diff --git a/src/cli/init.rs b/src/cli/init.rs
index 3260752..653741f 100644
--- a/src/cli/init.rs
+++ b/src/cli/init.rs
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ pub enum InitError {
     FailedToGenerateKeypair,
 }
 
-pub fn init() {
-    let config = match generate_config() {
+pub async fn init() {
+    let config = match generate_config().await {
         Ok(config) => config,
         Err(err) => {
             panic!("Failed to get input: {}", err);
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub fn init() {
     log::info!("✅ New app chain initialised.");
 }
 
-fn generate_config() -> Result<AppChainConfig, InitError> {
+async fn generate_config() -> Result<AppChainConfig, InitError> {
     let app_chain = get_text_input("Enter you app chain name:", Some("madara"))?;
 
     let app_chains_home = get_app_chains_home()?;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fn generate_config() -> Result<AppChainConfig, InitError> {
 
     let mode = get_option("Select mode for your app chain:", RollupMode::iter().collect::<Vec<_>>())?;
     let da_layer = get_option("Select DA layer for your app chain:", DALayer::iter().collect::<Vec<_>>())?;
-    let madara_version = get_latest_commit_hash(MADARA_REPO_ORG, MADARA_REPO_NAME)?;
+    let madara_version = get_latest_commit_hash(MADARA_REPO_ORG, MADARA_REPO_NAME).await?;
     let config_version = ConfigVersion::Version1;
 
     log::info!("\n");
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4d9af55..001f17e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ async fn main() {
     let cli = Cli::parse();
 
     match &cli.command {
-        Some(Commands::Init) => cli::init::init(),
+        Some(Commands::Init) => cli::init::init().await,
         Some(Commands::List) => cli::list::list(),
         Some(Commands::Run) => cli::run::run().await,
         Some(Commands::Explorer) => cli::explorer::explorer().await,
diff --git a/src/utils/github.rs b/src/utils/github.rs
index b4bf704..cf32363 100644
--- a/src/utils/github.rs
+++ b/src/utils/github.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
 
 use git2::Repository;
-use reqwest::blocking::Client;
+use reqwest::Client;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
 use crate::utils::errors::GithubError;
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ struct Commit {
     sha: String,
 }
 
-pub fn get_latest_commit_hash(org: &str, repo: &str) -> Result<String, GithubError> {
+pub async fn get_latest_commit_hash(org: &str, repo: &str) -> Result<String, GithubError> {
     let github_api_url = format!("{}/repos/{}/{}/commits", GITHUB_API_BASE_URL, org, repo);
 
     let client = Client::new();
-    let response = client.get(github_api_url).header("User-Agent", "reqwest").send();
+    let response = client.get(github_api_url).header("User-Agent", "reqwest").send().await;
 
     return match response {
-        Ok(response) => match response.json::<Vec<Commit>>() {
+        Ok(response) => match response.json::<Vec<Commit>>().await {
             Ok(commits) => match commits.first() {
                 Some(latest_commit) => Ok(latest_commit.sha.clone()),
                 None => Err(GithubError::NoCommitsFound),