diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/everywhere/everywhere.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/everywhere/everywhere.js
index 68a19c991..14d002e58 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/everywhere/everywhere.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/everywhere/everywhere.js
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@
     }
 
     // set scoring intervals
-    if(context.jamClient.SetScoreWorkTimingInterval){
-      var success = context.jamClient.SetScoreWorkTimingInterval(
+    if(await context.jamClient.SetScoreWorkTimingInterval){
+      var success = await context.jamClient.SetScoreWorkTimingInterval(
         {
           interval: gon.global.scoring_get_work_interval,
           backoff:  gon.global.scoring_get_work_backoff_interval