diff --git a/databases/sqlite/README.md b/databases/sqlite/README.md
index d4b19663..bb95b8a8 100644
--- a/databases/sqlite/README.md
+++ b/databases/sqlite/README.md
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ This creates a sqlite database, weather.db, in the root.
 ```bash
 # if ubuntu : sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev
 # if fedora : sudo dnf install libsqlite3x-devel
-cargo run (or ``cargo watch -x run``)
-# Started http server: 127.0.0.1:8080
+cargo run
 ```
 
 ### web client
diff --git a/databases/sqlite/src/db.rs b/databases/sqlite/src/db.rs
index d21213df..d2fd0d7b 100644
--- a/databases/sqlite/src/db.rs
+++ b/databases/sqlite/src/db.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub async fn execute(pool: &Pool, query: Queries) -> Result<Vec<WeatherAgg>, Err
 
     web::block(move || {
         // simulate an expensive query, see comments at top of main.rs
-        sleep(Duration::from_secs(2));
+        sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
 
         match query {
             Queries::GetTopTenHottestYears => get_hottest_years(conn),
diff --git a/databases/sqlite/src/main.rs b/databases/sqlite/src/main.rs
index 4b7641bd..b9c13a78 100644
--- a/databases/sqlite/src/main.rs
+++ b/databases/sqlite/src/main.rs
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ async fn asyncio_weather(db: web::Data<Pool>) -> Result<HttpResponse, AWError> {
 /// Returning Error types turn into None values in the response
 async fn parallel_weather(db: web::Data<Pool>) -> Result<HttpResponse, AWError> {
     let fut_result = vec![
-        Box::pin(db::execute(&db, Queries::GetTopTenHottestYears)),
-        Box::pin(db::execute(&db, Queries::GetTopTenColdestYears)),
-        Box::pin(db::execute(&db, Queries::GetTopTenHottestMonths)),
-        Box::pin(db::execute(&db, Queries::GetTopTenColdestMonths)),
+        db::execute(&db, Queries::GetTopTenHottestYears),
+        db::execute(&db, Queries::GetTopTenColdestYears),
+        db::execute(&db, Queries::GetTopTenHottestMonths),
+        db::execute(&db, Queries::GetTopTenColdestMonths),
     ];
     let result: Result<Vec<_>, _> = join_all(fut_result).await.into_iter().collect();