diff --git a/desktop/app/src/utils/launcherSettingsStorage.tsx b/desktop/app/src/utils/launcherSettingsStorage.tsx
index 314c6ee45..fbf9089b9 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/utils/launcherSettingsStorage.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/utils/launcherSettingsStorage.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export default class LauncherSettingsStorage implements Storage {
 
   private async parseFile(): Promise<LauncherSettings> {
     try {
-      const content = fs.readFile(this.filepath).toString();
+      const content = (await fs.readFile(this.filepath)).toString();
       return deserialize(content);
     } catch (e) {
       console.warn(