diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 293763b..6057f10 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2025-01-29 - 2.2.5 - fix(mod_assets)
+Fix async handling in asset processing
+
+- Ensured that the empty directory operation is awaited in the asset processing workflow.
+
 ## 2025-01-29 - 2.2.4 - fix(mod_assets)
 Fix logging message in ensureAssetsDir to correctly state when directory is created
 
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index db2862d..c1e688a 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@git.zone/tsbundle',
-  version: '2.2.4',
+  version: '2.2.5',
   description: 'a bundler using rollup for painless bundling of web projects'
 }
diff --git a/ts/mod_assets/index.ts b/ts/mod_assets/index.ts
index 2ca9096..adc0496 100644
--- a/ts/mod_assets/index.ts
+++ b/ts/mod_assets/index.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class AssetsHandler {
     optionsArg.to = plugins.smartpath.transform.toAbsolute(optionsArg.to, paths.cwd) as string;
 
     // lets clean theh target directory
-    plugins.smartfile.fs.ensureEmptyDir(optionsArg.to);
+    await plugins.smartfile.fs.ensureEmptyDir(optionsArg.to);
 
     plugins.smartfile.fs.copySync(optionsArg.from, optionsArg.to, {
       replaceTargetDir: true,