diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/SyncSettingsViewController+SyncDelegate.swift b/DuckDuckGo/SyncSettingsViewController+SyncDelegate.swift
index 70a8635dcb..a9621934d3 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/SyncSettingsViewController+SyncDelegate.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/SyncSettingsViewController+SyncDelegate.swift
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ extension SyncSettingsViewController: SyncManagementViewModelDelegate {
             preferredStyle: .alert)
         alertController.addAction(title: UserText.syncAlertSwitchAccountButton, style: .default) { [weak self] in
             self?.switchAccounts(recoveryKey: recoveryKey)
+            Task {
+                await self?.switchAccounts(recoveryKey: recoveryKey)
+            }
         }
         alertController.addAction(title: UserText.actionCancel, style: .cancel)
         // Gives time to the is syncing view to appear
@@ -200,7 +203,7 @@ extension SyncSettingsViewController: SyncManagementViewModelDelegate {
         }
     }
 
-    func switchAccounts(recoveryKey: SyncCode.RecoveryKey) {
+    func switchAccounts(recoveryKey: SyncCode.RecoveryKey) async {
         Task { [weak self] in
             do {
                 try await self?.syncService.disconnect()
diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/SyncSettingsViewController.swift b/DuckDuckGo/SyncSettingsViewController.swift
index 09104e42c7..d34e57c182 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/SyncSettingsViewController.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/SyncSettingsViewController.swift
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ extension SyncSettingsViewController: ScanOrPasteCodeViewModelDelegate {
                     if rootView.model.devices.count > 1 {
                         promptToSwitchAccounts(recoveryKey: recoveryKey)
                     } else {
-                        switchAccounts(recoveryKey: recoveryKey)
+                        await switchAccounts(recoveryKey: recoveryKey)
                     }
                 } else {
                     handleError(.unableToSyncToServer, error: error, event: .syncLoginError)