diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 318bc3a2..2c092d52 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { createDB } from "./index";
 import { DEFAULT_OPTIONS_KEYS, OPTION_TYPE_CHECKS } from "./constants";
 import { ServerOptions } from "../types";
 
-async function main() {
+function main() {
     const definedOptions = process.argv.filter((option) => option.startsWith('--'))
     const options: ServerOptions = {
         _DO_NOT_USE_cli: true
@@ -44,17 +44,18 @@ async function main() {
         }
     }
     console.log('Creating ephemeral MySQL database...')
-    const db = await createDB(options);
-    console.log(`A MySQL database has been successfully created with the following parameters:\n\nMySQL Version: ${db.mysql.version} (${db.mysql.versionIsInstalledOnSystem ? 'installed on this system' : 'not installed on this system - downloaded from the MySQL CDN'}) \nUsername: ${db.username} \nDatabase Name: ${db.dbName} \nPort: ${db.port} \nX Plugin Port: ${db.xPort} \nSocket: ${db.socket} \nX Plugin Socket: ${db.xSocket}\n`)
-    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-        //The connection information logs will be different for Windows compared to other platforms.
-        //Windows uses mysqlsh instead of mysql to invoke the client shell, needs a --sql flag to be put into SQL mode, and also does not have a protocol flag.
-        //Also according to https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=106852, you cannot log into a MySQL database with a named pipe for the first connection so a socket connection suggestion
-        //should only be displayed for non-Windows platforms.
-        console.log(`If you want to use the MySQL CLI client to connect to the database, you can use the following command: \nmysqlsh --sql -u ${db.username} -P ${db.port}\nIf prompted for a password, leave the password field blank. The database does not have a password set.`)
-    } else {
-        console.log(`If you want to use the MySQL CLI client to connect to the database, you can use either commands: \nmysql -u ${db.username} -P ${db.port} --protocol tcp \nOR\nmysql -u ${db.username} --socket ${db.socket}\nIf prompted for a password, leave the password field blank. The database does not have a password set.`)
-    }
+    createDB(options).then(db => {
+        console.log(`A MySQL database has been successfully created with the following parameters:\n\nMySQL Version: ${db.mysql.version} (${db.mysql.versionIsInstalledOnSystem ? 'installed on this system' : 'not installed on this system - downloaded from the MySQL CDN'}) \nUsername: ${db.username} \nDatabase Name: ${db.dbName} \nPort: ${db.port} \nX Plugin Port: ${db.xPort} \nSocket: ${db.socket} \nX Plugin Socket: ${db.xSocket}\n`)
+        if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+            //The connection information logs will be different for Windows compared to other platforms.
+            //Windows uses mysqlsh instead of mysql to invoke the client shell, needs a --sql flag to be put into SQL mode, and also does not have a protocol flag.
+            //Also according to https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=106852, you cannot log into a MySQL database with a named pipe for the first connection so a socket connection suggestion
+            //should only be displayed for non-Windows platforms.
+            console.log(`If you want to use the MySQL CLI client to connect to the database, you can use the following command: \nmysqlsh --sql -u ${db.username} -P ${db.port}\nIf prompted for a password, leave the password field blank. The database does not have a password set.`)
+        } else {
+            console.log(`If you want to use the MySQL CLI client to connect to the database, you can use either commands: \nmysql -u ${db.username} -P ${db.port} --protocol tcp \nOR\nmysql -u ${db.username} --socket ${db.socket}\nIf prompted for a password, leave the password field blank. The database does not have a password set.`)
+        }
+    })
 }
 
 main()