diff --git a/mealie/routes/backup_routes.py b/mealie/routes/backup_routes.py
index 24edf1103..c1c1d3dd9 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/backup_routes.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/backup_routes.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def upload_backup_zipfile(archive: UploadFile = File(...)):
 
 
 @router.get("/{file_name}/download")
-def upload_nextcloud_zipfile(file_name: str):
+async def upload_nextcloud_zipfile(file_name: str):
     """ Upload a .zip File to later be imported into Mealie """
     file = BACKUP_DIR.joinpath(file_name)
 
diff --git a/mealie/routes/static_routes.py b/mealie/routes/static_routes.py
index 6744b6972..52d2fa9fe 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/static_routes.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/static_routes.py
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ def facivon():
 
 
 @router.get("/")
-def root():
+async def root():
     return FileResponse(BASE_HTML)
 
 
 @router.get("/{full_path:path}")
-def root_plus(full_path):
+async def root_plus(full_path):
     return FileResponse(BASE_HTML)