diff --git a/repro-problem/src/main.rs b/repro-problem/src/main.rs
index b029850d84..d68c34c39c 100644
--- a/repro-problem/src/main.rs
+++ b/repro-problem/src/main.rs
@@ -8,19 +8,21 @@ mod virtual_file;
 async fn main() {
     page_cache::init(10);
 
-    let cache = page_cache::get();
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let cache = page_cache::get();
 
-    let res = cache
-        .read_immutable_buf(page_cache::next_file_id(), 0)
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
-    match res {
-        page_cache::ReadBufResult::Found(found) => todo!(),
-        page_cache::ReadBufResult::NotFound(write_guard) => {
-            let file = VirtualFile::open(camino::Utf8Path::new("foo"))
-                .await
-                .unwrap();
-            file.read_exact_at(write_guard, 0).await;
+        let res = cache
+            .read_immutable_buf(page_cache::next_file_id(), 0)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        match res {
+            page_cache::ReadBufResult::Found(found) => todo!(),
+            page_cache::ReadBufResult::NotFound(write_guard) => {
+                let file = VirtualFile::open(camino::Utf8Path::new("foo"))
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap();
+                file.read_exact_at(write_guard, 0).await;
+            }
         }
-    }
+    });
 }