diff --git a/src/backend/helpers/chatClient.ts b/src/backend/helpers/chatClient.ts
index 25712b5..7b3df84 100644
--- a/src/backend/helpers/chatClient.ts
+++ b/src/backend/helpers/chatClient.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ export {
 const LOG_PREFIX = "[ChatClient] ";
 
 async function connect(channels: Array<any>) {
-  const authProvider = await getAuthProvider(
+  const authProvider = await getAuthProvider();
 
-  );
   if (
     chatClient &&
     (
@@ -85,8 +84,8 @@ async function handleClientAction(action: any) {
 }
 
 // send a chat message
-function say(channel: string, message: string) {
-  chatClient.say(channel, message);
+async function say(channel: string, message: string) {
+  await chatClient.say(channel, message);
 }
 
 // timeouts a user in a channel
diff --git a/src/backend/helpers/pubSubClient.ts b/src/backend/helpers/pubSubClient.ts
index 67ece54..2390b33 100644
--- a/src/backend/helpers/pubSubClient.ts
+++ b/src/backend/helpers/pubSubClient.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ async function onRedemption(message: PubSubRedemptionMessage) {
 		`${LOG_PREFIX}Reward: "${message.rewardName}" (${message.rewardId}) redeemed by ${message.userDisplayName}`
 	);
   // @ts-ignore
-  const reward = message._data.data.redemption.rewºard;
+  const reward = message._data.data.redemption.reward;
 
   let msg: any = {
     id: message.id,
diff --git a/src/backend/helpers/twitch.ts b/src/backend/helpers/twitch.ts
index 25a3946..04181dd 100644
--- a/src/backend/helpers/twitch.ts
+++ b/src/backend/helpers/twitch.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ async function onRefresh(refreshData: AccessToken): Promise<void> {
 async function getApiClient() {
   const authProvider = await getAuthProvider();
 
-  return new ApiClient({ authProvider });
+  return await new ApiClient({ authProvider });
 }
 
 async function getUsernameFromId(userId: number) {