diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/op/sqlite/OPSQLiteModule.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/op/sqlite/OPSQLiteModule.kt
index 5f36b625..6179cfc7 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/op/sqlite/OPSQLiteModule.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/op/sqlite/OPSQLiteModule.kt
@@ -59,10 +59,7 @@ internal class OPSQLiteModule(context: ReactApplicationContext?) : ReactContextB
         val assetsManager = context.assets
 
         try {
-            // Open the input stream for the asset file
-            val inputStream: InputStream = assetsManager.open("$path/$filename")
 
-            // Create the output file in the documents directory
             val databasesFolder =
                     context.getDatabasePath("defaultDatabase")
                             .absolutePath
@@ -79,6 +76,8 @@ internal class OPSQLiteModule(context: ReactApplicationContext?) : ReactContextB
                 }
             }
 
+            val inputStream: InputStream = assetsManager.open("$path/$filename")
+
             // Open the output stream for the output file
             val outputStream: OutputStream = FileOutputStream(outputFile)
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 055bdc1b..eac68a6d 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -489,11 +489,11 @@ export const open = (options: {
   };
 };
 
-export const moveAssetsDatabase = (args: {
+export const moveAssetsDatabase = async (args: {
   filename: string;
   path?: string;
   overwrite?: boolean;
-}): boolean => {
+}): Promise<boolean> => {
   return NativeModules.OPSQLite.moveAssetsDatabase(args);
 };