diff --git a/server/db.js b/server/db.js
index cd8308c1b..9f33452ba 100644
--- a/server/db.js
+++ b/server/db.js
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ const disconnect = async ()=>{
 };
 
 const connect = async (config)=>{
-	return await Mongoose.connect(getMongoDBURL(config),
-		{ retryWrites: false }, handleConnectionError);
+	return await Mongoose.connect(getMongoDBURL(config), { retryWrites: false })
+		.catch(error=>handleConnectionError(error));
 };
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/server/homebrew.model.js b/server/homebrew.model.js
index 104309a28..51ed97e75 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.model.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.model.js
@@ -40,30 +40,24 @@ HomebrewSchema.statics.increaseView = async function(query) {
 	return brew;
 };
 
-HomebrewSchema.statics.get = function(query, fields=null){
-	return new Promise((resolve, reject)=>{
-		Homebrew.find(query, fields, null, (err, brews)=>{
-			if(err || !brews.length) return reject('Can not find brew');
-			if(!_.isNil(brews[0].textBin)) {			// Uncompress zipped text field
-				unzipped = zlib.inflateRawSync(brews[0].textBin);
-				brews[0].text = unzipped.toString();
-			}
-			return resolve(brews[0]);
-		});
-	});
+HomebrewSchema.statics.get = async function(query, fields=null){
+	const brew = await Homebrew.findOne(query, fields).orFail()
+		.catch(error=>{throw 'Can not find brew'});
+	if(!_.isNil(brew.textBin)) {			// Uncompress zipped text field
+		unzipped = zlib.inflateRawSync(brew.textBin);
+		brew.text = unzipped.toString();
+	}
+	return brew;
 };
 
-HomebrewSchema.statics.getByUser = function(username, allowAccess=false, fields=null){
-	return new Promise((resolve, reject)=>{
-		const query = { authors: username, published: true };
-		if(allowAccess){
-			delete query.published;
-		}
-		Homebrew.find(query, fields).lean().exec((err, brews)=>{ //lean() converts results to JSObjects
-			if(err) return reject('Can not find brew');
-			return resolve(brews);
-		});
-	});
+HomebrewSchema.statics.getByUser = async function(username, allowAccess=false, fields=null){
+	const query = { authors: username, published: true };
+	if(allowAccess){
+		delete query.published;
+	}
+	const brews = await Homebrew.find(query, fields).lean().exec() //lean() converts results to JSObjects
+		.catch(error=>{throw 'Can not find brews'});
+	return brews;
 };
 
 const Homebrew = mongoose.model('Homebrew', HomebrewSchema);