diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/interface/custom/custom_component.py b/src/backend/langflow/interface/custom/custom_component.py
index cb581e182..ba77cea8a 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/interface/custom/custom_component.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/interface/custom/custom_component.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from uuid import UUID
 
 import yaml
 from fastapi import HTTPException
+
 from langflow.field_typing.constants import CUSTOM_COMPONENT_SUPPORTED_TYPES
 from langflow.interface.custom.component import Component
 from langflow.interface.custom.directory_reader import DirectoryReader
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ class CustomComponent(Component):
         except Exception as e:
             raise ValueError("Session is invalid") from e
 
-    def get_flow(
+    async def get_flow(
         self,
         *,
         flow_name: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ class CustomComponent(Component):
 
         if not flow:
             raise ValueError(f"Flow {flow_name or flow_id} not found")
-        return self.load_flow(flow.id, tweaks)
+        return await self.load_flow(flow.id, tweaks)
 
     def build(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/services/auth/utils.py b/src/backend/langflow/services/auth/utils.py
index be361b80a..da0ee7396 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/services/auth/utils.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/services/auth/utils.py
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
 from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException, Security, status
 from fastapi.security import APIKeyHeader, APIKeyQuery, OAuth2PasswordBearer
 from jose import JWTError, jwt
+from sqlmodel import Session
+
 from langflow.services.database.models.api_key.api_key import ApiKey
 from langflow.services.database.models.api_key.crud import check_key
 from langflow.services.database.models.user.crud import get_user_by_id, get_user_by_username, update_user_last_login_at
 from langflow.services.database.models.user.user import User
 from langflow.services.deps import get_session, get_settings_service
-from sqlmodel import Session
 
 oauth2_login = OAuth2PasswordBearer(tokenUrl="api/v1/login", auto_error=False)
 
@@ -323,6 +324,8 @@ def decrypt_api_key(encrypted_api_key: str, settings_service=Depends(get_setting
     fernet = get_fernet(settings_service)
     # Two-way decryption
     if isinstance(encrypted_api_key, str):
-        encrypted_api_key = encrypted_api_key.encode()
-    decrypted_key = fernet.decrypt(encrypted_api_key).decode()
+        encoded_bytes = encrypted_api_key.encode()
+    else:
+        encoded_bytes = encrypted_api_key
+    decrypted_key = fernet.decrypt(encoded_bytes).decode()
     return decrypted_key