diff --git a/changes/115.bugfix b/changes/115.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85b38a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/115.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Switch request handling to thread locals
diff --git a/cms_helper.py b/cms_helper.py
index b3b903a..18fb13d 100755
--- a/cms_helper.py
+++ b/cms_helper.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     META_USE_TWITTER_PROPERTIES=True,
     META_USE_SCHEMAORG_PROPERTIES=True,
     FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR=mkdtemp(),
+    TEST_RUNNER="app_helper.pytest_runner.PytestTestRunner",
 )
 
 try:
diff --git a/meta/models.py b/meta/models.py
index 174df7f..fffc167 100644
--- a/meta/models.py
+++ b/meta/models.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import contextlib
+import warnings
 from copy import copy
 
 from django.conf import settings as dj_settings
 
 from . import settings
+from .utils import get_request, set_request
 
 NEED_REQUEST_OBJECT_ERR_MSG = """
 Meta models needs request objects when initializing if sites framework is not used.
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ def _retrieve_data(self, request, metadata):
         """
         Build the data according to the metadata configuration
         """
-        with self._set_request(request):
+        with set_request(request):
             for field, value in metadata.items():
                 if value:
                     data = self._get_meta_value(field, value)
@@ -109,20 +110,15 @@ def as_meta(self, request=None):
                 setattr(meta, field, generaldesc)
         return meta
 
-    @contextlib.contextmanager
-    def _set_request(self, request):
-        """
-        Context processor that sets the request on the current instance
-        """
-        self._request = request
-        yield
-        delattr(self, "_request")
-
     def get_request(self):
         """
         Retrieve request from current instance
         """
-        return getattr(self, "_request", None)
+        warnings.warn(
+            "use meta.utils.get_request function, ModelMeta.get_request will be removed in version 3.0",
+            PendingDeprecationWarning,
+        )
+        return get_request()
 
     def get_author(self):
         """
@@ -186,7 +182,7 @@ def build_absolute_uri(self, url):
         """
         Return the full url for the provided url argument
         """
-        request = self.get_request()
+        request = get_request()
         if request:
             return request.build_absolute_uri(url)
 
diff --git a/meta/utils.py b/meta/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..131dd4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import contextlib
+
+try:
+    from asgiref.local import Local
+except ImportError:
+    from threading import local as Local  # noqa: N812
+_thread_locals = Local()
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def set_request(request):
+    """
+    Context processor that sets the request on the current instance
+    """
+    _thread_locals._request = request
+    yield
+
+
+def get_request():
+    """
+    Retrieve request from current instance
+    """
+    return getattr(_thread_locals, "_request", None)
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index 1d51513..b572d0b 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ coveralls>=2.0
 mock>=1.0.1
 pillow
 django-app-helper>=2.0.1
+
+pytest
+pytest-django
+pytest-asyncio
diff --git a/tests/test_asgi.py b/tests/test_asgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f52b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_asgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+import pytest
+from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+from django.test import AsyncRequestFactory
+from django.utils.text import slugify
+from django.utils.timezone import now
+
+from tests.example_app.models import Post
+
+
+@sync_to_async
+def get_post(title):
+    post, __ = Post.objects.get_or_create(
+        title=title,
+        og_title=f"og {title}",
+        twitter_title="twitter {title}",
+        schemaorg_title="schemaorg {title}",
+        slug=slugify(title),
+        abstract="post abstract",
+        meta_description="post meta",
+        meta_keywords="post keyword1,post keyword 2",
+        date_published_end=now() + timedelta(days=2),
+        text="post text",
+        image_url="/path/to/image",
+    )
+    return post
+
+
+@sync_to_async
+def delete_post(post):
+    post.delete()
+
+
+@sync_to_async
+def get_meta(post, request=None):
+    return post.as_meta(request)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+async def test_mixin_on_asgi():
+    post = await get_post("first post")
+    meta = await get_meta(post)
+    assert meta.title == "first post"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+async def test_mixin_on_asgi_request():
+    request = AsyncRequestFactory().get("/")
+    post = await get_post("first post")
+    meta = await get_meta(post, request)
+    assert meta.title == "first post"
diff --git a/tests/test_mixin.py b/tests/test_mixin.py
index e5198ce..418ed62 100644
--- a/tests/test_mixin.py
+++ b/tests/test_mixin.py
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
 class TestMeta(BaseTestCase):
     post = None
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp()
-        self.post = Post.objects.create(
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpTestData(cls):
+        super().setUpTestData()
+        cls.post, __ = Post.objects.get_or_create(
             title="a title",
             og_title="og title",
             twitter_title="twitter title",
@@ -25,16 +26,16 @@ def setUp(self):
             abstract="post abstract",
             meta_description="post meta",
             meta_keywords="post keyword1,post keyword 2",
-            author=self.user,
+            author=cls.user,
             date_published_end=timezone.now() + timedelta(days=2),
             text="post text",
             image_url="/path/to/image",
         )
-        self.post.main_image = self.create_django_image_object()
-        self.post.save()
-        self.image_url = self.post.main_image.url
-        self.image_width = self.post.main_image.width
-        self.image_height = self.post.main_image.height
+        cls.post.main_image, __ = cls.create_django_image()
+        cls.post.save()
+        cls.image_url = cls.post.main_image.url
+        cls.image_width = cls.post.main_image.width
+        cls.image_height = cls.post.main_image.height
 
     @override_settings(META_SITE_PROTOCOL="http")
     def test_as_meta(self):
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 786acb5..ea8230c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -150,3 +150,9 @@ ignore =
     *.mo
 ignore-bad-ideas =
     *.mo
+
+[pytest]
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = cms_helper
+python_files = test_*.py
+traceback = short
+addopts = --reuse-db