diff --git a/src/store/page/page-element.ts b/src/store/page/page-element.ts
index 22ed7b1ab..1697bf9ac 100644
--- a/src/store/page/page-element.ts
+++ b/src/store/page/page-element.ts
@@ -443,22 +443,14 @@ export class PageElement {
 			}
 		}
 
-		(async () => {
-			const coercedValue = property ? await property.coerceValue(value) : value;
-			if (path) {
-				const rootPropertyValue = this.propertyValues.get(id) || {};
-				ObjectPath.set<{}, PropertyValue>(rootPropertyValue, path, coercedValue);
-				this.propertyValues.set(id, deepAssign({}, rootPropertyValue));
-			} else {
-				this.propertyValues.set(id, coercedValue);
-			}
-		})().catch(reason => {
-			console.log(
-				`Failed to coerce property value of property '${id}' of pattern '${
-					this.patternId
-				}': ${reason}`
-			);
-		});
+		const coercedValue = property ? property.coerceValue(value) : value;
+		if (path) {
+			const rootPropertyValue = this.propertyValues.get(id) || {};
+			ObjectPath.set<{}, PropertyValue>(rootPropertyValue, path, coercedValue);
+			this.propertyValues.set(id, deepAssign({}, rootPropertyValue));
+		} else {
+			this.propertyValues.set(id, coercedValue);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/store/styleguide/property/asset-property.ts b/src/store/styleguide/property/asset-property.ts
index 2dba1f3a8..dd50f9be7 100644
--- a/src/store/styleguide/property/asset-property.ts
+++ b/src/store/styleguide/property/asset-property.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export class AssetProperty extends Property {
 	 * @inheritdoc
 	 */
 	// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-	public async coerceValue(value: any): Promise<any> {
+	public coerceValue(value: any): any {
 		if (typeof value === 'string') {
 			return value;
 		}
diff --git a/src/store/styleguide/property/boolean-property.ts b/src/store/styleguide/property/boolean-property.ts
index 882c49d42..07ed478b6 100644
--- a/src/store/styleguide/property/boolean-property.ts
+++ b/src/store/styleguide/property/boolean-property.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export class BooleanProperty extends Property {
 	 * @inheritdoc
 	 */
 	// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-	public async coerceValue(value: any): Promise<any> {
+	public coerceValue(value: any): any {
 		return value === true || value === 'true' || value === 1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/store/styleguide/property/enum-property.ts b/src/store/styleguide/property/enum-property.ts
index 299b35177..c3ee405e5 100644
--- a/src/store/styleguide/property/enum-property.ts
+++ b/src/store/styleguide/property/enum-property.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class EnumProperty extends Property {
 	 * @inheritdoc
 	 */
 	// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-	public async coerceValue(value: any): Promise<any> {
+	public coerceValue(value: any): any {
 		if (value === null || value === undefined || value === '') {
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/src/store/styleguide/property/number-array-property.ts b/src/store/styleguide/property/number-array-property.ts
index bc1b01a1b..2fdeb60ea 100644
--- a/src/store/styleguide/property/number-array-property.ts
+++ b/src/store/styleguide/property/number-array-property.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class NumberArrayProperty extends Property {
 	 * @inheritdoc
 	 */
 	// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-	public async coerceValue(value: any): Promise<any> {
+	public coerceValue(value: any): any {
 		// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
 		return this.coerceArrayValue(value, (element: any) => parseFloat(value));
 	}
diff --git a/src/store/styleguide/property/number-property.ts b/src/store/styleguide/property/number-property.ts
index 0a5df3a7b..7bf3a0c3e 100644
--- a/src/store/styleguide/property/number-property.ts
+++ b/src/store/styleguide/property/number-property.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class NumberProperty extends Property {
 	 * @inheritdoc
 	 */
 	// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-	public async coerceValue(value: any): Promise<any> {
+	public coerceValue(value: any): any {
 		const result: number = parseFloat(value);
 		return isNaN(result) ? undefined : result;
 	}
diff --git a/src/store/styleguide/property/object-property.ts b/src/store/styleguide/property/object-property.ts
index 4fc160c59..bdb52bf82 100644
--- a/src/store/styleguide/property/object-property.ts
+++ b/src/store/styleguide/property/object-property.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export class ObjectProperty extends Property {
 	 * @inheritdoc
 	 */
 	// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-	public async coerceValue(value: any): Promise<any> {
+	public coerceValue(value: any): any {
 		if (value === null || value === undefined || value === '') {
 			return undefined;
 		}
diff --git a/src/store/styleguide/property/pattern-property.ts b/src/store/styleguide/property/pattern-property.ts
index 576e867e0..1e1eaeef2 100644
--- a/src/store/styleguide/property/pattern-property.ts
+++ b/src/store/styleguide/property/pattern-property.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class PatternProperty extends Property {
 	 * @inheritdoc
 	 */
 	// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-	public async coerceValue(value: any): Promise<any> {
+	public coerceValue(value: any): any {
 		// Page elements coerce their properties themselves
 		return value;
 	}
diff --git a/src/store/styleguide/property/property.ts b/src/store/styleguide/property/property.ts
index c539d27f6..23ccb72ae 100644
--- a/src/store/styleguide/property/property.ts
+++ b/src/store/styleguide/property/property.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export abstract class Property {
 	 * @param callback A callback to be called with the resulting, property-compatible value.
 	 */
 	// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-	public abstract coerceValue(value: any): Promise<any>;
+	public abstract coerceValue(value: any): any;
 
 	/**
 	 * Converts a given value into the form required by the component's props' property.
diff --git a/src/store/styleguide/property/string-array-property.ts b/src/store/styleguide/property/string-array-property.ts
index 22d3d3267..b68ce4fd6 100644
--- a/src/store/styleguide/property/string-array-property.ts
+++ b/src/store/styleguide/property/string-array-property.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export class StringArrayProperty extends Property {
 	 * @inheritdoc
 	 */
 	// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-	public async coerceValue(value: any): Promise<any> {
+	public coerceValue(value: any): any {
 		// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
 		return this.coerceArrayValue(value, (element: any) => String(value));
 	}
diff --git a/src/store/styleguide/property/string-property.ts b/src/store/styleguide/property/string-property.ts
index 9e3c0013e..af4c4cd44 100644
--- a/src/store/styleguide/property/string-property.ts
+++ b/src/store/styleguide/property/string-property.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export class StringProperty extends Property {
 	 * @inheritdoc
 	 */
 	// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-	public async coerceValue(value: any): Promise<any> {
+	public coerceValue(value: any): any {
 		if (value === null || value === undefined || value === '') {
 			return '';
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/styleguide/renderer/highlight-area.ts b/src/styleguide/renderer/highlight-area.ts
index 6e5e9d8cc..b5a44620d 100644
--- a/src/styleguide/renderer/highlight-area.ts
+++ b/src/styleguide/renderer/highlight-area.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ export class HighlightArea {
 			width: clientRect.width
 		};
 
-		console.log('Scrolled into view');
 		element.scrollIntoView({
 			behavior: 'smooth',
 			block: 'center',