diff --git a/src/Core/Services/Implementations/LicensingService.cs b/src/Core/Services/Implementations/LicensingService.cs
index 037c42b656..9c1266d3d3 100644
--- a/src/Core/Services/Implementations/LicensingService.cs
+++ b/src/Core/Services/Implementations/LicensingService.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ namespace Bit.Core.Services
                 "‎B34876439FCDA2846505B2EFBBA6C4A951313EBE";
             if(_globalSettings.SelfHosted)
             {
-                _certificate = CoreHelpers.GetEmbeddedCertificate("licensing.cer", null);
+                _certificate = CoreHelpers.GetEmbeddedCertificateAsync("licensing.cer", null)
+                    .GetAwaiter().GetResult();
             }
             else if(CoreHelpers.SettingHasValue(_globalSettings.Storage?.ConnectionString) &&
                 CoreHelpers.SettingHasValue(_globalSettings.LicenseCertificatePassword))
diff --git a/src/Core/Utilities/CoreHelpers.cs b/src/Core/Utilities/CoreHelpers.cs
index a9652c9f53..971f6407db 100644
--- a/src/Core/Utilities/CoreHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/Core/Utilities/CoreHelpers.cs
@@ -169,13 +169,13 @@ namespace Bit.Core.Utilities
             return new X509Certificate2(file, password);
         }
 
-        public static X509Certificate2 GetEmbeddedCertificate(string file, string password)
+        public async static Task<X509Certificate2> GetEmbeddedCertificateAsync(string file, string password)
         {
             var assembly = typeof(CoreHelpers).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
             using(var s = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream($"Bit.Core.{file}"))
             using(var ms = new MemoryStream())
             {
-                s.CopyTo(ms);
+                await s.CopyToAsync(ms);
                 return new X509Certificate2(ms.ToArray(), password);
             }
         }