diff --git a/src/public/javascripts/services/note_detail.js b/src/public/javascripts/services/note_detail.js
index 3d4852bfb..a0425e964 100644
--- a/src/public/javascripts/services/note_detail.js
+++ b/src/public/javascripts/services/note_detail.js
@@ -262,25 +262,26 @@ async function loadAttributes() {
             if (definition.labelType === 'text') {
                 $input.prop("type", "text");
 
-                const attributeValues = await server.get('attributes/values/' + encodeURIComponent(valueAttr.name));
+                // no need to await for this, can be done asynchronously
+                server.get('attributes/values/' + encodeURIComponent(valueAttr.name)).then(attributeValues => {
+                    if (attributeValues.length === 0) {
+                        return;
+                    }
 
-                if (attributeValues.length === 0) {
-                    return;
-                }
+                    $input.autocomplete({
+                        // shouldn't be required and autocomplete should just accept array of strings, but that fails
+                        // because we have overriden filter() function in autocomplete.js
+                        source: attributeValues.map(attribute => {
+                            return {
+                                attribute: attribute,
+                                value: attribute
+                            }
+                        }),
+                        minLength: 0
+                    });
 
-                $input.autocomplete({
-                    // shouldn't be required and autocomplete should just accept array of strings, but that fails
-                    // because we have overriden filter() function in autocomplete.js
-                    source: attributeValues.map(attribute => {
-                        return {
-                            attribute: attribute,
-                            value: attribute
-                        }
-                    }),
-                    minLength: 0
+                    $input.focus(() => $input.autocomplete("search", ""));
                 });
-
-                $input.focus(() => $input.autocomplete("search", ""));
             }
             else if (definition.labelType === 'number') {
                 $input.prop("type", "number");
@@ -352,6 +353,7 @@ async function loadAttributes() {
 
             $multiplicityCell.append(addButton).append("   ").append(removeButton);
         }
+
         return $tr;
     }