diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
index 0d1c4696..8e45f5ac 100644
--- a/background.js
+++ b/background.js
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function submitVote(type, UUID, callback) {
     })
 }
 
-function submitTimes(videoID, callback) {
+async function submitTimes(videoID, callback) {
     //get the video times from storage
     let sponsorTimeKey = 'sponsorTimes' + videoID;
     let sponsorTimes = SB.config.sponsorTimeKey[sponsorTimeKey];