diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index a4ed2d3..4ac8bd2 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ impl FromRequest for CustomRequest {
 }
 
 /// Process a "simple request" aka not a WebSocket request
-fn process_simple_route(route: &Route, req: &mut HttpRequestHandler) -> RequestResult {
+async fn process_simple_route(route: &Route, req: &mut HttpRequestHandler) -> RequestResult {
     if requests_limit_helper::trigger_before(req, route).is_err() {
         req.too_many_requests("Too many request. Please try again later.")?;
     }
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ async fn process_request(custom_req: CustomRequest) -> HttpResponse {
     // Execute the request
     let mut request = HttpRequestHandler::new(custom_req.req, custom_req.body);
 
-    match process_simple_route(route, &mut request) {
+    match process_simple_route(route, &mut request).await {
 
         // Set default error response if required
         Err(e) => {