diff --git a/elm/wizard.py b/elm/wizard.py
index 099d04b..b41efaa 100644
--- a/elm/wizard.py
+++ b/elm/wizard.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def query_vector_db(self, query, limit=100):
             ranked strings/scores outputs.
         """
 
-    def engineer_query(self, query,
+    async def engineer_query(self, query,
                        token_budget=None,
                        new_info_threshold=0.7,
                        convo=False):
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def engineer_query(self, query,
 
         token_budget = token_budget or self.token_budget
         start_time = perf_counter()
-        strings, _, idx = self.query_vector_db(query)
+        strings, _, idx = await self.query_vector_db(query)
         end_time = perf_counter()
         vector_query_time = end_time - start_time
         message = copy.deepcopy(self.MODEL_INSTRUCTION)