diff --git a/Sources/ConsoleKitCommands/Base/AnyCommand.swift b/Sources/ConsoleKitCommands/Base/AnyCommand.swift
index 9a26eb3..84ab2bb 100644
--- a/Sources/ConsoleKitCommands/Base/AnyCommand.swift
+++ b/Sources/ConsoleKitCommands/Base/AnyCommand.swift
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ extension AnyCommand {
         ""
     }
 
+    // we need to have a sync environment so the compiler uses the sync run method over the async version
+    private func syncRun(using context: inout CommandContext) throws {
+        try self.run(using: &context)
+    }
+
     public func run(using context: inout CommandContext) async throws {
-        try await withCheckedThrowingContinuation { continuation in
-            continuation.resume(with: .init { try self.run(using: &context) })
-        }
+        try self.syncRun(using: &context)
     }
 }