diff --git a/Client/discord-bot/commands/join.js b/Client/discord-bot/commands/join.js
index dc0eded..292ea9a 100644
--- a/Client/discord-bot/commands/join.js
+++ b/Client/discord-bot/commands/join.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export default async function join({interaction= undefined, guildID= undefined,
         selfDeaf: false,
     });
 
-    const audioInstance = createAudioInstance();
+    const audioInstance = await createAudioInstance();
 
     audioInstance.on('data', buffer => {
         buffer = Buffer.from(buffer);
diff --git a/Client/discord-bot/controllers/audioController.js b/Client/discord-bot/controllers/audioController.js
index 124c77d..60435af 100644
--- a/Client/discord-bot/controllers/audioController.js
+++ b/Client/discord-bot/controllers/audioController.js
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ const log = new ModuleDebugBuilder("bot", "audioController");
  * @param deviceId The ID of the device being queried
  * @returns {unknown}
  */
-export function confirmAudioDevice({deviceName = undefined, deviceId = undefined}){
-    const deviceList = getAudioDevices();
+export async function confirmAudioDevice({deviceName = undefined, deviceId = undefined}){
+    const deviceList = await getAudioDevices();
     if (!deviceName && !deviceId) throw new Error("No device given");
     if (deviceId) return deviceList.find(device => device.id === deviceId);
     if (deviceName) return deviceList.find(device => device.name === deviceName);
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ export function confirmAudioDevice({deviceName = undefined, deviceId = undefined
  *
  * @returns {unknown[]}
  */
-export function getAudioDevices(){
+export async function getAudioDevices(){
     // Exec output contains both stderr and stdout outputs    
-    const deviceList = executeAsyncConsoleCommand("arecord -L");
+    const deviceList = await executeAsyncConsoleCommand("arecord -L");
     log.DEBUG("Device list: ", deviceList);
 }
 
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ export function getAudioDevices(){
  *
  * @returns new portAudio.AudioIO
  */
-export function createAudioInstance() {
-    const selectedDevice = confirmAudioDevice({deviceId: getDeviceID()});//{deviceName: "VoiceMeeter VAIO3 Output (VB-Au"});
+export async function createAudioInstance() {
+    const selectedDevice = await confirmAudioDevice({deviceId: getDeviceID()});//{deviceName: "VoiceMeeter VAIO3 Output (VB-Au"});
     log.DEBUG("Device selected from config: ", selectedDevice);
     // Create an instance of AudioIO with outOptions (defaults are as below), which will return a WritableStream
     return new alsaInstance({