diff --git a/addons/dialogic/Modules/Text/event_text.gd b/addons/dialogic/Modules/Text/event_text.gd
index 7e29d4aa8..75c97260a 100644
--- a/addons/dialogic/Modules/Text/event_text.gd
+++ b/addons/dialogic/Modules/Text/event_text.gd
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ func _execute() -> void:
 	if dialogic.has_subsystem("Portraits"):
 		if character:
 
-			dialogic.Portraits.change_speaker(character, portrait)
+			await dialogic.Portraits.change_speaker(character, portrait)
 
 			if portrait and dialogic.Portraits.is_character_joined(character):
-				dialogic.Portraits.change_character_portrait(character, portrait)
+				await dialogic.Portraits.change_character_portrait(character, portrait)
 
 		else:
-			dialogic.Portraits.change_speaker(null)
+			await dialogic.Portraits.change_speaker(null)
 
 	## Change and Type Sound Mood
 	if character: