diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amplitude/Amplitude.java b/src/main/java/com/amplitude/Amplitude.java
index c84a042..060f3b9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amplitude/Amplitude.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amplitude/Amplitude.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.net.Proxy;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 
 public class Amplitude {
   private static Map<String, Amplitude> instances = new HashMap<>();
@@ -206,6 +207,26 @@ public Amplitude setFlushTimeout(long timeout) {
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Set the thread pool for sending events via {@link HttpTransport}
+   *
+   * @param sendThreadPool the thread pool for sending events
+   */
+  public Amplitude setSendThreadPool(ExecutorService sendThreadPool) {
+    this.httpTransport.setSendThreadPool(sendThreadPool);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the thread pool for retrying events via {@link HttpTransport}
+   *
+   * @param retryThreadPool the thread pool for retrying events
+   */
+  public Amplitude setRetryThreadPool(ExecutorService retryThreadPool) {
+    this.httpTransport.setRetryThreadPool(retryThreadPool);
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /** Add middleware to the middleware runner */
   public synchronized void addEventMiddleware(Middleware middleware) {
     middlewareRunner.add(middleware);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amplitude/HttpTransport.java b/src/main/java/com/amplitude/HttpTransport.java
index 127f8ec..690283e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amplitude/HttpTransport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amplitude/HttpTransport.java
@@ -38,22 +38,29 @@ class HttpTransport {
   private int eventsInRetry = 0;
   private Object bufferLock = new Object();
   private Object counterLock = new Object();
-  private ExecutorService retryThreadPool;
-  private ExecutorService sendThreadPool;
 
   private HttpCall httpCall;
   private AmplitudeLog logger;
   private AmplitudeCallbacks callbacks;
   private long flushTimeout;
 
+  // Managed by setters
+  private ExecutorService retryThreadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10);
+
+  // The supplyAsyncPool is only used within the sendThreadPool so only when
+  // the sendThreadPool is increased will the supplyAsyncPool be more utilized.
+  // We are using the supplyAsyncPool rather than the default fork join common
+  // pool because the fork join common pool scales with cpu... and we do not
+  // want to perform network requests in that small pool.
+  private ExecutorService sendThreadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(20);
+  private ExecutorService supplyAsyncPool = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
+
   HttpTransport(
       HttpCall httpCall, AmplitudeCallbacks callbacks, AmplitudeLog logger, long flushTimeout) {
     this.httpCall = httpCall;
     this.callbacks = callbacks;
     this.logger = logger;
     this.flushTimeout = flushTimeout;
-    retryThreadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10);
-    sendThreadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(20);
   }
 
   public void sendEventsWithRetry(List<Event> events) {
@@ -98,6 +105,14 @@ public void setFlushTimeout(long timeout) {
     flushTimeout = timeout;
   }
 
+  public void setSendThreadPool(ExecutorService sendThreadPool) {
+    this.sendThreadPool = sendThreadPool;
+  }
+
+  public void setRetryThreadPool(ExecutorService retryThreadPool) {
+    this.retryThreadPool = retryThreadPool;
+  }
+
   public void setCallbacks(AmplitudeCallbacks callbacks) {
     this.callbacks = callbacks;
   }
@@ -118,7 +133,7 @@ private CompletableFuture<Response> sendEvents(List<Event> events) {
             throw new CompletionException(e);
           }
           return response;
-        });
+        }, supplyAsyncPool);
   }
 
   // Call this function if event not in current Retry list.