diff --git a/install/web.js b/install/web.js
index 7a32cfa98d..b9f75d36ab 100644
--- a/install/web.js
+++ b/install/web.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const childProcess = require('child_process');
-const sass = require('../src/utils').getSass();
 
 const webpack = require('webpack');
 const nconf = require('nconf');
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ const nconf = require('nconf');
 const Benchpress = require('benchpressjs');
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 const { paths } = require('../src/constants');
+const sass = require('../src/utils').getSass();
 
 const app = express();
 let server;
diff --git a/src/meta/minifier.js b/src/meta/minifier.js
index 069dbbeb6d..fee6347763 100644
--- a/src/meta/minifier.js
+++ b/src/meta/minifier.js
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const os = require('os');
 const async = require('async');
 const winston = require('winston');
-const sass = require('../utils').getSass();
 const postcss = require('postcss');
 const autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer');
 const clean = require('postcss-clean');
 const rtlcss = require('rtlcss');
+const sass = require('../utils').getSass();
 
 const fork = require('./debugFork');
 require('../file'); // for graceful-fs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Minifier.js.bundle = async function (data, fork) {
 };
 
 actions.buildCSS = async function buildCSS(data) {
-	const scssOutput = sass.compileString(data.source, {
+	const scssOutput = await sass.compileStringAsync(data.source, {
 		loadPaths: data.paths,
 	});