diff --git a/crates/cli/src/commands/manage.rs b/crates/cli/src/commands/manage.rs
index c1638fc11..e991c1716 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/commands/manage.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/commands/manage.rs
@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@ impl Options {
                 let matrix_config =
                     MatrixConfig::extract(figment).map_err(anyhow::Error::from_boxed)?;
                 let http_client = mas_http::reqwest_client();
-                let homeserver = homeserver_connection_from_config(&matrix_config, http_client);
+                let homeserver =
+                    homeserver_connection_from_config(&matrix_config, http_client).await?;
                 let mut conn = database_connection_from_config(&database_config).await?;
                 let txn = conn.begin().await?;
                 let mut repo = PgRepository::from_conn(txn);