diff --git a/app/controllers/api/functions.php b/app/controllers/api/functions.php
index 6e429fd8cf..9c3e6782b4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/functions.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/functions.php
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ App::post('/v1/functions/:functionId/executions')
     ->label('sdk.request.type', Response::CONTENT_TYPE_JSON)
     ->param('functionId', '', new UID(), 'Function ID.')
     ->param('body', '', new Payload(10485760, 0), 'HTTP body of execution. Default value is empty string.', true)
-    ->param('async', false, new Boolean(), 'Execute code in the background. Default value is false.', true)
+    ->param('async', false, new Boolean(true), 'Execute code in the background. Default value is false.', true)
     ->param('path', '/', new Text(2048), 'HTTP path of execution. Path can include query params. Default value is /', true)
     ->param('method', 'POST', new Whitelist(['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS'], true), 'HTTP method of execution. Default value is GET.', true)
     ->param('headers', [], new AnyOf([new Assoc(), new Text(65535)], AnyOf::TYPE_MIXED), 'HTTP headers of execution. Defaults to empty.', true)
@@ -1733,7 +1733,8 @@ App::post('/v1/functions/:functionId/executions')
     ->inject('queueForUsage')
     ->inject('queueForFunctions')
     ->inject('geodb')
-    ->action(function (string $functionId, string $body, bool $async, string $path, string $method, mixed $headers, ?string $scheduledAt, Response $response, Request $request, Document $project, Database $dbForProject, Database $dbForConsole, Document $user, Event $queueForEvents, Usage $queueForUsage, Func $queueForFunctions, Reader $geodb) {
+    ->action(function (string $functionId, string $body, mixed $async, string $path, string $method, mixed $headers, ?string $scheduledAt, Response $response, Request $request, Document $project, Database $dbForProject, Database $dbForConsole, Document $user, Event $queueForEvents, Usage $queueForUsage, Func $queueForFunctions, Reader $geodb) {
+        $async = \strval($async) === 'true' || \strval($async) === '1';
 
         if (!$async && !is_null($scheduledAt)) {
             throw new Exception(Exception::GENERAL_BAD_REQUEST, 'Scheduled executions must run asynchronously. Set scheduledAt to a future date, or set async to true.');
diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/ScheduleBase.php b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/ScheduleBase.php
index e013220aa4..79a05dcd13 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/ScheduleBase.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/ScheduleBase.php
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ abstract class ScheduleBase extends Action
                     $total = $total + $sum;
 
                     foreach ($results as $document) {
-                        $localDocument = $schedules[$document['resourceId']] ?? null;
+                        $localDocument = $this->schedules[$document->getInternalId()] ?? null;
 
                         // Check if resource has been updated since last sync
                         $org = $localDocument !== null ? \strtotime($localDocument['resourceUpdatedAt']) : null;