diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 99a3cd2..6154c0f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -129,3 +129,18 @@ pages:
       - public
   only:
     - main
+
+# Adds license-scanning job. Because Gitlab does not support pub.dev
+# we added https://github.com/oss-review-toolkit/ort
+
+include:
+  - template: Security/License-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml
+
+license_scanning:
+  stage: coverage
+  image:
+    name: "registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/ort/ort:latest"
+  script:
+    - /opt/ort/bin/ort analyze -i $CI_PROJECT_DIR -o $CI_PROJECT_DIR/ --allow-dynamic-versions
+    - /opt/ort/bin/ort scan -i $CI_PROJECT_DIR/analyzer-result.yml -o $CI_PROJECT_DIR/ || true
+    - /opt/ort/bin/ort report -f GitLabLicenseModel -i $CI_PROJECT_DIR/scan-result.yml -o $CI_PROJECT_DIR/
diff --git a/lib/src/utils/run_in_background.dart b/lib/src/utils/run_in_background.dart
index cbc5a40..8d837bb 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils/run_in_background.dart
+++ b/lib/src/utils/run_in_background.dart
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@ import 'dart:async';
 
 Future<T> runInBackground<T, U>(
     FutureOr<T> Function(U arg) function, U arg) async {
-  final isolate = await IsolateRunner.spawn();
+  IsolateRunner isolate;
+  try {
+    isolate = await IsolateRunner.spawn();
+  } on UnsupportedError {
+    // web does not support isolates (yet), so we fall back to calling the method directly
+    return await function(arg);
+  }
   try {
     return await isolate.run(function, arg);
   } finally {