diff --git a/cypress/platform/knsv2.html b/cypress/platform/knsv2.html
index e8e9b55a6..1b1ccd685 100644
--- a/cypress/platform/knsv2.html
+++ b/cypress/platform/knsv2.html
@@ -393,9 +393,9 @@ mindmap
 
     <script type="module">
       // import mindmap from '../../packages/mermaid-mindmap/src/detector';
-      import example from '../../packages/mermaid-example-diagram/src/mermaid-example-diagram.core.mjs';
+      // import example from '../../packages/mermaid-example-diagram/src/mermaid-example-diagram.core.mjs';
       import mermaid from './mermaid.esm.mjs';
-      await mermaid.registerExternalDiagrams([example]);
+      // await mermaid.registerExternalDiagrams([example]);
       mermaid.parseError = function (err, hash) {
         // console.error('Mermaid error: ', err);
       };
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/elk/flowRenderer-elk.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/elk/flowRenderer-elk.js
index b86c537dd..66eece46d 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/elk/flowRenderer-elk.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/elk/flowRenderer-elk.js
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export const addVertices = async function (vert, svgId, root, doc, diagObj, pare
 
       // Add the element to the DOM
       if (node.type !== 'group') {
-        nodeEl = insertNode(nodes, node, vertex.dir);
+        nodeEl = await insertNode(nodes, node, vertex.dir);
         boundingBox = nodeEl.node().getBBox();
       } else {
         const svgLabel = doc.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'text');