diff --git a/Services/HandleDbBackup.cs b/Services/HandleDbBackup.cs
index 5dfb55f..b8ee7b5 100755
--- a/Services/HandleDbBackup.cs
+++ b/Services/HandleDbBackup.cs
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ public class HandleDbBackup
         string adminId, IMongoCollection<Post> _db)
     {
         logger?.LogInformation("Backup requested");
-        
-        var json = _db.Find(new BsonDocument()).ToList().ToJson();
+
+        var json = (await _db.Find(new BsonDocument()).ToListAsync()).ToJson();
 
         var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json);
         var stream = new MemoryStream(bytes);
 
         await _bot.SendDocument(adminId, InputFile.FromStream(stream, "backup.json"),
             "Backup of your collection\nCreated at " +
-            DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" + "\nCurrent post count: " + _db.CountDocuments(new BsonDocument())),
+            DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" + "\nCurrent post count: " + _db.CountDocumentsAsync(new BsonDocument())),
             ParseMode.Html);
         logger?.LogInformation("Backup sent");
     }
diff --git a/Services/HandleStartMessage.cs b/Services/HandleStartMessage.cs
index 4a3bc92..686578f 100755
--- a/Services/HandleStartMessage.cs
+++ b/Services/HandleStartMessage.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using MongoDB.Driver;
+using MongoDB.Driver.Linq;
 using mstdnCats.Models;
 using Telegram.Bot;
 using Telegram.Bot.Types;
@@ -17,9 +18,9 @@ public class HandleStartMessage
                                (callbackQuery != null ? "Callback" : "Start command"));
 
         // choose all media attachments that are approved
-        var mediaAttachmentsToSelect = _db.AsQueryable()
+        var mediaAttachmentsToSelect = await _db.AsQueryable()
             .Where(post => post.MediaAttachments.Any(media => media.Approved))
-            .ToList();
+            .ToListAsync();
 
         // select random approved media attachment
         var selectedMediaAttachment = mediaAttachmentsToSelect[new Random().Next(mediaAttachmentsToSelect.Count)];
diff --git a/Services/ProcessPosts.cs b/Services/ProcessPosts.cs
index eceec11..2963716 100755
--- a/Services/ProcessPosts.cs
+++ b/Services/ProcessPosts.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using CatsOfMastodonBot.Models;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using MongoDB.Driver;
+using MongoDB.Driver.Linq;
 using mstdnCats.Models;
 using Telegram.Bot;
 using Telegram.Bot.Types.Enums;
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@ public class ProcessPosts
         var config = ConfigData.fetchData();
 
         // Get existing posts
-        var existingPosts = _db.AsQueryable().Select(x => x.mstdnPostId).ToArray();
+        var existingPosts = await _db.AsQueryable().Select(x => x.mstdnPostId).ToListAsync();
         logger?.LogInformation(
-            $"Recieved posts to proccess: {fetchedPosts.Count} - total existing posts: {existingPosts.Length}");
+            $"Recieved posts to proccess: {fetchedPosts.Count} - total existing posts: {existingPosts.Count}");
         var newPosts = 0;
         // Process posts
         List<Post> validPosts = new();