diff --git a/src/collections/hooks.ts b/src/collections/hooks.ts
index 0e62ef8..f461159 100644
--- a/src/collections/hooks.ts
+++ b/src/collections/hooks.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import type { Payment } from '../plugin/types/index'
 import type { Payload } from 'payload'
 import { useBillingPlugin } from '../plugin/index'
 
-export const initProviderPayment = (payload: Payload, payment: Partial<Payment>) => {
+export const initProviderPayment = async (payload: Payload, payment: Partial<Payment>): Promise<Partial<Payment>> => {
   const billing = useBillingPlugin(payload)
   if (!payment.provider || !billing.providerConfig[payment.provider]) {
     throw new Error(`Provider ${payment.provider} not found.`)
   }
-  return billing.providerConfig[payment.provider].initPayment(payload, payment)
+  // Handle both async and non-async initPayment functions
+  const result = billing.providerConfig[payment.provider].initPayment(payload, payment)
+  return await Promise.resolve(result)
 }
diff --git a/src/providers/test.ts b/src/providers/test.ts
index 9e124e2..b4b653b 100644
--- a/src/providers/test.ts
+++ b/src/providers/test.ts
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ export const testProvider = (testConfig: TestProviderConfig) => {
         {
           path: '/payload-billing/test/status/:id',
           method: 'get',
-          handler: async (req) => {
+          handler: (req) => {
             // Extract payment ID from URL path
             const urlParts = req.url?.split('/') || []
             const paymentId = urlParts[urlParts.length - 1]
diff --git a/src/providers/types.ts b/src/providers/types.ts
index 311e9ad..cef3858 100644
--- a/src/providers/types.ts
+++ b/src/providers/types.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Payment } from '../plugin/types/payments'
 import type { Config, Payload } from 'payload'
 import type { BillingPluginConfig } from '../plugin/config'
 
-export type InitPayment = (payload: Payload, payment: Partial<Payment>) => Promise<Partial<Payment>>
+export type InitPayment = (payload: Payload, payment: Partial<Payment>) => Promise<Partial<Payment>> | Partial<Payment>
 
 export type PaymentProvider = {
   key: string