diff --git a/code/modules/jobs/job_exp.dm b/code/modules/jobs/job_exp.dm
index 6a5a857ef0e..4b7b1752409 100644
--- a/code/modules/jobs/job_exp.dm
+++ b/code/modules/jobs/job_exp.dm
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ GLOBAL_PROTECT(exp_to_update)
 	if(!SSdbcore.Connect())
 		return -1
 	var/datum/DBQuery/exp_read = SSdbcore.NewQuery("SELECT job, minutes FROM [format_table_name("role_time")] WHERE ckey = '[sanitizeSQL(ckey)]'")
-	if(!exp_read.Execute())
+	if(!exp_read.Execute(async = TRUE))
 		qdel(exp_read)
 		return -1
 	var/list/play_records = list()
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ GLOBAL_PROTECT(exp_to_update)
 
 	prefs.exp = play_records
 
-
 //updates player db flags
 /client/proc/update_flag_db(newflag, state = FALSE)
 
@@ -269,7 +268,7 @@ GLOBAL_PROTECT(exp_to_update)
 
 	var/datum/DBQuery/flags_read = SSdbcore.NewQuery("SELECT flags FROM [format_table_name("player")] WHERE ckey='[ckey]'")
 
-	if(!flags_read.Execute())
+	if(!flags_read.Execute(async = TRUE))
 		qdel(flags_read)
 		return FALSE