diff --git a/src/app/(auth-state)/admin/photos/page.tsx b/src/app/(auth-state)/admin/photos/page.tsx
index 2521b796..3f991668 100644
--- a/src/app/(auth-state)/admin/photos/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(auth-state)/admin/photos/page.tsx
@@ -37,18 +37,16 @@ export default async function AdminPage({
     photos,
     count,
     blobUploadUrls,
+    blobPhotoUrls,
   ] = await Promise.all([
-    await getPhotos({ sortBy: 'createdAt', limit }),
-    await getPhotosCount(),
-    await getBlobUploadUrls(),
+    getPhotos({ sortBy: 'createdAt', limit }),
+    getPhotosCount(),
+    getBlobUploadUrls(),
+    DEBUG_PHOTO_BLOBS ? getBlobPhotoUrls() : [],
   ]);
 
   const showMorePhotos = count > photos.length;
 
-  const blobPhotoUrls = DEBUG_PHOTO_BLOBS
-    ? await getBlobPhotoUrls()
-    : [];
-
   return (
     <SiteGrid
       contentMain={
diff --git a/src/app/(static)/grid/page.tsx b/src/app/(static)/grid/page.tsx
index 33f8207b..241cf5a6 100644
--- a/src/app/(static)/grid/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(static)/grid/page.tsx
@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@ export default async function GridPage({
 }) {
   const { offset, limit } = getPhotosLimitForQuery(searchParams.next);
 
-  const photos = await getPhotosCached({ limit });
-
-  const count = await getPhotosCountCached();
-
-  const tags = await getUniqueTagsCached();
+  const [
+    photos,
+    count,
+    tags,
+  ] = await Promise.all([
+    getPhotosCached({ limit }),
+    getPhotosCountCached(),
+    getUniqueTagsCached(),
+  ]);
 
   const showMorePhotos = count > photos.length;
   
diff --git a/src/app/(static)/home-image/route.tsx b/src/app/(static)/home-image/route.tsx
index 564d5932..3e1288af 100644
--- a/src/app/(static)/home-image/route.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(static)/home-image/route.tsx
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ import { ImageResponse } from 'next/server';
 export const runtime = 'edge';
 
 export async function GET(request: Request) {
-  const photos = await getPhotosCached({
-    limit: MAX_PHOTOS_TO_SHOW_HOME,
-  });
-
-  const headers = await getImageCacheHeadersForAuth(await auth());
+  const [
+    photos,
+    headers,
+  ] = await Promise.all([
+    getPhotosCached({ limit: MAX_PHOTOS_TO_SHOW_HOME }),
+    getImageCacheHeadersForAuth(await auth()),
+  ]);
 
   const { width, height } = IMAGE_OG_SMALL_SIZE;
 
diff --git a/src/app/(static)/og/page.tsx b/src/app/(static)/og/page.tsx
index d5d22e3d..49181620 100644
--- a/src/app/(static)/og/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(static)/og/page.tsx
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ export default async function GridPage({
 }) {
   const { offset, limit } = getPhotosLimitForQuery(searchParams.next);
 
-  const photos = await getPhotosCached({ limit });
-
-  const count = await getPhotosCountCached();
+  const [
+    photos,
+    count,
+  ] = await Promise.all([
+    getPhotosCached({ limit }),
+    getPhotosCountCached(),
+  ]);
 
   const showMorePhotos = count > photos.length;
   
diff --git a/src/app/(static)/p/[photoId]/image/route.tsx b/src/app/(static)/p/[photoId]/image/route.tsx
index 282fd7c3..a0bf138b 100644
--- a/src/app/(static)/p/[photoId]/image/route.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(static)/p/[photoId]/image/route.tsx
@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ import { ImageResponse } from 'next/server';
 export const runtime = 'edge';
 
 export async function GET(request: Request, context: any){
-  const photo = await getPhotoCached(context.params.photoId);
-
-  const {
-    fontFamily,
-    fonts,
-  } = await getIBMPlexMonoMedium();
-  
-  const headers = await getImageCacheHeadersForAuth(await auth());
+  const [
+    photo,
+    { fontFamily, fonts },
+    headers,
+  ] = await Promise.all([
+    getPhotoCached(context.params.photoId),
+    getIBMPlexMonoMedium(),
+    getImageCacheHeadersForAuth(await auth()),
+  ]);
   
   if (!photo) { return new Response('Photo not found', { status: 404 }); }
 
diff --git a/src/app/(static)/page.tsx b/src/app/(static)/page.tsx
index 41467ea0..2fcb8570 100644
--- a/src/app/(static)/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(static)/page.tsx
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ export default async function HomePage({
 }) {
   const { offset, limit } = getPhotosLimitForQuery(searchParams.next, 12);
 
-  const photos = await getPhotosCached({ limit });
-
-  const count = await getPhotosCountCached();
-
+  const [
+    photos,
+    count,
+  ] = await Promise.all([
+    getPhotosCached({ limit }),
+    getPhotosCountCached(),
+  ]);
+  
   const showMorePhotos = count > photos.length;
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/app/(static)/t/[tag]/image/route.tsx b/src/app/(static)/t/[tag]/image/route.tsx
index c09e98c3..7bcdd4cf 100644
--- a/src/app/(static)/t/[tag]/image/route.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(static)/t/[tag]/image/route.tsx
@@ -11,17 +11,18 @@ import { ImageResponse } from 'next/server';
 export const runtime = 'edge';
 
 export async function GET(request: Request, context: any) {
-  const photos = await getPhotosCached({
-    limit: MAX_PHOTOS_TO_SHOW_PER_TAG,
-    tag: context.params.tag,
-  });
-
-  const {
-    fontFamily,
-    fonts,
-  } = await getIBMPlexMonoMedium();
-
-  const headers = await getImageCacheHeadersForAuth(await auth());
+  const [
+    photos,
+    { fontFamily, fonts },
+    headers,
+  ] = await Promise.all([
+    getPhotosCached({
+      limit: MAX_PHOTOS_TO_SHOW_PER_TAG,
+      tag: context.params.tag,
+    }),
+    getIBMPlexMonoMedium(),
+    getImageCacheHeadersForAuth(await auth()),
+  ]);
 
   const { width, height } = IMAGE_OG_SMALL_SIZE;
 
diff --git a/src/app/(static)/template-image-tight/route.tsx b/src/app/(static)/template-image-tight/route.tsx
index 9183818a..45007afe 100644
--- a/src/app/(static)/template-image-tight/route.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(static)/template-image-tight/route.tsx
@@ -12,17 +12,18 @@ import { ImageResponse } from 'next/server';
 export const runtime = 'edge';
 
 export async function GET(request: Request) {
-  const photos = await getPhotosCached({
-    sortBy: 'priority',
-    limit: MAX_PHOTOS_TO_SHOW_TEMPLATE_TIGHT,
-  });
-
-  const {
-    fontFamily,
-    fonts,
-  } = await getIBMPlexMonoMedium();
-
-  const headers = await getImageCacheHeadersForAuth(await auth());
+  const [
+    photos,
+    { fontFamily, fonts },
+    headers,
+  ] = await Promise.all([
+    getPhotosCached({
+      sortBy: 'priority',
+      limit: MAX_PHOTOS_TO_SHOW_TEMPLATE_TIGHT,
+    }),
+    getIBMPlexMonoMedium(),
+    getImageCacheHeadersForAuth(await auth()),
+  ]);
 
   const { width, height } = IMAGE_OG_SIZE;
 
diff --git a/src/app/(static)/template-image/route.tsx b/src/app/(static)/template-image/route.tsx
index cfbdfc0e..101b39b4 100644
--- a/src/app/(static)/template-image/route.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(static)/template-image/route.tsx
@@ -12,17 +12,15 @@ import { ImageResponse } from 'next/server';
 export const runtime = 'edge';
 
 export async function GET(request: Request) {
-  const photos = await getPhotosCached({
-    sortBy: 'priority',
-    limit: MAX_PHOTOS_TO_SHOW_TEMPLATE,
-  });
-
-  const {
-    fontFamily,
-    fonts,
-  } = await getIBMPlexMonoMedium();
-  
-  const headers = await getImageCacheHeadersForAuth(await auth());
+  const [
+    photos,
+    { fontFamily, fonts },
+    headers,
+  ] = await Promise.all([
+    getPhotosCached({ sortBy: 'priority', limit: MAX_PHOTOS_TO_SHOW_TEMPLATE }),
+    getIBMPlexMonoMedium(),
+    getImageCacheHeadersForAuth(await auth()),
+  ]);
 
   const { width, height } = GRID_OG_SIZE;
   
diff --git a/src/cache/index.ts b/src/cache/index.ts
index 0ac85e74..3c7e43c1 100644
--- a/src/cache/index.ts
+++ b/src/cache/index.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export const getUniqueTagsCached: typeof getUniqueTags = (...args) =>
     }
   )();
 
-export const getImageCacheHeadersForAuth = async (session?: Session) => {
+export const getImageCacheHeadersForAuth = (session?: Session) => {
   return {
     'Cache-Control': !session?.user
       ? 's-maxage=3600, stale-while-revalidate=59'
diff --git a/src/photo/actions.ts b/src/photo/actions.ts
index 490f266a..52e87c33 100644
--- a/src/photo/actions.ts
+++ b/src/photo/actions.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export async function createPhotoAction(formData: FormData) {
   );
 
   if (updatedUrl) { photo.url = updatedUrl; }
+
   await sqlInsertPhotoIntoDb(photo);
 
   revalidatePhotosTag();
@@ -41,8 +42,10 @@ export async function updatePhotoAction(formData: FormData) {
 }
 
 export async function deletePhotoAction(formData: FormData) {
-  await deleteBlobPhoto(formData.get('url') as string);
-  await sqlDeletePhoto(formData.get('id') as string);
+  await Promise.all([
+    deleteBlobPhoto(formData.get('url') as string),
+    sqlDeletePhoto(formData.get('id') as string),
+  ]);
 
   revalidatePhotosTag();
 };