diff --git a/.dependency-cruiser.json b/.dependency-cruiser.json
index 2ed55f7f0..6173d7e22 100644
--- a/.dependency-cruiser.json
+++ b/.dependency-cruiser.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
           "^node_modules",
           "^\\.yarn/cache",
           "^os$",
-          "^fs$",
+          "^fs(/promises)?$",
           "^path$",
           "^url$",
           "$1",
diff --git a/src/cli/index.mjs b/src/cli/index.mjs
index c2daec57b..46aad324f 100644
--- a/src/cli/index.mjs
+++ b/src/cli/index.mjs
@@ -118,14 +118,16 @@ async function runCruise(pFileDirectoryArray, pCruiseOptions) {
   setUpListener(lCruiseOptions);
 
   bus.emit("start");
+  const [lResolveOptions, tsConfig, babelConfig] = await Promise.all([
+    extractResolveOptions(lCruiseOptions),
+    extractTSConfigOptions(lCruiseOptions),
+    extractBabelConfigOptions(lCruiseOptions),
+  ]);
   const lReportingResult = await cruise(
     pFileDirectoryArray,
     lCruiseOptions,
-    await extractResolveOptions(lCruiseOptions),
-    {
-      tsConfig: await extractTSConfigOptions(lCruiseOptions),
-      babelConfig: await extractBabelConfigOptions(lCruiseOptions),
-    }
+    lResolveOptions,
+    { tsConfig, babelConfig }
   );
 
   bus.emit("progress", "cli: writing results", { complete: 1 });
diff --git a/src/cli/tools/wrap-stream-in-html.mjs b/src/cli/tools/wrap-stream-in-html.mjs
index d469ce7aa..cd1a200b7 100755
--- a/src/cli/tools/wrap-stream-in-html.mjs
+++ b/src/cli/tools/wrap-stream-in-html.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 
 const HEADER_FILE = fileURLToPath(
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@ const FOOTER_FILE = fileURLToPath(
  * @param {readStream} pStream stream whose characters are to be slapped between header and footer
  * @param {writeStream} pOutStream stream to write to
  */
-export default function wrap(pInStream, pOutStream) {
-  const lHeader = readFileSync(HEADER_FILE, "utf8");
-  const lScript = readFileSync(SCRIPT_FILE, "utf8");
-  const lEnd = readFileSync(FOOTER_FILE, "utf8");
+export default async function wrap(pInStream, pOutStream) {
+  const [lHeader, lScript, lEnd] = await Promise.all([
+    readFile(HEADER_FILE, "utf8"),
+    readFile(SCRIPT_FILE, "utf8"),
+    readFile(FOOTER_FILE, "utf8"),
+  ]);
+
   const lFooter = `<script>${lScript}</script>${lEnd}`;
 
   pOutStream.write(lHeader);