diff --git a/api/commands.js b/api/commands.js
index 86a66b087..db9c85759 100644
--- a/api/commands.js
+++ b/api/commands.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { readdir, readFile } from "fs/promises";
+import { readdirSync, readFileSync } from "fs";
 import { join, dirname } from "path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
 const PROJECT_ROOT = join(__dirname, "..");
 
-export default async function handler(request) {
+export default function handler(request) {
   try {
     const sourceDir = join(PROJECT_ROOT, "source");
     const commandsDir = join(sourceDir, "commands");
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ export default async function handler(request) {
     console.log("PROJECT_ROOT:", PROJECT_ROOT);
     console.log("commandsDir:", commandsDir);
 
-    const files = await readdir(commandsDir);
+    const files = readdirSync(commandsDir);
+    console.log("Files found:", files.length);
+
     const commands = [];
 
     for (const file of files) {
       if (file.endsWith(".md")) {
-        const content = await readFile(join(commandsDir, file), "utf-8");
+        const content = readFileSync(join(commandsDir, file), "utf-8");
         const frontmatterMatch = content.match(/^---\n([\s\S]+?)\n---/);
 
         if (frontmatterMatch) {
diff --git a/api/patterns.js b/api/patterns.js
index 7fec7e4d6..d797d8bbd 100644
--- a/api/patterns.js
+++ b/api/patterns.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
+import { readFileSync } from "fs";
 import { join, dirname } from "path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
 const PROJECT_ROOT = join(__dirname, "..");
 
-export default async function handler(request) {
+export default function handler(request) {
   try {
     const sourceDir = join(PROJECT_ROOT, "source");
     const filePath = join(sourceDir, "patterns.md");
 
     console.log("Reading patterns from:", filePath);
 
-    const content = await readFile(filePath, "utf-8");
+    const content = readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8");
+    console.log("File read, length:", content.length);
     const frontmatterMatch = content.match(/^---\n([\s\S]+?)\n---/);
 
     if (!frontmatterMatch) {