diff --git a/Childrens-Social-Care-CPD/Program.cs b/Childrens-Social-Care-CPD/Program.cs
index 9c393073..91b80fc9 100644
--- a/Childrens-Social-Care-CPD/Program.cs
+++ b/Childrens-Social-Care-CPD/Program.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 builder.AddDependencies();
 Console.WriteLine($"After AddDependencies {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
 
-await builder.AddFeatures(sw);
+builder.AddFeatures(sw);
 Console.WriteLine($"After AddFeatures {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
 
 var app = builder.Build();
diff --git a/Childrens-Social-Care-CPD/WebApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs b/Childrens-Social-Care-CPD/WebApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
index b4157547..e0001126 100644
--- a/Childrens-Social-Care-CPD/WebApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/Childrens-Social-Care-CPD/WebApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ private static void AddSearch(IServiceCollection services)
         services.AddScoped<ISearchService, SearchService>();
     }
 
-    public static async Task AddFeatures(this WebApplicationBuilder builder, Stopwatch sw)
+    public static void AddFeatures(this WebApplicationBuilder builder, Stopwatch sw)
     {
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(builder);
         
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public static async Task AddFeatures(this WebApplicationBuilder builder, Stopwat
         AddHealthChecks(builder.Services);
         Console.WriteLine($"After AddHealthChecks: {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
 
-        await AddDataProtection(builder.Services, applicationConfiguration, sw);
+        AddDataProtection(builder.Services, applicationConfiguration, sw);
         Console.WriteLine($"After AddDataProtection: {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
     }
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ private static void AddHealthChecks(IServiceCollection services)
 #pragma warning restore CA1861 // Avoid constant arrays as arguments
     }
 
-    private static async Task AddDataProtection(IServiceCollection services, ApplicationConfiguration applicationConfiguration, Stopwatch sw)
+    private static void AddDataProtection(IServiceCollection services, ApplicationConfiguration applicationConfiguration, Stopwatch sw)
     {
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(applicationConfiguration.AzureDataProtectionContainerName))
         {
@@ -187,11 +187,6 @@ private static async Task AddDataProtection(IServiceCollection services, Applica
             var managedIdentityCredential = new ManagedIdentityCredential(clientId: applicationConfiguration.AzureManagedIdentityId);
             Console.WriteLine($"After AddDataProtection:new ManagedIdentityCredential: {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
 
-            var blobContainerUri = new Uri(url);
-            var blobContainerClient = new BlobContainerClient(blobContainerUri, managedIdentityCredential);
-            await blobContainerClient.CreateIfNotExistsAsync();
-            Console.WriteLine($"After AddDataProtection:blobContainerClient.CreateIfNotExistsAsync: {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
-
             var blobUri = new Uri($"{url}/data-protection");
             services
                 .AddDataProtection()