diff --git a/src/api/endpoints.py b/src/api/endpoints.py
index b0f0421..5a613c7 100644
--- a/src/api/endpoints.py
+++ b/src/api/endpoints.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ async def message_actions(payload: str = Form(...)) -> JSONResponse:
 			).get("text", None)
 
 			user_id = form_json.get("user", {}).get("id")
-			slack.add_announcement(message_object, user_id)
+			await slack.add_announcement(message_object, user_id)
 
 			if response_url:
 				async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
diff --git a/src/core/slack.py b/src/core/slack.py
index e85070e..c2a7c23 100644
--- a/src/core/slack.py
+++ b/src/core/slack.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def get_announcement() -> dict[str, str] | None:
 	return announcements.pop(0)
 
 
-def add_announcement(announcement_text: str, user_id: str) -> None:
+async def add_announcement(announcement_text: str, user_id: str) -> None:
 	"""
 	Adds an announcement to the queue.
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def add_announcement(announcement_text: str, user_id: str) -> None:
 		logger.warning("Attempted to add empty announcement, skipping!")
 		return
 
-	username: str = get_username(user_id=user_id)
+	username: str = await get_username(user_id=user_id)
 
 	new_addition: dict[str, str] = {"content": announcement_text, "user": username}