diff --git a/packages/faucet/src/actions/generate.ts b/packages/faucet/src/actions/generate.ts
index 3ca673d2..898fc385 100644
--- a/packages/faucet/src/actions/generate.ts
+++ b/packages/faucet/src/actions/generate.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export async function generate(args: ReadonlyArray<string>): Promise<void> {
   const codecName = codecFromString(args[0]);
   const chainId = args[1] as ChainId;
 
-  const mnemonic = Bip39.encode(await Random.getBytes(16)).toString();
+  const mnemonic = Bip39.encode(Random.getBytes(16)).toString();
   console.info(`FAUCET_MNEMONIC="${mnemonic}"`);
 
   const profile = new UserProfile();
diff --git a/packages/faucet/src/faucet.ts b/packages/faucet/src/faucet.ts
index 3587566a..ff5d111c 100644
--- a/packages/faucet/src/faucet.ts
+++ b/packages/faucet/src/faucet.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ export function main(args: ReadonlyArray<string>): void {
   if (args.length < 1) {
     help();
     process.exit(1);
-    return;
   }
 
   const action = args[0];