diff --git a/src/client/dcp_client/utils/bentoml_model.py b/src/client/dcp_client/utils/bentoml_model.py
index 5f57b42..8eccf57 100644
--- a/src/client/dcp_client/utils/bentoml_model.py
+++ b/src/client/dcp_client/utils/bentoml_model.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import asyncio
 from typing import Optional, List
-from bentoml.client import Client as BentoClient
+from bentoml.client import Client as BentoClient # Client is type SyncHTTPClient
 from bentoml.exceptions import BentoMLException
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ def is_connected(self) -> bool:
         """
         return bool(self.client)
 
-    async def _run_train(self, data_path: str) -> Optional[str]:
+    def _run_train(self, data_path: str) -> Optional[str]:
         """Runs the training task asynchronously.
 
         :param data_path: Path to the training data.
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ async def _run_train(self, data_path: str) -> Optional[str]:
         :rtype: str, or None
         """
         try:
-            response = await self.client.async_train(data_path)
+            response = self.client.train(data_path) # train is part of running server
             return response
         except BentoMLException:
             return None
@@ -65,9 +64,9 @@ def run_train(self, data_path: str):
         :type data_path: str
         :return: Response from the server if successful, None otherwise.
         """
-        return asyncio.run(self._run_train(data_path))
+        return self._run_train(data_path)
 
-    async def _run_inference(self, data_path: str) -> Optional[np.ndarray]:
+    def _run_inference(self, data_path: str) -> Optional[np.ndarray]:
         """Runs the inference task asynchronously.
 
         :param data_path: Path to the data for inference.
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ async def _run_inference(self, data_path: str) -> Optional[np.ndarray]:
         :rtype: np.ndarray, or None
         """
         try:
-            response = await self.client.async_segment_image(data_path)
+            response = self.client.segment_image(data_path) # segment_image is part of running server
             return response
         except BentoMLException:
             return None
@@ -88,5 +87,5 @@ def run_inference(self, data_path: str) -> List:
         :type data_path: str
         :return: List of files not supported by the server if unsuccessful, otherwise returns None.
         """
-        list_of_files_not_suported = asyncio.run(self._run_inference(data_path))
+        list_of_files_not_suported = self._run_inference(data_path)
         return list_of_files_not_suported