diff --git a/src/it/java/io/weaviate/integration/SearchITest.java b/src/it/java/io/weaviate/integration/SearchITest.java
index fe6dbc63a..2c895a906 100644
--- a/src/it/java/io/weaviate/integration/SearchITest.java
+++ b/src/it/java/io/weaviate/integration/SearchITest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories;
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ public void testFetchObjectsWithFilters() throws IOException {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testBm25() throws IOException {
+  public void testBm25() throws IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
     var nsWords = ns("Words");
 
     client.collections.create(nsWords,
@@ -281,4 +282,37 @@ public void testBm25() throws IOException {
         .extracting(WeaviateObject::metadata).extracting(QueryMetadata::uuid)
         .containsOnly(want.metadata().uuid());
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Minimal test to verify async functionality works as expected.
+   * We will extend our testing framework at a later stage to automatically
+   * test both sync/async clients.
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testBm25_async() throws IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
+    var nsWords = ns("Words");
+
+    try (final var async = client.async()) {
+      async.collections.create(nsWords,
+          collection -> collection
+              .properties(
+                  Property.text("relevant"),
+                  Property.text("irrelevant")))
+          .get();
+
+      var words = async.collections.use(nsWords);
+
+      /* notWant */ words.data.insert(Map.of("relevant", "elefant", "irrelevant", "dollar bill")).get();
+      var want = words.data.insert(Map.of("relevant", "a dime a dollar", "irrelevant", "euro")).get();
+
+      var dollarWorlds = words.query.bm25(
+          "dollar",
+          bm25 -> bm25.queryProperties("relevant")).get();
+
+      Assertions.assertThat(dollarWorlds.objects())
+          .hasSize(1)
+          .extracting(WeaviateObject::metadata).extracting(QueryMetadata::uuid)
+          .containsOnly(want.metadata().uuid());
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/WeaviateCollectionsClientAsync.java b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/WeaviateCollectionsClientAsync.java
index 14f900484..e90f7d6d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/WeaviateCollectionsClientAsync.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/WeaviateCollectionsClientAsync.java
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ public WeaviateCollectionsClientAsync(RestTransport restTransport, GrpcTransport
     this.grpcTransport = grpcTransport;
   }
 
-  public CollectionHandle<Map<String, Object>> use(String collectionName) {
-    return new CollectionHandle<>(restTransport, grpcTransport,
+  public CollectionHandleAsync<Map<String, Object>> use(String collectionName) {
+    return new CollectionHandleAsync<>(restTransport, grpcTransport,
         CollectionDescriptor.ofMap(collectionName));
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/internal/rest/DefaultRestTransport.java b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/internal/rest/DefaultRestTransport.java
index f2b12f3b3..99206aac4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/internal/rest/DefaultRestTransport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/internal/rest/DefaultRestTransport.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public void cancelled() {
 
     });
     // FIXME: we need to differentiate between "no body" and "soumething's wrong"
-    return completable.thenApply(r -> r.getBody() == null
+    return completable.thenApply(r -> r.getBody() != null
         ? endpoint.deserializeResponse(gson, r.getBody().getBodyText())
         : null);
   }