diff --git a/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Host/PsesInternalHost.cs b/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Host/PsesInternalHost.cs
index 5e9a84f3d..499757faa 100644
--- a/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Host/PsesInternalHost.cs
+++ b/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Host/PsesInternalHost.cs
@@ -475,8 +475,18 @@ private void Run()
                 (PowerShell pwsh, RunspaceInfo localRunspaceInfo, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics) = CreateInitialPowerShellSession();
                 _mainRunspaceEngineIntrinsics = engineIntrinsics;
                 _localComputerName = localRunspaceInfo.SessionDetails.ComputerName;
-                _runspaceStack.Push(new RunspaceFrame(pwsh.Runspace, localRunspaceInfo));
-                PushPowerShellAndRunLoop(pwsh, PowerShellFrameType.Normal | PowerShellFrameType.Repl, localRunspaceInfo);
+
+                // NOTE: In order to support running events registered to PowerShell's OnIdle
+                // handler, we have to have our top-level PowerShell instance be nested (otherwise
+                // we get a PSInvalidOperationException because pipelines cannot be run
+                // concurrently). Specifically this bug cropped up when a profile loaded code which
+                // registered (and subsequently ran) on the OnIdle handler since it was hitting the
+                // non-nested PowerShell instance. So now we just start with a nested instance.
+                // While the PowerShell object is nested, as a frame type, this is our top-level
+                // frame and therefore NOT nested in that sense.
+                PowerShell nestedPwsh = CreateNestedPowerShell(localRunspaceInfo);
+                _runspaceStack.Push(new RunspaceFrame(nestedPwsh.Runspace, localRunspaceInfo));
+                PushPowerShellAndRunLoop(nestedPwsh, PowerShellFrameType.Normal | PowerShellFrameType.Repl, localRunspaceInfo);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
@@ -964,9 +974,7 @@ private static PowerShell CreateNestedPowerShell(RunspaceInfo currentRunspace)
             // PowerShell.CreateNestedPowerShell() sets IsNested but not IsChild
             // This means it throws due to the parent pipeline not running...
             // So we must use the RunspaceMode.CurrentRunspace option on PowerShell.Create() instead
-            PowerShell pwsh = PowerShell.Create(RunspaceMode.CurrentRunspace);
-            pwsh.Runspace.ThreadOptions = PSThreadOptions.UseCurrentThread;
-            return pwsh;
+            return PowerShell.Create(RunspaceMode.CurrentRunspace);
         }
 
         private static PowerShell CreatePowerShellForRunspace(Runspace runspace)