diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
index eb68f5b6..2daa1862 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
@@ -422,24 +422,24 @@ namespace AyaNova
             if (ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_PERMANENTLY_ERASE_DATABASE)
             {
                 _newLog.LogWarning("BOOT: AYANOVA_PERMANENTLY_ERASE_DATABASE is true, dropping and recreating database");
-                Util.DbUtil.DropAndRecreateDbAsync(_newLog);
-                AySchema.CheckAndUpdateAsync(dbContext, _newLog);
+                Util.DbUtil.DropAndRecreateDbAsync(_newLog).Wait();
+                AySchema.CheckAndUpdateAsync(dbContext, _newLog).Wait();
             }
 
             //Check schema
             _newLog.LogDebug("BOOT: db schema check");
-            AySchema.CheckAndUpdateAsync(dbContext, _newLog);
+            AySchema.CheckAndUpdateAsync(dbContext, _newLog).Wait();
 
             //Check database integrity
             _newLog.LogDebug("BOOT: db integrity check");
-            DbUtil.CheckFingerPrintAsync(AySchema.EXPECTED_COLUMN_COUNT, AySchema.EXPECTED_INDEX_COUNT, _newLog);
+            DbUtil.CheckFingerPrintAsync(AySchema.EXPECTED_COLUMN_COUNT, AySchema.EXPECTED_INDEX_COUNT, _newLog).Wait();
 
             //Initialize license
-            AyaNova.Core.License.InitializeAsync(apiServerState, dbContext, _newLog);
+            AyaNova.Core.License.InitializeAsync(apiServerState, dbContext, _newLog).Wait();
 
             //Ensure locales are present, not missing any keys and that there is a server default locale that exists          
             LocaleBiz lb = new LocaleBiz(dbContext, 1, ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_ID, AuthorizationRoles.OpsAdminFull);
-            lb.ValidateLocalesAsync();
+            lb.ValidateLocalesAsync().Wait();
 
 
 
@@ -447,9 +447,9 @@ namespace AyaNova
             //TESTING
             if (TESTING_REFRESH_DB)
             {
-                AyaNova.Core.License.FetchKeyAsync(apiServerState, dbContext, _newLog);
+                AyaNova.Core.License.FetchKeyAsync(apiServerState, dbContext, _newLog).Wait();
                 //NOTE: For unit testing make sure the time zone in util is set to the same figure as here to ensure list filter by date tests will work because server is on same page as user in terms of time
-                Util.Seeder.SeedDatabase(Util.Seeder.SeedLevel.SmallOneManShopTrialDataSet, -7);//#############################################################################################
+                Util.Seeder.SeedDatabaseAsync(Util.Seeder.SeedLevel.SmallOneManShopTrialDataSet, -7).Wait();//#############################################################################################
             }
             //TESTING
 #endif
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ namespace AyaNova
 
 
             //Log the active user count so it's in the log record
-            _newLog.LogInformation($"BOOT: Active techs - {UserBiz.ActiveCount}");
+            _newLog.LogInformation($"BOOT: Active techs - {UserBiz.ActiveCountAsync().Result}");
 
             //Log the license info so it's on the record
             _newLog.LogInformation($"BOOT: License -\r\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\r\n{AyaNova.Core.License.LicenseInfo}=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-");
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/TrialBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/TrialBiz.cs
index f47d3863..50ab95c5 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/TrialBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/TrialBiz.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             JObject jobData = JObject.Parse(job.JobInfo);
             var seedLevel = (Seeder.SeedLevel)jobData["seedLevel"].Value<int>();
             var timeZoneOffset = jobData["timeZoneOffset"].Value<decimal>();
-            Seeder.SeedDatabaseAsync(seedLevel, job.GId, timeZoneOffset);
+            await Seeder.SeedDatabaseAsync(seedLevel, job.GId, timeZoneOffset);
             await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(job.GId, "Finished.", ct);
             await JobsBiz.UpdateJobStatusAsync(job.GId, JobStatus.Completed, ct);
         }