diff --git a/server/routes/games.ts b/server/routes/games.ts
index 6957769..a3a1797 100755
--- a/server/routes/games.ts
+++ b/server/routes/games.ts
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ const loadGame = async (id) => {
   }
   
   if (!game) {
-    game = createGame(id);
+    game = await createGame(id);
   }
 
   /* Clear out cached names from player colors and rebuild them
@@ -5014,7 +5014,7 @@ const resetGame = (game) => {
   }
 }
 
-const createGame = (id) => {
+const createGame = async (id) => {
   /* Look for a new game with random words that does not already exist */
   while (!id) {
     id = randomWords(4).join('-');