diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa8c783e..b38fe017 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Next
 
+- recording: fix observation on multiple threads in layout/draw is not supported for compose ([#198](https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-android/pull/198))
+
 ## 3.9.0 - 2024-10-30
 
 - recording: add replay masking to jetpack compose views ([#198](https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-android/pull/198))
diff --git a/posthog-android/src/main/java/com/posthog/android/replay/PostHogReplayIntegration.kt b/posthog-android/src/main/java/com/posthog/android/replay/PostHogReplayIntegration.kt
index 2d803c85..4d75f111 100644
--- a/posthog-android/src/main/java/com/posthog/android/replay/PostHogReplayIntegration.kt
+++ b/posthog-android/src/main/java/com/posthog/android/replay/PostHogReplayIntegration.kt
@@ -607,43 +607,59 @@ public class PostHogReplayIntegration(
         view: View,
         maskableWidgets: MutableList<Rect>,
     ) {
-        try {
-            val semanticsOwner =
-                (view as? RootForTest)?.semanticsOwner ?: run {
-                    config.logger.log("View is not a RootForTest: $view")
-                    return
-                }
-            val semanticsNodes = semanticsOwner.getAllSemanticsNodes(true)
+        val latch = CountDownLatch(1)
 
-            semanticsNodes.forEach { node ->
-                val hasText = node.config.contains(SemanticsProperties.Text)
-                val hasEditableText = node.config.contains(SemanticsProperties.EditableText)
-                val hasPassword = node.config.contains(SemanticsProperties.Password)
-                val hasImage = node.config.contains(SemanticsProperties.ContentDescription)
+        // compose requires the handler to be on the main thread
+        // see https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-android/issues/203
+        mainHandler.handler.post {
+            try {
+                val semanticsOwner =
+                    (view as? RootForTest)?.semanticsOwner ?: run {
+                        config.logger.log("View is not a RootForTest: $view")
+                        return@post
+                    }
+                val semanticsNodes = semanticsOwner.getAllSemanticsNodes(true)
 
-                val hasMaskModifier = node.config.contains(PostHogReplayMask)
-                val isNoCapture = hasMaskModifier && node.config[PostHogReplayMask]
+                semanticsNodes.forEach { node ->
+                    val hasText = node.config.contains(SemanticsProperties.Text)
+                    val hasEditableText = node.config.contains(SemanticsProperties.EditableText)
+                    val hasPassword = node.config.contains(SemanticsProperties.Password)
+                    val hasImage = node.config.contains(SemanticsProperties.ContentDescription)
 
-                when {
-                    isNoCapture -> {
-                        maskableWidgets.add(node.boundsInWindow.toRect())
-                    }
+                    val hasMaskModifier = node.config.contains(PostHogReplayMask)
+                    val isNoCapture = hasMaskModifier && node.config[PostHogReplayMask]
 
-                    !hasMaskModifier -> {
-                        when {
-                            (hasText || hasEditableText) && (config.sessionReplayConfig.maskAllTextInputs || hasPassword) -> {
-                                maskableWidgets.add(node.boundsInWindow.toRect())
-                            }
+                    when {
+                        isNoCapture -> {
+                            maskableWidgets.add(node.boundsInWindow.toRect())
+                        }
 
-                            hasImage && config.sessionReplayConfig.maskAllImages -> {
-                                maskableWidgets.add(node.boundsInWindow.toRect())
+                        !hasMaskModifier -> {
+                            when {
+                                (hasText || hasEditableText) && (config.sessionReplayConfig.maskAllTextInputs || hasPassword) -> {
+                                    maskableWidgets.add(node.boundsInWindow.toRect())
+                                }
+
+                                hasImage && config.sessionReplayConfig.maskAllImages -> {
+                                    maskableWidgets.add(node.boundsInWindow.toRect())
+                                }
                             }
                         }
                     }
                 }
+            } catch (e: Throwable) {
+                // swallow possible errors due to compose versioning, etc
+                config.logger.log("Session Replay findMaskableComposeWidgets (main thread) failed: $e")
+            } finally {
+                latch.countDown()
             }
+        }
+
+        try {
+            // await for 1s max
+            latch.await(1000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+            config.logger.log("test")
         } catch (e: Throwable) {
-            // swallow possible errors due to compose versioning, etc
             config.logger.log("Session Replay findMaskableComposeWidgets failed: $e")
         }
     }