+    Args:
+        folder: the initial GEE folder
+        async_: whether or not the function should be executed asynchronously
+
+    Returns:
+        the asset list. each asset is a dict with 3 keys: 'type', 'name' and 'id'
+
+    """
+    folder = str(folder) or f"projects/{ee.data._cloud_api_user_project}/assets/"
+
+    if async_:
+        try:
+            return asyncio.run(get_assets_async_concurrent(folder))
+        except Exception as e:
+            # Log the exception for future debugging
+            print(f"Error occurred in get_assets_async_concurrent: {e}")
+            # Fallback to synchronous method
+            return get_assets_sync(folder)
+
+    return get_assets_sync(folder)
+
+
 @sd.need_ee
-def get_assets(folder: Union[str, Path] = "") -> List[dict]:
+def get_assets_sync(folder: Union[str, Path] = "") -> List[dict]:
     """Get all the assets from the parameter folder. every nested asset will be displayed.
 
     Args:
@@ -95,7 +186,6 @@ def get_assets(folder: Union[str, Path] = "") -> List[dict]:
     """
     # set the folder and init the list
     asset_list = []
-    folder = str(folder) or f"projects/{ee.data._cloud_api_user_project}/assets/"
 
     def _recursive_get(folder, asset_list):