diff --git a/functions/src/create-contract.ts b/functions/src/create-contract.ts
index c8cfc7c4..d58141a5 100644
--- a/functions/src/create-contract.ts
+++ b/functions/src/create-contract.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export const createmarket = newEndpoint({}, async (req, auth) => {
 
   let group = null
   if (groupId) {
-    const groupDocRef = await firestore.collection('groups').doc(groupId)
+    const groupDocRef = firestore.collection('groups').doc(groupId)
     const groupDoc = await groupDocRef.get()
     if (!groupDoc.exists) {
       throw new APIError(400, 'No group exists with the given group ID.')
diff --git a/functions/src/on-update-user.ts b/functions/src/on-update-user.ts
index f5558730..a76132b5 100644
--- a/functions/src/on-update-user.ts
+++ b/functions/src/on-update-user.ts
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ async function handleUserUpdatedReferral(user: User, eventId: string) {
       description: `Referred new user id: ${user.id} for ${REFERRAL_AMOUNT}`,
     }
 
-    const txnDoc = await firestore.collection(`txns/`).doc(txn.id)
-    await transaction.set(txnDoc, txn)
+    const txnDoc = firestore.collection(`txns/`).doc(txn.id)
+    transaction.set(txnDoc, txn)
     console.log('created referral with txn id:', txn.id)
     // We're currently not subtracting M$ from the house, not sure if we want to for accounting purposes.
     transaction.update(referredByUserDoc, {