diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Gtk3/UI/MainWindow.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Gtk3/UI/MainWindow.cs
index db537a35..a6bdc1b7 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Gtk3/UI/MainWindow.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Gtk3/UI/MainWindow.cs
@@ -810,10 +810,10 @@ namespace Ryujinx.UI
 
             _tableStore.Clear();
 
-            Thread applicationLibraryThread = new(async () =>
+            Thread applicationLibraryThread = new(() =>
             {
                 ApplicationLibrary.DesiredLanguage = ConfigurationState.Instance.System.Language;
-                await ApplicationLibrary.LoadApplications(ConfigurationState.Instance.UI.GameDirs);
+                ApplicationLibrary.LoadApplications(ConfigurationState.Instance.UI.GameDirs);
 
                 _updatingGameTable = false;
             })
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/App/ApplicationLibrary.cs b/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/App/ApplicationLibrary.cs
index 7681ca5b..db6a6c04 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/App/ApplicationLibrary.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/App/ApplicationLibrary.cs
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.UI.App.Common
             controlFile.Get.Read(out _, 0, outProperty, ReadOption.None).ThrowIfFailure();
         }
 
-        public async Task LoadApplications(List<string> appDirs)
+        public void LoadApplications(List<string> appDirs)
         {
             int numApplicationsFound = 0;
             int numApplicationsLoaded = 0;
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx/UI/Windows/MainWindow.axaml.cs b/src/Ryujinx/UI/Windows/MainWindow.axaml.cs
index 2c036035..a5aed365 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx/UI/Windows/MainWindow.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx/UI/Windows/MainWindow.axaml.cs
@@ -659,10 +659,10 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Ava.UI.Windows
 
             _isLoading = true;
 
-            Thread applicationLibraryThread = new(async () =>
+            Thread applicationLibraryThread = new(() =>
             {
                 ApplicationLibrary.DesiredLanguage = ConfigurationState.Instance.System.Language;
-                await ApplicationLibrary.LoadApplications(ConfigurationState.Instance.UI.GameDirs);
+                ApplicationLibrary.LoadApplications(ConfigurationState.Instance.UI.GameDirs);
 
                 _isLoading = false;
             })