diff --git a/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js b/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
index 18b08af5b..a4c672431 100644
--- a/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
+++ b/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ async function getChangesetInfo(padId, startNum, endNum, granularity)
  */
 async function getPadLines(padId, revNum)
 {
-  let pad = padManager.getPad(padId);
+  let pad = await padManager.getPad(padId);
 
   // get the atext
   let atext;