diff --git a/desktop/src/main.ts b/desktop/src/main.ts
index b0c51fb93..f5ad89158 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ const createMainWindow = () => {
             app.dock.hide();
     });
 
-    window.on("show", () => {
-        if (process.platform == "darwin") app.dock.show();
+    window.on("show", async () => {
+        if (process.platform == "darwin") await app.dock.show();
     });
 
     // Let ipcRenderer know when mainWindow is in the foreground so that it can
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export const allowExternalLinks = (webContents: WebContents) => {
     // Returning `action` "deny" accomplishes this.
     webContents.setWindowOpenHandler(({ url }) => {
         if (!url.startsWith(rendererURL)) {
-            shell.openExternal(url);
+            void shell.openExternal(url);
             return { action: "deny" };
         } else {
             return { action: "allow" };
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ const main = () => {
         allowExternalLinks(mainWindow.webContents);
 
         // Start loading the renderer.
-        mainWindow.loadURL(rendererURL);
+        void mainWindow.loadURL(rendererURL);
 
         // Continue on with the rest of the startup sequence.
         Menu.setApplicationMenu(await createApplicationMenu(mainWindow));
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@ const main = () => {
         if (!isDev) setupAutoUpdater(mainWindow);
 
         try {
-            deleteLegacyDiskCacheDirIfExists();
-            deleteLegacyKeysStoreIfExists();
+            await deleteLegacyDiskCacheDirIfExists();
+            await deleteLegacyKeysStoreIfExists();
         } catch (e) {
             // Log but otherwise ignore errors during non-critical startup
             // actions.
diff --git a/desktop/src/main/services/app-update.ts b/desktop/src/main/services/app-update.ts
index e20d42fb7..a9e310934 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/services/app-update.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/main/services/app-update.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const setupAutoUpdater = (mainWindow: BrowserWindow) => {
 
     const oneDay = 1 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
     setInterval(() => checkForUpdatesAndNotify(mainWindow), oneDay);
-    checkForUpdatesAndNotify(mainWindow);
+    void checkForUpdatesAndNotify(mainWindow);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const setupAutoUpdater = (mainWindow: BrowserWindow) => {
 export const forceCheckForAppUpdates = (mainWindow: BrowserWindow) => {
     userPreferences.delete("skipAppVersion");
     userPreferences.delete("muteUpdateNotificationVersion");
-    checkForUpdatesAndNotify(mainWindow);
+    void checkForUpdatesAndNotify(mainWindow);
 };
 
 const checkForUpdatesAndNotify = async (mainWindow: BrowserWindow) => {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const checkForUpdatesAndNotify = async (mainWindow: BrowserWindow) => {
         mainWindow.webContents.send("appUpdateAvailable", update);
 
     log.debug(() => "Attempting auto update");
-    autoUpdater.downloadUpdate();
+    await autoUpdater.downloadUpdate();
 
     let timeoutId: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
     const fiveMinutes = 5 * 60 * 1000;