diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/depicts/DepictsPresenter.kt b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/depicts/DepictsPresenter.kt
index cd0033e08f..d236292d18 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/depicts/DepictsPresenter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/depicts/DepictsPresenter.kt
@@ -16,12 +16,9 @@ import io.reactivex.android.schedulers.AndroidSchedulers
 import io.reactivex.disposables.CompositeDisposable
 import io.reactivex.processors.PublishProcessor
 import io.reactivex.schedulers.Schedulers
-import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
-import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
-import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import timber.log.Timber
 import java.lang.reflect.Proxy
-import java.util.*
 import javax.inject.Inject
 import javax.inject.Named
 import javax.inject.Singleton
@@ -88,7 +85,7 @@ class DepictsPresenter @Inject constructor(
         var recentDepictedItemList: MutableList<DepictedItem> = ArrayList();
         //show recentDepictedItemList when queryString is empty
         if (querystring.isEmpty()) {
-            recentDepictedItemList = getRecentDepictedItems();
+            recentDepictedItemList = getRecentDepictedItems().toMutableList()
         }
 
         if (media == null) {
@@ -268,17 +265,9 @@ class DepictsPresenter @Inject constructor(
     /**
      * Get the depicts from DepictsRoomdataBase
      */
-    fun getRecentDepictedItems(): MutableList<DepictedItem> {
-        val depictedItemList: MutableList<DepictedItem> = ArrayList()
-        CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO).launch {
-            val depictsList = depictsDao.depictsList().await()
-
-            for (i in depictsList.indices) {
-                val depictedItem = depictsList[i].item
-                depictedItemList.add(depictedItem)
-            }
-        }
-        return depictedItemList
+    private fun getRecentDepictedItems(): List<DepictedItem> = runBlocking {
+        val depictsList = depictsDao.depictsList().await()
+        return@runBlocking depictsList.map { it.item }
     }
 }