diff --git a/web/src/engine/keyboard/src/keyboards/keyboardLoaderBase.ts b/web/src/engine/keyboard/src/keyboards/keyboardLoaderBase.ts
index 8ac7803a8b8..5ca3d4c8ced 100644
--- a/web/src/engine/keyboard/src/keyboards/keyboardLoaderBase.ts
+++ b/web/src/engine/keyboard/src/keyboards/keyboardLoaderBase.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export abstract class KeyboardLoaderBase {
    * @param uri  The URI of the keyboard to load.
    * @returns    A Promise that resolves to the loaded keyboard.
    */
-  public async loadKeyboardFromPath(uri: string): Promise<Keyboard> {
+  public loadKeyboardFromPath(uri: string): Promise<Keyboard> {
     this.harness.install();
     return this.loadKeyboardInternal(uri, new UriBasedErrorBuilder(uri));
   }
diff --git a/web/src/test/manual/README.md b/web/src/test/manual/README.md
index 5bd18f0d995..b875c617102 100644
--- a/web/src/test/manual/README.md
+++ b/web/src/test/manual/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 To run the the manual tests, start the test web server with:
 
 ```bash
-cd $KEYMAN_ROOT
+cd "$KEYMAN_ROOT"
 web/build.sh start
 ```