diff --git a/evaluations/evaluations/benchmark.py b/evaluations/evaluations/benchmark.py
index 424483a8..ab66dd16 100644
--- a/evaluations/evaluations/benchmark.py
+++ b/evaluations/evaluations/benchmark.py
@@ -494,15 +494,13 @@ def optimize(
         for index, doc in enumerate(corpus, start=1)
     ]
 
-    asyncio.run(
-        run_optimization(
-            spec=spec,
-            config=app_config,
-            cases=cases,
-            max_calls=max_calls,
-            db_path=db,
-            output=output,
-        )
+    run_optimization(
+        spec=spec,
+        config=app_config,
+        cases=cases,
+        max_calls=max_calls,
+        db_path=db,
+        output=output,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/evaluations/evaluations/optimization.py b/evaluations/evaluations/optimization.py
index 211615c2..cd65e9f4 100644
--- a/evaluations/evaluations/optimization.py
+++ b/evaluations/evaluations/optimization.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class ReflectionLM:
         return result.output
 
 
-async def run_optimization(
+def run_optimization(
     spec: DatasetSpec,
     config: AppConfig,
     cases: list[QACase],