diff --git a/gulpfile.mjs b/gulpfile.mjs
index b9a5de2e..dc7cd172 100644
--- a/gulpfile.mjs
+++ b/gulpfile.mjs
@@ -60,15 +60,15 @@ const convert = async function (from, to, ofType, overwrite = true) {
         mkdirSync(DEST)
     }
 
-    const filewalker = (source) => {
+    const filewalker = async (source) => {
         console.debug("entering directory", source);
-        readdirSync(source).forEach(file => {
+        for (let file of readdirSync(source)) {
             if (statSync(join(source, file)).isDirectory()) {
-                filewalker(join(source, file));
+                await filewalker(join(source, file));
             } else {
                 console.debug("processing file", join(source, file))
                 let originalSource = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(source, file), {encoding: "utf8"}));
-                randomID("DSA_4-1" + TYPE + originalSource.name.trim()).then(id => {
+                let id = await randomID("DSA_4-1" + TYPE + originalSource.name.trim())
 
                     let targetSource = {
                         _id: id,
@@ -82,13 +82,11 @@ const convert = async function (from, to, ofType, overwrite = true) {
                     let target = JSON.stringify(targetSource, null, 2);
                     let newFileName = "./" + join(DEST, id + ".json");
                     writeFileSync(newFileName, target, {encoding: "utf8"});
-                })
             }
-        });
+            }
     }
 
-    filewalker(SOURCE)
-
+    return await filewalker(SOURCE)
 }
 
 function cleanDist() {