diff --git a/src/main/frontend/components/reference.cljs b/src/main/frontend/components/reference.cljs
index 8798c499df..44d02a2ee5 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/components/reference.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/components/reference.cljs
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
             [logseq.shui.hooks :as hooks]
             [logseq.shui.ui :as shui]
             [missionary.core :as m]
-            [rum.core :as rum]))
+            [rum.core :as rum]
+            [promesa.core :as p]))
 
 (rum/defc references-aux
   [page-entity config]
@@ -77,11 +78,10 @@
   (when-let [id (:db/id entity)]
     (let [[has-references? set-has-references!] (hooks/use-state nil)]
       (hooks/use-effect!
-       #(c.m/run-task*
-         (m/sp
-           (let [result (c.m/<? (state/<invoke-db-worker :thread-api/block-refs-check
-                                                         (state/get-current-repo) id {:unlinked? true}))]
-             (set-has-references! result))))
+       (fn []
+         (p/let [result (state/<invoke-db-worker :thread-api/block-refs-check
+                                                 (state/get-current-repo) id {:unlinked? true})]
+           (set-has-references! result)))
        [])
       (when has-references?
         (let [config (assoc config :highlight-query (:block/title entity))]
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/worker/db_core.cljs b/src/main/frontend/worker/db_core.cljs
index 84733bba62..4c0ccf2cce 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/worker/db_core.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/worker/db_core.cljs
@@ -707,19 +707,18 @@
 
 (def-thread-api :thread-api/block-refs-check
   [repo id {:keys [unlinked?]}]
-  (m/sp
-    (when-let [conn (worker-state/get-datascript-conn repo)]
-      (let [db @conn
-            block (d/entity db id)]
-        (if unlinked?
-          (let [title (string/lower-case (:block/title block))
-                result (m/? (search-blocks repo title {:limit 100}))]
-            (boolean (some (fn [b]
-                             (let [block (d/entity db (:db/id b))]
-                               (and (not= id (:db/id block))
-                                    (not ((set (map :db/id (:block/refs block))) id))
-                                    (string/includes? (string/lower-case (:block/title block)) title)))) result)))
-          (some? (first (common-initial-data/get-block-refs db (:db/id block)))))))))
+  (when-let [conn (worker-state/get-datascript-conn repo)]
+    (let [db @conn
+          block (d/entity db id)]
+      (if unlinked?
+        (let [title (string/lower-case (:block/title block))
+              result (search-blocks repo title {:limit 100})]
+          (boolean (some (fn [b]
+                           (let [block (d/entity db (:db/id b))]
+                             (and (not= id (:db/id block))
+                                  (not ((set (map :db/id (:block/refs block))) id))
+                                  (string/includes? (string/lower-case (:block/title block)) title)))) result)))
+        (some? (first (common-initial-data/get-block-refs db (:db/id block))))))))
 
 (def-thread-api :thread-api/get-block-parents
   [repo id depth]