diff --git a/src/routes/postSkipSegments.ts b/src/routes/postSkipSegments.ts
index 4ccc79d..c6c6fce 100644
--- a/src/routes/postSkipSegments.ts
+++ b/src/routes/postSkipSegments.ts
@@ -526,12 +526,14 @@ export async function postSkipSegments(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<Res
     // Check if all submissions are correct
     const segmentCheckResult = await checkEachSegmentValid(rawIP, paramUserID, userID, videoID, segments, service, isVIP, isTempVIP, lockedCategoryList);
     if (!segmentCheckResult.pass) {
+        lock.unlock();
         return res.status(segmentCheckResult.errorCode).send(segmentCheckResult.errorMessage);
     }
 
     if (!(isVIP || isTempVIP)) {
         const autoModerateCheckResult = await checkByAutoModerator(videoID, userID, segments, service, apiVideoDetails, videoDurationParam);
         if (!autoModerateCheckResult.pass) {
+            lock.unlock();
             return res.status(autoModerateCheckResult.errorCode).send(autoModerateCheckResult.errorMessage);
         }
     }
@@ -607,6 +609,7 @@ export async function postSkipSegments(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<Res
             } catch (err) {
                 //a DB change probably occurred
                 Logger.error(`Error when putting sponsorTime in the DB: ${videoID}, ${segmentInfo.segment[0]}, ${segmentInfo.segment[1]}, ${userID}, ${segmentInfo.category}. ${err}`);
+                lock.unlock();
                 return res.sendStatus(500);
             }
 
@@ -619,6 +622,7 @@ export async function postSkipSegments(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<Res
         }
     } catch (err) {
         Logger.error(err as string);
+        lock.unlock();
         return res.sendStatus(500);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.ts b/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.ts
index 8e75128..65d8dc6 100644
--- a/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.ts
+++ b/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.ts
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ export async function vote(ip: IPAddress, UUID: SegmentUUID, paramUserID: UserID
     const segmentInfo: DBSegment = await db.prepare("get", `SELECT * from "sponsorTimes" WHERE "UUID" = ?`, [UUID]);
     // segment doesnt exist
     if (!segmentInfo) {
+        lock.unlock();
         return { status: 404 };
     }
 
@@ -367,6 +368,7 @@ export async function vote(ip: IPAddress, UUID: SegmentUUID, paramUserID: UserID
 
     // disallow vote types 10/11
     if (type === 10 || type === 11) {
+        lock.unlock();
         return { status: 400 };
     }
 
@@ -385,7 +387,10 @@ export async function vote(ip: IPAddress, UUID: SegmentUUID, paramUserID: UserID
 
     // no type but has category, categoryVote
     if (!type && category) {
-        return categoryVote(UUID, nonAnonUserID, isVIP, isTempVIP, isOwnSubmission, category, hashedIP, finalResponse);
+        const result = categoryVote(UUID, nonAnonUserID, isVIP, isTempVIP, isOwnSubmission, category, hashedIP, finalResponse);
+
+        lock.unlock();
+        return result;
     }
 
     // If not upvote, or an upvote on a dead segment (for ActionType.Full)
@@ -405,8 +410,11 @@ export async function vote(ip: IPAddress, UUID: SegmentUUID, paramUserID: UserID
     if (!isNaN(type) && segmentInfo.votes <= -2 && segmentInfo.actionType !== ActionType.Full &&
         !(isVIP || isTempVIP || isOwnSubmission)) {
         if (type == 1) {
+            lock.unlock();
             return { status: 403, message: "Not allowed to upvote segment with too many downvotes unless you are VIP." };
         } else if (type == 0) {
+            lock.unlock();
+
             // Already downvoted enough, ignore
             return { status: 200 };
         }
@@ -439,6 +447,8 @@ export async function vote(ip: IPAddress, UUID: SegmentUUID, paramUserID: UserID
             //undo/cancel vote
             incrementAmount = 0;
         } else {
+            lock.unlock();
+
             //unrecongnised type of vote
             return { status: 400 };
         }
@@ -537,6 +547,8 @@ export async function vote(ip: IPAddress, UUID: SegmentUUID, paramUserID: UserID
 
         return { status: finalResponse.finalStatus, message: finalResponse.finalMessage ?? undefined };
     } catch (err) {
+        lock.unlock();
+
         Logger.error(err as string);
         return { status: 500, message: finalResponse.finalMessage ?? undefined, json: { error: "Internal error creating segment vote" } };
     }