diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm
index b9ad66fbce3..021d9601558 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(dbcore)
 	if(!Connect())
 		return
 	var/datum/DBQuery/query_round_initialize = SSdbcore.NewQuery("INSERT INTO [format_table_name("round")] (initialize_datetime, server_ip, server_port) VALUES (Now(), INET_ATON(IF('[world.internet_address]' LIKE '', '0', '[world.internet_address]')), '[world.port]')")
-	query_round_initialize.Execute()
+	query_round_initialize.Execute(async = FALSE)
 	qdel(query_round_initialize)
 	var/datum/DBQuery/query_round_last_id = SSdbcore.NewQuery("SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID()")
-	query_round_last_id.Execute()
-	if(query_round_last_id.NextRow())
+	query_round_last_id.Execute(async = FALSE)
+	if(query_round_last_id.NextRow(async = FALSE))
 		GLOB.round_id = query_round_last_id.item[1]
 	qdel(query_round_last_id)
 
@@ -283,12 +283,12 @@ Delayed insert mode was removed in mysql 7 and only works with MyISAM type table
 	last_activity = activity
 	last_activity_time = world.time
 
-/datum/DBQuery/proc/warn_execute(async = FALSE)
+/datum/DBQuery/proc/warn_execute(async = TRUE)
 	. = Execute(async)
 	if(!.)
 		to_chat(usr, "<span class='danger'>A SQL error occurred during this operation, check the server logs.</span>")
 
-/datum/DBQuery/proc/Execute(async = FALSE, log_error = TRUE)
+/datum/DBQuery/proc/Execute(async = TRUE, log_error = TRUE)
 	Activity("Execute")
 	if(in_progress)
 		CRASH("Attempted to start a new query while waiting on the old one")
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Delayed insert mode was removed in mysql 7 and only works with MyISAM type table
 /datum/DBQuery/proc/slow_query_check()
 	message_admins("HEY! A database query timed out. Did the server just hang? <a href='?_src_=holder;[HrefToken()];slowquery=yes'>\[YES\]</a>|<a href='?_src_=holder;[HrefToken()];slowquery=no'>\[NO\]</a>")
 
-/datum/DBQuery/proc/NextRow(async)
+/datum/DBQuery/proc/NextRow(async = TRUE)
 	Activity("NextRow")
 	UNTIL(!in_progress)
 	if(!skip_next_is_complete)
@@ -361,5 +361,5 @@ Delayed insert mode was removed in mysql 7 and only works with MyISAM type table
 	//strip sensitive stuff
 	if(findtext(message, ": CreateConnection("))
 		message = "CreateConnection CENSORED"
-	
+
 	log_sql("BSQL_DEBUG: [message]")