diff --git a/egi_notebooks_hub/egiauthenticator.py b/egi_notebooks_hub/egiauthenticator.py
index 2c572ab..1736574 100644
--- a/egi_notebooks_hub/egiauthenticator.py
+++ b/egi_notebooks_hub/egiauthenticator.py
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ async def refresh_user(self, user, handler=None):
             body=body,
         )
         try:
-            resp = http_client.fetch(req)
+            resp = await http_client.fetch(req)
         except HTTPClientError as e:
             self.log.warning("Unable to refresh token, maybe expired: %s", e)
             return False