diff --git a/docs/Killswitches.md b/docs/Killswitches.md
index 41935318..85275819 100644
--- a/docs/Killswitches.md
+++ b/docs/Killswitches.md
@@ -76,8 +76,15 @@ Plugins may use the killswitch system simply by hosting their own version of the
 using `killswitch.get_kill_switches(target='https://example.com/myplugin_killswitches.json')`. The returned object can
 be used to query the kill switch set, see the docstrings for more information on specifying versions.
 
-The version of the JSON file will be automatically upgraded if possible by the code KillSwitch code. No behaviour changes will occur--Any killswitches defined in older
- versions will simply become unconditional kills in the new version.
+A helper method `killswitch.get_kill_switch_thread` is provided to allow for simple nonblocking requests for
+KillSwitches. It starts a new thread, performs the HTTP request, and sends the results to the given callback.
+
+**Note that your callback is invoked off-thread. Take precaution for locking if required, and do _NOT_ use tkinter**
+**methods**
+
+The version of the JSON file will be automatically upgraded if possible by the code KillSwitch code.
+No behaviour changes will occur--Any killswitches defined in older versions will simply become unconditional kills in
+the new version.
 
 ## Currently supported killswitch strings
 
diff --git a/killswitch.py b/killswitch.py
index b63bb5ea..c89d7ace 100644
--- a/killswitch.py
+++ b/killswitch.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 """Fetch kill switches from EDMC Repo."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import threading
 from copy import deepcopy
 from typing import (
-    TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Mapping, MutableMapping, MutableSequence, NamedTuple, Optional, Sequence, Tuple,
-    TypedDict, Union, cast
+    TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Dict, List, Mapping, MutableMapping, MutableSequence, NamedTuple, Optional, Sequence,
+    Tuple, TypedDict, Union, cast
 )
 
 import requests
@@ -414,6 +415,22 @@ def get_kill_switches(target=DEFAULT_KILLSWITCH_URL, fallback: Optional[str] = N
     return KillSwitchSet(parse_kill_switches(data))
 
 
+def get_kill_switches_thread(
+    target, callback: Callable[[Optional[KillSwitchSet]], None], fallback: Optional[str] = None,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Threaded version of get_kill_switches. Request is performed off thread, and callback is called when it is available.
+
+    :param target: Target killswitch file
+    :param callback: The callback to pass the newly created KillSwitchSet
+    :param fallback: Fallback killswitch file, if any, defaults to None
+    """
+    def make_request():
+        callback(get_kill_switches(target, fallback=fallback))
+
+    threading.Thread(target=make_request, daemon=True).start()
+
+
 active: KillSwitchSet = KillSwitchSet([])