diff --git a/ml/digest-score/app.py b/ml/digest-score/app.py
index f3c4dcd11..6bcaad920 100644
--- a/ml/digest-score/app.py
+++ b/ml/digest-score/app.py
@@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ def compute_interaction_score(user_id, item_features, user_features):
   df_test = df_test.fillna(0)
   df_predict = df_test[FEATURE_COLUMNS]
 
+  infer_start = timer()
   interaction_score = pipeline.predict_proba(df_predict)
+  app.logger.info(f'time to call infer (in seconds): {timer() - infer_start}')
+
   app.logger.info(f'INTERACTION SCORE: {interaction_score}')
   app.logger.info(f'item_features:\n{df_predict[df_predict != 0].stack()}')
   app.logger.info(f'time to compute score (in seconds): {timer() - start}')
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/score.ts b/packages/api/src/services/score.ts
index 71a744e04..250dfb271 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/score.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/score.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class ScoreClientImpl implements ScoreClient {
 
   async getScores(data: ScoreApiRequestBody): Promise<ScoreApiResponse> {
     const start = Date.now()
-    const authToken = createWebAuthToken(data.user_id)
+    const authToken = await createWebAuthToken(data.user_id)
 
     try {
       const response = await axios.post<ScoreApiResponse>(this.apiUrl, data, {