diff --git a/src/controllers/api/updateQuestController.ts b/src/controllers/api/updateQuestController.ts
index 3a91ada0..767528d7 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/updateQuestController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/updateQuestController.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import { RequestHandler } from "express";
 import { parseString } from "@/src/helpers/general";
-import { logger } from "@/src/utils/logger";
 import { getJSONfromString } from "@/src/helpers/stringHelpers";
 import { updateQuestKey, IUpdateQuestRequest } from "@/src/services/questService";
-import { getQuestCompletionItems } from "@/src/services/itemDataService";
-import { addItems, getInventory } from "@/src/services/inventoryService";
+import { getInventory } from "@/src/services/inventoryService";
 import { IInventoryChanges } from "@/src/types/purchaseTypes";
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-misused-promises
@@ -22,20 +20,7 @@ export const updateQuestController: RequestHandler = async (req, res) => {
     const updateQuestResponse: { CustomData?: string; InventoryChanges?: IInventoryChanges; MissionRewards: [] } = {
         MissionRewards: []
     };
-    updateQuestKey(inventory, updateQuestRequest.QuestKeys);
-
-    if (updateQuestRequest.QuestKeys[0].Completed) {
-        logger.debug(`completed quest ${updateQuestRequest.QuestKeys[0].ItemType} `);
-        const questKeyName = updateQuestRequest.QuestKeys[0].ItemType;
-        const questCompletionItems = getQuestCompletionItems(questKeyName);
-        logger.debug(`quest completion items`, questCompletionItems);
-
-        if (questCompletionItems) {
-            const inventoryChanges = await addItems(inventory, questCompletionItems);
-            updateQuestResponse.InventoryChanges = inventoryChanges;
-        }
-        inventory.ActiveQuest = "";
-    }
+    updateQuestResponse.InventoryChanges = await updateQuestKey(inventory, updateQuestRequest.QuestKeys);
 
     //TODO: might need to parse the custom data and add the associated items to inventory
     if (updateQuestRequest.QuestKeys[0].CustomData) {
diff --git a/src/controllers/custom/manageQuestsController.ts b/src/controllers/custom/manageQuestsController.ts
index 6899b76d..2234ec00 100644
--- a/src/controllers/custom/manageQuestsController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/custom/manageQuestsController.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const manageQuestsController: RequestHandler = async (req, res) => {
     switch (operation) {
         case "updateKey": {
             //TODO: if this is intended to be used, one needs to add a updateQuestKeyMultiple, the game does never intend to do it, so it errors for multiple keys.
-            updateQuestKey(inventory, questKeyUpdate);
+            await updateQuestKey(inventory, questKeyUpdate);
             break;
         }
         case "unlockAll": {
diff --git a/src/services/missionInventoryUpdateService.ts b/src/services/missionInventoryUpdateService.ts
index 8fefe1ba..71c2828e 100644
--- a/src/services/missionInventoryUpdateService.ts
+++ b/src/services/missionInventoryUpdateService.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export const addMissionInventoryUpdates = async (
                 inventory.RegularCredits += value;
                 break;
             case "QuestKeys":
-                updateQuestKey(inventory, value);
+                await updateQuestKey(inventory, value);
                 break;
             case "AffiliationChanges":
                 updateSyndicate(inventory, value);
diff --git a/src/services/questService.ts b/src/services/questService.ts
index f52536be..5e70f502 100644
--- a/src/services/questService.ts
+++ b/src/services/questService.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@ import { IKeyChainRequest } from "@/src/controllers/api/giveKeyChainTriggeredIte
 import { isEmptyObject } from "@/src/helpers/general";
 import { TInventoryDatabaseDocument } from "@/src/models/inventoryModels/inventoryModel";
 import { createMessage } from "@/src/services/inboxService";
-import { addItem, addKeyChainItems } from "@/src/services/inventoryService";
-import { fromStoreItem, getKeyChainMessage, getLevelKeyRewards } from "@/src/services/itemDataService";
+import { addItem, addItems, addKeyChainItems } from "@/src/services/inventoryService";
+import {
+    fromStoreItem,
+    getKeyChainMessage,
+    getLevelKeyRewards,
+    getQuestCompletionItems
+} from "@/src/services/itemDataService";
 import {
     IInventoryDatabase,
     IQuestKeyClient,
@@ -25,10 +30,10 @@ export interface IUpdateQuestRequest {
     DoQuestReward: boolean;
 }
 
-export const updateQuestKey = (
+export const updateQuestKey = async (
     inventory: HydratedDocument<IInventoryDatabase>,
     questKeyUpdate: IUpdateQuestRequest["QuestKeys"]
-): void => {
+): Promise<IInventoryChanges> => {
     if (questKeyUpdate.length > 1) {
         logger.error(`more than 1 quest key not supported`);
         throw new Error("more than 1 quest key not supported");
@@ -42,9 +47,21 @@ export const updateQuestKey = (
 
     inventory.QuestKeys[questKeyIndex] = questKeyUpdate[0];
 
+    let inventoryChanges: IInventoryChanges = {};
     if (questKeyUpdate[0].Completed) {
         inventory.QuestKeys[questKeyIndex].CompletionDate = new Date();
+
+        logger.debug(`completed quest ${questKeyUpdate[0].ItemType} `);
+        const questKeyName = questKeyUpdate[0].ItemType;
+        const questCompletionItems = getQuestCompletionItems(questKeyName);
+        logger.debug(`quest completion items`, questCompletionItems);
+
+        if (questCompletionItems) {
+            inventoryChanges = await addItems(inventory as TInventoryDatabaseDocument, questCompletionItems);
+        }
+        inventory.ActiveQuest = "";
     }
+    return inventoryChanges;
 };
 
 export const updateQuestStage = (