diff --git a/BREAKING_CHANGES.md b/BREAKING_CHANGES.md
index acb7cafd..dcefbe0e 100644
--- a/BREAKING_CHANGES.md
+++ b/BREAKING_CHANGES.md
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ new and what's changed, this document lists all breaking changes in reverse
 chronological order. If a new feature did not require any changes to existing
 code then it will not be listed here.
 
-## [2022-10-21]
+## [2022-10-22]
 
+- The `&mut impl InitContext` argument to `Plugin::initialize()` needs to be
+  changed to `&mut impl InitContext<Self>`.
 - NIH-plug has gained support for asynchronously running background tasks in a
   simple, type-safe, and realtime-safe way. This sadly does mean that every
   `Plugin` instance now needs to define an `AsyncExecutor` type definition and
diff --git a/plugins/crisp/src/lib.rs b/plugins/crisp/src/lib.rs
index d9e4fbf8..a12addac 100644
--- a/plugins/crisp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/crisp/src/lib.rs
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ impl Plugin for Crisp {
         &mut self,
         bus_config: &BusConfig,
         buffer_config: &BufferConfig,
-        _context: &mut impl InitContext,
+        _context: &mut impl InitContext<Self>,
     ) -> bool {
         nih_debug_assert_eq!(bus_config.num_input_channels, NUM_CHANNELS);
         nih_debug_assert_eq!(bus_config.num_output_channels, NUM_CHANNELS);
diff --git a/plugins/crossover/src/lib.rs b/plugins/crossover/src/lib.rs
index fec11adf..4f3974c8 100644
--- a/plugins/crossover/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/crossover/src/lib.rs
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ impl Plugin for Crossover {
         &mut self,
         _bus_config: &BusConfig,
         buffer_config: &BufferConfig,
-        context: &mut impl InitContext,
+        context: &mut impl InitContext<Self>,
     ) -> bool {
         self.buffer_config = *buffer_config;
 
diff --git a/plugins/diopser/src/lib.rs b/plugins/diopser/src/lib.rs
index 54f8e66a..7bb4566d 100644
--- a/plugins/diopser/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/diopser/src/lib.rs
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ impl Plugin for Diopser {
         &mut self,
         _bus_config: &BusConfig,
         buffer_config: &BufferConfig,
-        _context: &mut impl InitContext,
+        _context: &mut impl InitContext<Self>,
     ) -> bool {
         self.sample_rate = buffer_config.sample_rate;
 
diff --git a/plugins/examples/gain_gui_egui/src/lib.rs b/plugins/examples/gain_gui_egui/src/lib.rs
index 952941b1..562994b6 100644
--- a/plugins/examples/gain_gui_egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/examples/gain_gui_egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ impl Plugin for Gain {
         &mut self,
         _bus_config: &BusConfig,
         buffer_config: &BufferConfig,
-        _context: &mut impl InitContext,
+        _context: &mut impl InitContext<Self>,
     ) -> bool {
         // After `PEAK_METER_DECAY_MS` milliseconds of pure silence, the peak meter's value should
         // have dropped by 12 dB
diff --git a/plugins/examples/gain_gui_iced/src/lib.rs b/plugins/examples/gain_gui_iced/src/lib.rs
index 4698b61f..e5d53221 100644
--- a/plugins/examples/gain_gui_iced/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/examples/gain_gui_iced/src/lib.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ impl Plugin for Gain {
         &mut self,
         _bus_config: &BusConfig,
         buffer_config: &BufferConfig,
-        _context: &mut impl InitContext,
+        _context: &mut impl InitContext<Self>,
     ) -> bool {
         // After `PEAK_METER_DECAY_MS` milliseconds of pure silence, the peak meter's value should
         // have dropped by 12 dB
diff --git a/plugins/examples/gain_gui_vizia/src/lib.rs b/plugins/examples/gain_gui_vizia/src/lib.rs
index c15d443b..76cfd9be 100644
--- a/plugins/examples/gain_gui_vizia/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/examples/gain_gui_vizia/src/lib.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ impl Plugin for Gain {
         &mut self,
         _bus_config: &BusConfig,
         buffer_config: &BufferConfig,
-        _context: &mut impl InitContext,
+        _context: &mut impl InitContext<Self>,
     ) -> bool {
         // After `PEAK_METER_DECAY_MS` milliseconds of pure silence, the peak meter's value should
         // have dropped by 12 dB
diff --git a/plugins/examples/sine/src/lib.rs b/plugins/examples/sine/src/lib.rs
index 6ff2e573..ed4dc5ef 100644
--- a/plugins/examples/sine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/examples/sine/src/lib.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ impl Plugin for Sine {
         &mut self,
         _bus_config: &BusConfig,
         buffer_config: &BufferConfig,
-        _context: &mut impl InitContext,
+        _context: &mut impl InitContext<Self>,
     ) -> bool {
         self.sample_rate = buffer_config.sample_rate;
 
diff --git a/plugins/examples/stft/src/lib.rs b/plugins/examples/stft/src/lib.rs
index 9e5cf7e9..cb1c627e 100644
--- a/plugins/examples/stft/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/examples/stft/src/lib.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl Plugin for Stft {
         &mut self,
         _bus_config: &BusConfig,
         _buffer_config: &BufferConfig,
-        context: &mut impl InitContext,
+        context: &mut impl InitContext<Self>,
     ) -> bool {
         // The plugin's latency consists of the block size from the overlap-add procedure and half
         // of the filter kernel's size (since we're using a linear phase/symmetrical convolution
diff --git a/plugins/loudness_war_winner/src/lib.rs b/plugins/loudness_war_winner/src/lib.rs
index 46da3a52..a2941777 100644
--- a/plugins/loudness_war_winner/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/loudness_war_winner/src/lib.rs
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ impl Plugin for LoudnessWarWinner {
         &mut self,
         bus_config: &BusConfig,
         buffer_config: &BufferConfig,
-        _context: &mut impl InitContext,
+        _context: &mut impl InitContext<Self>,
     ) -> bool {
         self.sample_rate = buffer_config.sample_rate;
 
diff --git a/plugins/puberty_simulator/src/lib.rs b/plugins/puberty_simulator/src/lib.rs
index 94f0c828..fec36ce6 100644
--- a/plugins/puberty_simulator/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/puberty_simulator/src/lib.rs
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ impl Plugin for PubertySimulator {
         &mut self,
         _bus_config: &BusConfig,
         _buffer_config: &BufferConfig,
-        context: &mut impl InitContext,
+        context: &mut impl InitContext<Self>,
     ) -> bool {
         // Planning with RustFFT is very fast, but it will still allocate we we'll plan all of the
         // FFTs we might need in advance
diff --git a/plugins/safety_limiter/src/lib.rs b/plugins/safety_limiter/src/lib.rs
index 5339ed20..428f4ccf 100644
--- a/plugins/safety_limiter/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/safety_limiter/src/lib.rs
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ impl Plugin for SafetyLimiter {
         &mut self,
         _bus_config: &BusConfig,
         buffer_config: &BufferConfig,
-        _context: &mut impl InitContext,
+        _context: &mut impl InitContext<Self>,
     ) -> bool {
         self.buffer_config = *buffer_config;
         self.morse_fadeout_samples_start =
diff --git a/plugins/spectral_compressor/src/lib.rs b/plugins/spectral_compressor/src/lib.rs
index e60490d8..61599036 100644
--- a/plugins/spectral_compressor/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/spectral_compressor/src/lib.rs
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ impl Plugin for SpectralCompressor {
         &mut self,
         bus_config: &BusConfig,
         buffer_config: &BufferConfig,
-        context: &mut impl InitContext,
+        context: &mut impl InitContext<Self>,
     ) -> bool {
         // Needed to update the compressors later
         self.buffer_config = *buffer_config;
diff --git a/src/async_executor.rs b/src/async_executor.rs
index 47535d9b..0cfcca28 100644
--- a/src/async_executor.rs
+++ b/src/async_executor.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 /// Something that can run tasks of type [`Task`][Self::Task]. This can be used to defer expensive
 /// computations to a background thread. Tasks can be spawned through the methods on the various
 /// [`*Context`][crate::context] types.
-pub trait AsyncExecutor {
+pub trait AsyncExecutor: Send + Sync {
     /// The type of task this executor can execute. This is usually an enum type. The task type
     /// should not contain any heap allocated data like [`Vec`]s and [`Box`]es.
     type Task;
diff --git a/src/context.rs b/src/context.rs
index 8c6a2a9b..a35d3833 100644
--- a/src/context.rs
+++ b/src/context.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::fmt::Display;
 use crate::midi::NoteEvent;
 use crate::params::internals::ParamPtr;
 use crate::params::Param;
+use crate::prelude::{AsyncExecutor, Plugin};
 use crate::wrapper::state::PluginState;
 
 /// Callbacks the plugin can make while it is being initialized. This is passed to the plugin during
@@ -14,7 +15,16 @@ use crate::wrapper::state::PluginState;
 //
 // The implementing wrapper needs to be able to handle concurrent requests, and it should perform
 // the actual callback within [MainThreadQueue::do_maybe_async].
-pub trait InitContext {
+pub trait InitContext<P: Plugin> {
+    /// Run a task directly on this thread. This ensures that the task has finished executing before
+    /// the plugin finishes initializing.
+    ///
+    /// # Note
+    ///
+    /// There is no asynchronous alternative for this function as that may result in incorrect
+    /// behavior when doing offline rendering.
+    fn execute(&self, task: <P::AsyncExecutor as AsyncExecutor>::Task);
+
     /// Get the current plugin API.
     fn plugin_api(&self) -> PluginApi;
 
diff --git a/src/plugin.rs b/src/plugin.rs
index 39a53da8..99967bd6 100644
--- a/src/plugin.rs
+++ b/src/plugin.rs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ pub trait Plugin: Default + Send + 'static {
         &mut self,
         bus_config: &BusConfig,
         buffer_config: &BufferConfig,
-        context: &mut impl InitContext,
+        context: &mut impl InitContext<Self>,
     ) -> bool {
         true
     }
diff --git a/src/wrapper/clap/context.rs b/src/wrapper/clap/context.rs
index 11f14f72..32b0af16 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/clap/context.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper/clap/context.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use super::wrapper::{OutputParamEvent, Wrapper};
+use crate::async_executor::AsyncExecutor;
 use crate::context::{GuiContext, InitContext, PluginApi, ProcessContext, Transport};
 use crate::midi::NoteEvent;
 use crate::params::internals::ParamPtr;
@@ -112,7 +113,11 @@ impl<P: ClapPlugin> GuiContext for WrapperGuiContext<P> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<P: ClapPlugin> InitContext for WrapperInitContext<'_, P> {
+impl<P: ClapPlugin> InitContext<P> for WrapperInitContext<'_, P> {
+    fn execute(&self, task: <P::AsyncExecutor as crate::prelude::AsyncExecutor>::Task) {
+        self.wrapper.async_executor.execute(task);
+    }
+
     fn plugin_api(&self) -> PluginApi {
         PluginApi::Clap
     }
diff --git a/src/wrapper/clap/wrapper.rs b/src/wrapper/clap/wrapper.rs
index 970f37f5..ce61777c 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/clap/wrapper.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper/clap/wrapper.rs
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ pub struct Wrapper<P: ClapPlugin> {
 
     /// The wrapped plugin instance.
     plugin: Mutex<P>,
+    /// The plugin's background task executor.
+    pub async_executor: P::AsyncExecutor,
     /// The plugin's parameters. These are fetched once during initialization. That way the
     /// `ParamPtr`s are guaranteed to live at least as long as this object and we can interact with
     /// the `Params` object without having to acquire a lock on `plugin`.
@@ -381,6 +383,7 @@ impl<P: ClapPlugin> MainThreadExecutor<Task> for Wrapper<P> {
 impl<P: ClapPlugin> Wrapper<P> {
     pub fn new(host_callback: *const clap_host) -> Arc<Self> {
         let plugin = P::default();
+        let async_executor = plugin.async_executor();
         let editor = plugin.editor().map(Mutex::new);
 
         // This is used to allow the plugin to restore preset data from its editor, see the comment
@@ -542,6 +545,7 @@ impl<P: ClapPlugin> Wrapper<P> {
             this: AtomicRefCell::new(Weak::new()),
 
             plugin: Mutex::new(plugin),
+            async_executor,
             params,
             editor,
             editor_handle: Mutex::new(None),
diff --git a/src/wrapper/standalone/context.rs b/src/wrapper/standalone/context.rs
index 390585a6..6e07db37 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/standalone/context.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper/standalone/context.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use super::backend::Backend;
 use super::wrapper::{GuiTask, Wrapper};
+use crate::async_executor::AsyncExecutor;
 use crate::context::{GuiContext, InitContext, PluginApi, ProcessContext, Transport};
 use crate::midi::NoteEvent;
 use crate::params::internals::ParamPtr;
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ pub(crate) struct WrapperGuiContext<P: Plugin, B: Backend> {
 /// can hold on to lock guards for event queues. Otherwise reading these events would require
 /// constant unnecessary atomic operations to lock the uncontested RwLocks.
 pub(crate) struct WrapperInitContext<'a, P: Plugin, B: Backend> {
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub(super) wrapper: &'a Wrapper<P, B>,
 }
 
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ impl<P: Plugin, B: Backend> GuiContext for WrapperGuiContext<P, B> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<P: Plugin, B: Backend> InitContext for WrapperInitContext<'_, P, B> {
+impl<P: Plugin, B: Backend> InitContext<P> for WrapperInitContext<'_, P, B> {
+    fn execute(&self, task: <<P as Plugin>::AsyncExecutor as crate::prelude::AsyncExecutor>::Task) {
+        self.wrapper.async_executor.execute(task);
+    }
+
     fn plugin_api(&self) -> PluginApi {
         PluginApi::Standalone
     }
diff --git a/src/wrapper/standalone/wrapper.rs b/src/wrapper/standalone/wrapper.rs
index 6a7d1d82..eb0c08d9 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/standalone/wrapper.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper/standalone/wrapper.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ pub struct Wrapper<P: Plugin, B: Backend> {
 
     /// The wrapped plugin instance.
     plugin: Mutex<P>,
+    /// The plugin's background task executor.
+    pub async_executor: P::AsyncExecutor,
     /// The plugin's parameters. These are fetched once during initialization. That way the
     /// `ParamPtr`s are guaranteed to live at least as long as this object and we can interact with
     /// the `Params` object without having to acquire a lock on `plugin`.
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ impl<P: Plugin, B: Backend> Wrapper<P, B> {
     /// not accept the IO configuration from the wrapper config.
     pub fn new(backend: B, config: WrapperConfig) -> Result<Arc<Self>, WrapperError> {
         let plugin = P::default();
+        let async_executor = plugin.async_executor();
         let params = plugin.params();
         let editor = plugin.editor().map(|editor| Arc::new(Mutex::new(editor)));
 
@@ -178,6 +181,7 @@ impl<P: Plugin, B: Backend> Wrapper<P, B> {
             backend: AtomicRefCell::new(backend),
 
             plugin: Mutex::new(plugin),
+            async_executor,
             params,
             known_parameters: param_map.iter().map(|(_, ptr, _)| *ptr).collect(),
             param_map: param_map
diff --git a/src/wrapper/vst3/context.rs b/src/wrapper/vst3/context.rs
index 7ea3406c..0e7b8a2e 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/vst3/context.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper/vst3/context.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use vst3_sys::vst::IComponentHandler;
 
 use super::inner::{Task, WrapperInner};
+use crate::async_executor::AsyncExecutor;
 use crate::context::{GuiContext, InitContext, PluginApi, ProcessContext, Transport};
 use crate::midi::NoteEvent;
 use crate::params::internals::ParamPtr;
@@ -115,7 +116,11 @@ impl<P: Vst3Plugin> GuiContext for WrapperGuiContext<P> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<P: Vst3Plugin> InitContext for WrapperInitContext<'_, P> {
+impl<P: Vst3Plugin> InitContext<P> for WrapperInitContext<'_, P> {
+    fn execute(&self, task: <P::AsyncExecutor as crate::prelude::AsyncExecutor>::Task) {
+        self.inner.async_executor.execute(task);
+    }
+
     fn plugin_api(&self) -> PluginApi {
         PluginApi::Vst3
     }
diff --git a/src/wrapper/vst3/inner.rs b/src/wrapper/vst3/inner.rs
index 016aa322..1afa2e8c 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/vst3/inner.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper/vst3/inner.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ use crate::wrapper::util::{hash_param_id, process_wrapper};
 pub(crate) struct WrapperInner<P: Vst3Plugin> {
     /// The wrapped plugin instance.
     pub plugin: Mutex<P>,
+    /// The plugin's background task executor.
+    pub async_executor: P::AsyncExecutor,
     /// The plugin's parameters. These are fetched once during initialization. That way the
     /// `ParamPtr`s are guaranteed to live at least as long as this object and we can interact with
     /// the `Params` object without having to acquire a lock on `plugin`.
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ impl<P: Vst3Plugin> WrapperInner<P> {
     #[allow(unused_unsafe)]
     pub fn new() -> Arc<Self> {
         let plugin = P::default();
+        let async_executor = plugin.async_executor();
         let editor = plugin.editor().map(|editor| Arc::new(Mutex::new(editor)));
 
         // This is used to allow the plugin to restore preset data from its editor, see the comment
@@ -274,6 +277,7 @@ impl<P: Vst3Plugin> WrapperInner<P> {
 
         let wrapper = Self {
             plugin: Mutex::new(plugin),
+            async_executor,
             params,
             editor,