diff --git a/src/SelectFile.tsx b/src/SelectFile.tsx
index 19d6f7a..fca2afc 100644
--- a/src/SelectFile.tsx
+++ b/src/SelectFile.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import React, { useId } from 'react';
 import { Box, Text } from '@chakra-ui/react';
 import { UnlockIcon } from '@chakra-ui/icons';
 import { useAppDispatch } from './hooks';
-import { addNewFile } from './features/file-listing/fileListingSlice';
+import { addNewFile, processFile } from './features/file-listing/fileListingSlice';
 import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 
 export function SelectFile() {
@@ -15,13 +15,16 @@ export function SelectFile() {
       for (const file of e.target.files) {
         const blobURI = URL.createObjectURL(file);
         const fileName = file.name;
+        const fileId = 'file://' + nanoid();
+        // FIXME: this should be a single action/thunk that first adds the item, then updates it.
         dispatch(
           addNewFile({
-            id: nanoid(),
+            id: fileId,
             blobURI,
             fileName,
           })
         );
+        dispatch(processFile(fileId));
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/decrypt-worker/client.ts b/src/decrypt-worker/client.ts
index f966b7b..a81f2b2 100644
--- a/src/decrypt-worker/client.ts
+++ b/src/decrypt-worker/client.ts
@@ -1 +1,18 @@
+import { ConcurrentQueue } from '../util/ConcurrentQueue';
+import { WorkerClientBus } from '../util/WorkerEventBus';
+import { DECRYPTION_WORKER_ACTION_NAME } from './constants';
+
+// TODO: Worker pool?
 export const workerClient = new Worker(new URL('./worker', import.meta.url), { type: 'module' });
+
+class DecryptionQueue extends ConcurrentQueue<{ id: string; blobURI: string }> {
+  constructor(private workerClientBus: WorkerClientBus, maxQueue?: number) {
+    super(maxQueue);
+  }
+
+  async handler(item: { id: string; blobURI: string }): Promise<void> {
+    return this.workerClientBus.request(DECRYPTION_WORKER_ACTION_NAME.DECRYPT, item.blobURI);
+  }
+}
+
+export const decryptionQueue = new DecryptionQueue(new WorkerClientBus(workerClient));
diff --git a/src/decrypt-worker/constants.ts b/src/decrypt-worker/constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cbfbdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/decrypt-worker/constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export enum DECRYPTION_WORKER_ACTION_NAME {
+  DECRYPT = 'DECRYPT',
+}
diff --git a/src/decrypt-worker/worker.ts b/src/decrypt-worker/worker.ts
index 3304a7a..629973e 100644
--- a/src/decrypt-worker/worker.ts
+++ b/src/decrypt-worker/worker.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
-onmessage = (e) => {
-  console.log(e.data);
-};
+import { WorkerServerBus } from '../util/WorkerEventBus';
+import { DECRYPTION_WORKER_ACTION_NAME } from './constants';
+
+const bus = new WorkerServerBus();
+onmessage = bus.onmessage;
+
+bus.addEventHandler(DECRYPTION_WORKER_ACTION_NAME.DECRYPT, async (blobURI) => {
+  const blob = await fetch(blobURI).then((r) => r.arrayBuffer());
+  // TODO: Implement decryptor for blob received here.
+  console.log(blob);
+  return { hello: true };
+});
diff --git a/src/features/file-listing/fileListingSlice.ts b/src/features/file-listing/fileListingSlice.ts
index adb4cb0..1118182 100644
--- a/src/features/file-listing/fileListingSlice.ts
+++ b/src/features/file-listing/fileListingSlice.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { createSlice } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+import { createSlice, createAsyncThunk } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import type { PayloadAction } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import type { RootState } from '../../store';
+import { decryptionQueue } from '../../decrypt-worker/client';
 
 export enum ProcessState {
   UNTOUCHED = 'UNTOUCHED',
@@ -39,6 +40,15 @@ const initialState: FileListingState = {
   displayMode: ListingMode.LIST,
 };
 
+export const processFile = createAsyncThunk('fileListing/processFile', async (fileId: string, thunkAPI) => {
+  const file = selectFiles(thunkAPI.getState() as RootState)[fileId];
+  if (!file) {
+    return thunkAPI.rejectWithValue('ERROR: File not found');
+  }
+
+  return decryptionQueue.add({ id: fileId, blobURI: file.raw });
+});
+
 export const fileListingSlice = createSlice({
   name: 'fileListing',
   initialState,
diff --git a/src/util/ConcurrentQueue.ts b/src/util/ConcurrentQueue.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..784e586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/ConcurrentQueue.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+export abstract class ConcurrentQueue<T> {
+  protected items: [T, (result: any) => void, (error: Error) => void][] = [];
+  protected currentlyWorking = 0;
+
+  constructor(protected maxQueue = 5) {}
+
+  abstract handler(item: T): Promise<void>;
+
+  public async add<R = never>(item: T): Promise<R> {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      this.items.push([item, resolve, reject]);
+      this.runWorkerIfFree();
+    });
+  }
+
+  private runWorkerIfFree() {
+    if (this.currentlyWorking < this.maxQueue) {
+      this.currentlyWorking++;
+      this.processQueue()
+        .catch((e) => {
+          console.error('process queue with error', e);
+        })
+        .finally(() => {
+          this.currentlyWorking--;
+        });
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async processQueue() {
+    while (true) {
+      const item = this.items.pop();
+      if (item === undefined) {
+        break;
+      }
+
+      const [payload, resolve, reject] = item;
+      await this.handler(payload).then(resolve).catch(reject);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/util/WorkerEventBus.ts b/src/util/WorkerEventBus.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cab16b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/WorkerEventBus.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
+
+export class WorkerClientBus {
+  private idPromiseMap = new Map<string, [(data: any) => void, (error: Error) => void]>();
+
+  constructor(private worker: Worker) {
+    worker.addEventListener('message', (e) => {
+      const { id, result, error } = e.data;
+      const actionPromise = this.idPromiseMap.get(id);
+      if (!actionPromise) {
+        console.error('cound not fetch worker promise for action: %s', id);
+        return;
+      }
+      this.idPromiseMap.delete(id);
+
+      const [resolve, reject] = actionPromise;
+      if (error) {
+        reject(error);
+      } else {
+        resolve(result);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  async request<R = any, P = any>(actionName: string, payload: P): Promise<R> {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const id = nanoid();
+      this.idPromiseMap.set(id, [resolve, reject]);
+      this.worker.postMessage({
+        id,
+        action: actionName,
+        payload,
+      });
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+export class WorkerServerBus {
+  private handlers = new Map<string, (payload: any) => Promise<any>>();
+
+  addEventHandler<R = any, P = any>(actionName: string, handler: (payload: P) => Promise<R>) {
+    this.handlers.set(actionName, handler);
+  }
+
+  onmessage = async (e: MessageEvent<any>) => {
+    const { id, action, payload } = e.data;
+    const handler = this.handlers.get(action);
+    if (!handler) {
+      postMessage({ id, result: null, error: new Error('Handler missing for action ' + action) });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let result = undefined;
+    let error = undefined;
+    try {
+      result = await handler(payload);
+    } catch (e: unknown) {
+      error = e;
+    }
+    postMessage({ id, result, error });
+  };
+}