diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/application.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/application.js
index 28e389b1d2..0d8fe021be 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/application.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/application.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const ClientDb = require("../../db/clientDb")
 const { getPackageForBuilder, buildPage } = require("../../utilities/builder")
 const env = require("../../environment")
 const instanceController = require("./instance")
-const { copy, exists, readFile, writeFile } = require("fs-extra")
+const { copy, existsSync, readFile, writeFile } = require("fs-extra")
 const { budibaseAppsDir } = require("../../utilities/budibaseDir")
 const sqrl = require("squirrelly")
 const setBuilderToken = require("../../utilities/builder/setBuilderToken")
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ const createEmptyAppPackage = async (ctx, app) => {
   const appsFolder = budibaseAppsDir()
   const newAppFolder = resolve(appsFolder, app._id)
 
-  if (await exists(newAppFolder)) {
+  if (existsSync(newAppFolder)) {
     ctx.throw(400, "App folder already exists for this application")
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/initialiseBudibase.js b/packages/server/src/utilities/initialiseBudibase.js
index c86b6083e9..be3253117c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/initialiseBudibase.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/initialiseBudibase.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { exists, readFile, writeFile, ensureDir } = require("fs-extra")
+const { existsSync, readFile, writeFile, ensureDir } = require("fs-extra")
 const { join, resolve } = require("./centralPath")
 const Sqrl = require("squirrelly")
 const uuid = require("uuid")
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const setCouchDbUrl = async opts => {
 
 const createDevEnvFile = async opts => {
   const destConfigFile = join(opts.dir, "./.env")
-  let createConfig = !(await exists(destConfigFile)) || opts.quiet
+  let createConfig = !existsSync(destConfigFile) || opts.quiet
   if (createConfig) {
     const template = await readFile(
       resolve(__dirname, "..", "..", ".env.template"),