diff --git a/src/inline/inline.ts b/src/inline/inline.ts
index b2979ff..d5015f2 100644
--- a/src/inline/inline.ts
+++ b/src/inline/inline.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import { getIssueStatus, getPRStatus } from "src/github/response";
+import { IssueStatus, getIssueStatus, getPRStatus } from "src/github/response";
 import { getIssue, getPullRequest } from "../github/github";
 
 import { parseUrl } from "../github/url-parse";
 import { setIcon } from "obsidian";
 import { setIssueIcon, setPRIcon } from "src/icon";
 
-export async function createTag(href: string) {
+export function createTag(href: string) {
 	const parsedUrl = parseUrl(href);
 	const container = createEl("a", { cls: "github-link-inline", href });
 
@@ -34,31 +34,38 @@ export async function createTag(href: string) {
 	if (parsedUrl.repo && parsedUrl.org) {
 		// Get issue info
 		if (parsedUrl.issue !== undefined) {
-			const issue = await getIssue(parsedUrl.org, parsedUrl.repo, parsedUrl.issue);
-			if (issue.title) {
-				const status = getIssueStatus(issue);
-				setIssueIcon(icon, status);
-				createTagSection(container).createSpan({
-					cls: "github-link-inline-issue-title",
-					text: issue.title,
-				});
-			}
+			setIssueIcon(icon, IssueStatus.Open);
+			const issueContainer = createTagSection(container).createSpan({
+				cls: "github-link-inline-issue-title",
+				text: `${parsedUrl.issue}`,
+			});
+			getIssue(parsedUrl.org, parsedUrl.repo, parsedUrl.issue).then((issue) => {
+				if (issue.title) {
+					const status = getIssueStatus(issue);
+					setIssueIcon(icon, status);
+					issueContainer.setText(issue.title);
+				}
+			});
 		}
 
 		// Get PR info
 		if (parsedUrl.pr !== undefined) {
-			const pull = await getPullRequest(parsedUrl.org, parsedUrl.repo, parsedUrl.pr);
-			if (pull.title) {
-				const status = getPRStatus(pull);
-				setPRIcon(icon, status);
-				createTagSection(container).createSpan({
-					cls: "github-link-inline-pr-title",
-					text: pull.title,
-				});
-			}
+			setPRIcon(icon, IssueStatus.Open);
+			const prContainer = createTagSection(container).createSpan({
+				cls: "github-link-inline-pr-title",
+				text: `${parsedUrl.pr}`,
+			});
+			getPullRequest(parsedUrl.org, parsedUrl.repo, parsedUrl.pr).then((pr) => {
+				if (pr.title) {
+					const status = getPRStatus(pr);
+					setPRIcon(icon, status);
+					prContainer.setText(pr.title);
+				}
+			});
 		}
 		// TODO: add support for other stuff here
 	}
+
 	return container;
 }
 
@@ -70,7 +77,7 @@ export async function InlineRenderer(el: HTMLElement) {
 	const githubLinks = el.querySelectorAll<HTMLAnchorElement>(`a.external-link[href^="https://github.com"]`);
 	for (const anchor of Array.from(githubLinks)) {
 		if (anchor.href === anchor.innerText) {
-			const container = await createTag(anchor.href);
+			const container = createTag(anchor.href);
 			anchor.replaceWith(container);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/inline/view-plugin.ts b/src/inline/view-plugin.ts
index 05e6ffa..a026fd4 100644
--- a/src/inline/view-plugin.ts
+++ b/src/inline/view-plugin.ts
@@ -17,15 +17,8 @@ class InlineTagWidget extends WidgetType {
 		dispatch: () => void,
 	) {
 		super();
-		createTag(href)
-			.then((tag) => {
-				this.container.appendChild(tag);
-			})
-			.catch((err) => {
-				console.error(err);
-				this.error = true;
-				dispatch(); // Force an update of decorations
-			});
+		const tag = createTag(href);
+		this.container.appendChild(tag);
 	}
 
 	eq(widget: WidgetType): boolean {
@@ -83,11 +76,11 @@ export function createInlineViewPlugin(_plugin: GithubLinkPlugin) {
 
 		shouldRender(view: EditorView, decorationFrom: number, decorationTo: number, match: RegExpMatchArray) {
 			// Ignore matches inside a markdown link
-			const input = match.input ?? '';
+			const input = match.input ?? "";
 			const index = match.index ?? 0;
 			const matchValue = match[0];
 			const endIndex = index + matchValue.length;
-			if (input[index - 1] === '(' && matchValue.endsWith(')')) {
+			if (input[index - 1] === "(" && matchValue.endsWith(")")) {
 				return false;
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/query/column/issue.ts b/src/query/column/issue.ts
index 4e0c0f6..2e3690e 100644
--- a/src/query/column/issue.ts
+++ b/src/query/column/issue.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const IssueColumns: ColumnsMap<IssueSearchResponse["items"][number]> = {
 			if (!pullRequestUrl) {
 				return;
 			}
-			const tag = await createTag(pullRequestUrl);
+			const tag = createTag(pullRequestUrl);
 			el.appendChild(tag);
 		},
 	},