diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee
index d447ffc547..3c6264ecd6 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee
@@ -193,8 +193,10 @@ module.exports = ProjectController =
 				SubscriptionLocator.getUsersSubscription user_id, cb
 			activate: (cb)->
 				InactiveProjectManager.reactivateProjectIfRequired project_id, cb
-			markOpened: (cb)-> 
-				ProjectUpdateHandler.markOpened project_id, cb
+			markAsOpened: (cb)-> 
+				#don't need to wait for this to complete
+				ProjectUpdateHandler.markAsOpened project_id, ->
+				cb()
 		}, (err, results)->
 			if err?
 				logger.err err:err, "error getting details for project page"
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectControllerTests.coffee
index 1db3e50aad..d95dbb97b9 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectControllerTests.coffee
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe "ProjectController", ->
 		@InactiveProjectManager =
 			reactivateProjectIfRequired:sinon.stub()
 		@ProjectUpdateHandler =
-			markOpened: sinon.stub()
+			markAsOpened: sinon.stub()
 		@ProjectController = SandboxedModule.require modulePath, requires:
 			"settings-sharelatex":@settings
 			"logger-sharelatex": 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ describe "ProjectController", ->
 			@SecurityManager.userCanAccessProject.callsArgWith 2, true, "owner"
 			@ProjectDeleter.unmarkAsDeletedByExternalSource = sinon.stub()
 			@InactiveProjectManager.reactivateProjectIfRequired.callsArgWith(1)
-			@ProjectUpdateHandler.markOpened.callsArgWith(1)
+			@ProjectUpdateHandler.markAsOpened.callsArgWith(1)
 
 
 		it "should render the project/editor page", (done)->
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ describe "ProjectController", ->
 
 		it "should mark project as opened", (done)->
 			@res.render = (pageName, opts)=>
-				@ProjectUpdateHandler.markOpened.calledWith(@project_id).should.equal true
+				@ProjectUpdateHandler.markAsOpened.calledWith(@project_id).should.equal true
 				done()
 			@ProjectController.loadEditor @req, @res