diff --git a/api/ovdashboard_api/async_helpers.py b/api/ovdashboard_api/async_helpers.py
index a1de3dc..ddc8919 100644
--- a/api/ovdashboard_api/async_helpers.py
+++ b/api/ovdashboard_api/async_helpers.py
@@ -13,17 +13,18 @@ def run_in_executor(f):
     """
     Decorator to make blocking a function call asyncio compatible.
     https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41063331/how-to-use-asyncio-with-existing-blocking-library/
+    https://stackoverflow.com/a/53719009
     """
 
     @wraps(f)
-    def inner(*args, **kwargs):
+    async def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
         loop = get_running_loop()
-        return loop.run_in_executor(
+        return await loop.run_in_executor(
             None,
             partial(f, *args, **kwargs),
         )
 
-    return inner
+    return wrapper
 
 
 def get_ttl_hash(seconds: int = 20) -> int: