diff --git a/node/src/manager/commands/chain.rs b/node/src/manager/commands/chain.rs
index ad6d7bdd543..fbca85e5c44 100644
--- a/node/src/manager/commands/chain.rs
+++ b/node/src/manager/commands/chain.rs
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ pub async fn change_block_cache_shard(
 
             let chain = BlockStore::allocate_chain(conn, &chain_name, &shard, &ident).await?;
 
-            graph::block_on(store.add_chain_store(&chain,ChainStatus::Ingestible, true))?;
+            store.add_chain_store(&chain,ChainStatus::Ingestible, true).await?;
 
             // Drop the foreign key constraint on deployment_schemas
             sql_query(