diff --git a/src/functions/certGenInit.ts b/src/functions/certGenInit.ts
index 447150b..903522a 100644
--- a/src/functions/certGenInit.ts
+++ b/src/functions/certGenInit.ts
@@ -48,14 +48,10 @@ const certGenInit: Handler = async (
       for (const record of certGenFilteredRecords) {
         const stringifiedRecord = JSON.stringify(record);
         console.log(stringifiedRecord);
-        Promise.resolve(sqService.sendCertGenMessage(stringifiedRecord)).then(
-          () => {
-            console.log(
-              `event ${record.dynamodb?.SequenceNumber} successfully processed`
-            );
-          }
-        );
+        await sqService.sendCertGenMessage(stringifiedRecord);
       }
+
+      console.log(`event ${record.dynamodb?.SequenceNumber} successfully processed`);
     } catch (err) {
       console.error(err);
       console.log("expandedRecords");
diff --git a/src/services/SQService.ts b/src/services/SQService.ts
index 25349da..2b0c4cc 100644
--- a/src/services/SQService.ts
+++ b/src/services/SQService.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ import {
   ReceiveMessageCommandOutput,
   SQSClient,
   SendMessageCommand,
-  SendMessageCommandInput,
-  SendMessageCommandOutput,
+  SendMessageCommandInput
 } from "@aws-sdk/client-sqs";
 
 import { Service } from "../models/injector/ServiceDecorator";
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ class SQService {
     messageBody: string,
     queueName: string,
     messageAttributes?: Record<string, MessageAttributeValue>
-  ): Promise<SendMessageCommandOutput | ServiceException> {
+  ) {
     // Get the queue URL for the provided queue name
     const queueUrlResult: GetQueueUrlCommandOutput = await this.sqsClient.send(
       new GetQueueUrlCommand({ QueueName: queueName })
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ class SQService {
     }
 
     // Send a message to the queue
-    return this.sqsClient.send(
+    await this.sqsClient.send(
       new SendMessageCommand(params as SendMessageCommandInput)
     );
   }
diff --git a/tests/unit/certGenInitFunction.unitTest.ts b/tests/unit/certGenInitFunction.unitTest.ts
index c98a1a4..f43599c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/certGenInitFunction.unitTest.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/certGenInitFunction.unitTest.ts
@@ -65,18 +65,15 @@ describe("certGenInit Function", () => {
         .mockReturnValue([{ test: "thing" }]);
 
       expect.assertions(1);
-      try {
-        const returnedInfo = await certGenInit(
-          { Records: ["this is an event"] },
-          ctx,
-          () => {
-            return;
-          }
-        );
-        expect(returnedInfo.batchItemFailures.length).toBe(1);
-      } catch (e: any) {
-        throw e;
-      }
+
+      const returnedInfo = await certGenInit(
+        { Records: ["this is an event"] },
+        ctx,
+        () => {
+          return;
+        }
+      );
+      expect(returnedInfo.batchItemFailures.length).toBe(1);
     });
     it("should not throw error if code is InvalidParameterValue", async () => {
       StreamService.getTestResultStream = jest.fn().mockReturnValue([{}]);