diff --git a/server/src/discord/commands/QuoteCommand.ts b/server/src/discord/commands/QuoteCommand.ts
index 70e66ad..5235ad6 100644
--- a/server/src/discord/commands/QuoteCommand.ts
+++ b/server/src/discord/commands/QuoteCommand.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default class QuoteCommand implements ICommand {
         let stringQuote = (quote.value as string).replaceAll('\\n', '\n')
         const quoteObject = new Quote(null, stringQuote, interaction.user.id, Date.now(), [], 0)
         const quoteCreator = interaction.guild?.members.cache.find((member) => member.id === interaction.user.id)
-        Database.getInstance().insert('quote', quoteObject) // this usually never takes more than 3 seconds, so we don't need to defer
+        await Database.getInstance().insert<Quote>('quote', quoteObject) // this usually never takes more than 3 seconds, so we don't need to defer
         const quoteEmbed = new EmbedBuilder()
             .setColor('Random')
             .setDescription(quoteObject.content)
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export default class QuoteCommand implements ICommand {
                 iconURL: quoteCreator?.displayAvatarURL() ?? undefined,
             })
             .setTimestamp(quoteObject.timestamp)
-        interaction.reply({ embeds: [quoteEmbed] })
+
+        await interaction.reply({ embeds: [quoteEmbed] })
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/discord/commands/RandomQuoteCommand.ts b/server/src/discord/commands/RandomQuoteCommand.ts
index 48728ae..d920696 100644
--- a/server/src/discord/commands/RandomQuoteCommand.ts
+++ b/server/src/discord/commands/RandomQuoteCommand.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import { Quote } from '../../common/Quote'
 
 export default class RandomQuoteCommand implements ICommand {
     async execute(interaction: CommandInteraction<CacheType>): Promise<void> {
-        const quote = (await Database.getInstance().getRandom('quote')) as Quote
+        const quote = await Database.getInstance().getRandom<Quote>('quote')
         if (!quote) {
-            interaction.reply({ content: 'Could not fetch quote' })
+            await interaction.reply({ content: 'Could not fetch quote' })
             return
         }
         const quoteCreator = interaction.guild?.members.cache.find((member) => member.id === quote.creator)
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ export default class RandomQuoteCommand implements ICommand {
                 iconURL: quoteCreator?.displayAvatarURL() ?? undefined,
             })
             .setTimestamp(quote.timestamp)
-        interaction.reply({ embeds: [quoteEmbed] })
+        await interaction.reply({ embeds: [quoteEmbed] })
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/discord/tasks/CakeDayTask.ts b/server/src/discord/tasks/CakeDayTask.ts
index 4d43cd1..a765987 100644
--- a/server/src/discord/tasks/CakeDayTask.ts
+++ b/server/src/discord/tasks/CakeDayTask.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export default class CakeDayTask implements ITextChannelTask {
     }
 
     async getCakeQuotes(): Promise<[Quote, number][] | null> {
-        let quotes = (await Database.getInstance().all('quote')) as Quote[]
+        let quotes = await Database.getInstance().all<Quote>('quote')
         if (!quotes) {
             return null
         }
diff --git a/server/src/elysia/Setup.ts b/server/src/elysia/Setup.ts
index 03f232d..46847af 100644
--- a/server/src/elysia/Setup.ts
+++ b/server/src/elysia/Setup.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ import { Elysia } from 'elysia'
 import { Database } from '../common/Database'
 import { client } from '../discord/Client'
 
-const databaseDecorator = new Elysia({ name: 'DatabaseDecorator' }).decorate('database', Database.getInstance())
+const databaseDecorator = new Elysia({ name: 'DatabaseDecorator' })
+    .decorate('database', Database.getInstance())
 
-const discordClientDecorator = new Elysia({ name: 'DiscordClientDecorator' }).decorate('discordClient', client)
+const discordClientDecorator = new Elysia({ name: 'DiscordClientDecorator' })
+    .decorate('discordClient', client)
 
 export { databaseDecorator, discordClientDecorator }