diff --git a/tmdb/tmdb.py b/tmdb/tmdb.py
index 5819753..a85f6c6 100644
--- a/tmdb/tmdb.py
+++ b/tmdb/tmdb.py
@@ -161,11 +161,15 @@ class TmdbBot(Plugin):
 
     async def movie_popular(self, evt: MessageEvent, message: str = "") -> None:
         popular = MoviePopular()
+        await popular.load_parameters()
         language = self.db.get_language(evt.sender)
         if language:
             popular.set_language(language)
         length = 5
-        await self.send_html_message(evt, popular.getListText(length), popular.getListHtml(length))
+        await popular.query()
+        text = popular.getListText(length)
+        html = popular.getListHtml(length)
+        await self.send_html_message(evt, text, html)
 
     @command.new("movie-search", help="Movie lookup by Title")
     @command.argument("message", pass_raw=True, required=True)
diff --git a/tmdb/tmdb_api.py b/tmdb/tmdb_api.py
index 491fb8a..fe79364 100644
--- a/tmdb/tmdb_api.py
+++ b/tmdb/tmdb_api.py
@@ -88,14 +88,13 @@ class MoviePopular(TmdbApi):
         self.list = []
         self.length = 0
 
-    def query(self) -> int:
-        result = self.request('/movie/popular')
+    async def query(self) -> int:
+        result = await self.request('/movie/popular')
         self.length = result['total_results']
         self.list = result['results']
         return self.length
 
     def getListHtml(self, length: int = None) -> str:
-        self.query()
         html = ""
         if length:
             loop = length
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ class MoviePopular(TmdbApi):
         return html
 
     def getListText(self, length: int = None) -> str:
-        self.query()
         text = ""
         if length:
             loop = length