diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9f2e726..8e7f9fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -46,6 +46,3 @@
 * diceroll and coinflip routes ([dc8e66c](https://github.com/Heptagram-Bot/api/commit/dc8e66cda8c8c28a5f99c50520424d0822e0277a))
 * Query constraints for routes ([ca97955](https://github.com/Heptagram-Bot/api/commit/ca979556027355e90c4f58d5bec4fe584c05069b))
 * set up docker config ([efbd608](https://github.com/Heptagram-Bot/api/commit/efbd608d090e6ac7a65357d0a3ba4747a7afb1d5))
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diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index cf9582f..a4e6a45 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 @app.get("/")
-def index():
+async def index():
     body = "<h1>The Heptagram API</h1>"
     return responses.HTMLResponse(content=body)
 
diff --git a/src/routes/coinflip.py b/src/routes/coinflip.py
index f8ca2a2..867b7fa 100644
--- a/src/routes/coinflip.py
+++ b/src/routes/coinflip.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 
 @router.get("/coinflip")
-def flip_coin(num: int = Query(1, ge=1, le=10000)):
+async def flip_coin(num: int = Query(1, ge=1, le=10000)):
     return {
         "task": f"coinflip x {num}",
         "result": random.choices(["Heads", "Tails"], k=num),
diff --git a/src/routes/diceroll.py b/src/routes/diceroll.py
index a878375..f400e3a 100644
--- a/src/routes/diceroll.py
+++ b/src/routes/diceroll.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 
 @router.get("/diceroll")
-def roll_dice(
+async def roll_dice(
     num: int = Query(1, ge=1, le=10000), sides: int = Query(6, ge=3, le=10000)
 ):
     return {
diff --git a/src/routes/jokes.py b/src/routes/jokes.py
index 836297f..de033c2 100644
--- a/src/routes/jokes.py
+++ b/src/routes/jokes.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 @router.get("/jokes/all")
-def all_jokes():
+async def all_jokes():
     return {
         "jokes": [
             {"id": joke_id, "joke": jokes[joke_id]} for joke_id in range(len(jokes))
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ def all_jokes():
 
 
 @router.get("/jokes/{joke_id}")
-def jokes_by_id(joke_id: int = Path(..., ge=0, lt=len(jokes))):
+async def jokes_by_id(joke_id: int = Path(..., ge=0, lt=len(jokes))):
     return {"joke": jokes[joke_id], "id": joke_id}
 
 
 @router.get("/jokes")
-def get_jokes(num: int = Query(1, ge=1, lt=len(jokes))):
+async def get_jokes(num: int = Query(1, ge=1, lt=len(jokes))):
     random_ids = sorted(random.sample(range(len(jokes)), num))
     return {
         "jokes": [{"id": joke_id, "joke": jokes[joke_id]} for joke_id in random_ids]