diff --git a/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts b/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts
index 739d92084..c8080a81a 100644
--- a/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts
+++ b/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts
@@ -237,15 +237,15 @@ export const DeployRepo = async (event: any = {}): Promise<any> => {
   if (deployable.length > 0) {
     try {
       console.log('deploying repos');
-      await deployRepo(deployable, consoleLogger, jobRepository, c.get('jobsQueueUrl'));
+      deployRepo(deployable, consoleLogger, jobRepository, c.get('jobsQueueUrl'));
+      return {
+        statusCode: 200,
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      };
     } catch (e) {
       return prepResponse(401, 'text/plain', `${e} error deploying repos`);
     }
   }
-  return {
-    statusCode: 200,
-    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-  };
 };
 
 function createPayload(
diff --git a/src/repositories/baseRepository.ts b/src/repositories/baseRepository.ts
index da3e0091f..2d30e4156 100644
--- a/src/repositories/baseRepository.ts
+++ b/src/repositories/baseRepository.ts
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ export abstract class BaseRepository {
         this._collection.insertMany(docs),
         errorMsg
       );
+      console.log(JSON.stringify(insertManyResult));
       if (insertManyResult?.insertedIds) {
         return insertManyResult.insertedIds;
       }
-      console.log('returned null for insertMany??');
       return null;
     } catch (error) {
       this._logger.error(`${this._repoName}:upsert`, `Failed to insert job (${JSON.stringify(docs)}) error: ${error}`);