diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/mappers/notification-template-mapper.ts b/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/mappers/notification-template-mapper.ts
index 6913b0b6d20..3977b3e151f 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/mappers/notification-template-mapper.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/mappers/notification-template-mapper.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export function toResponseWorkflowDto(
     tags: workflow.tags,
     active: workflow.active,
     preferences: preferencesDto,
-    steps: steps,
+    steps,
     description: workflow.description,
     origin: computeOrigin(workflow),
     updatedAt: workflow.updatedAt || 'Missing Updated At',
diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/build-step-data/build-step-data.usecase.ts b/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/build-step-data/build-step-data.usecase.ts
index 4a6919120af..60b6ffa7480 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/build-step-data/build-step-data.usecase.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/build-step-data/build-step-data.usecase.ts
@@ -20,15 +20,12 @@ export class BuildStepDataUsecase {
     const workflow = await this.fetchWorkflow(command);
 
     const { currentStep } = await this.loadStepsFromDb(command, workflow);
-    if (
-      currentStep.name === undefined ||
-      !currentStep._templateId ||
-      currentStep.stepId === undefined ||
-      !currentStep.template?.type
-    ) {
+
+    if (!currentStep._templateId || !currentStep.template?.type) {
       throw new InvalidStepException(currentStep);
     }
     const controlValues = await this.getValues(command, currentStep, workflow._id);
+    const stepName = currentStep.name || 'Missing Step Name';
 
     return {
       controls: {
@@ -43,10 +40,10 @@ export class BuildStepDataUsecase {
         stepInternalId: currentStep._templateId,
         workflow,
       }),
-      name: currentStep.name,
-      slug: buildSlug(currentStep.name, ShortIsPrefixEnum.STEP, currentStep._templateId),
+      name: stepName,
+      slug: buildSlug(stepName, ShortIsPrefixEnum.STEP, currentStep._templateId),
       _id: currentStep._templateId,
-      stepId: currentStep.stepId,
+      stepId: currentStep.stepId || 'Missing Step Id',
       type: currentStep.template?.type,
       origin: workflow.origin || WorkflowOriginEnum.EXTERNAL,
       workflowId: workflow.triggers[0].identifier,
diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/get-workflow/get-workflow.usecase.ts b/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/get-workflow/get-workflow.usecase.ts
index ff64553598e..47fbf3efa4f 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/get-workflow/get-workflow.usecase.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/get-workflow/get-workflow.usecase.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ import {
   WorkflowInternalResponseDto,
 } from '@novu/application-generic';
 
+import { NotificationStepEntity } from '@novu/dal';
 import { GetWorkflowCommand } from './get-workflow.command';
 import { toResponseWorkflowDto } from '../../mappers/notification-template-mapper';
 import { BuildStepDataUsecase } from '../build-step-data/build-step-data.usecase';
 import { BuildStepDataCommand } from '../build-step-data/build-step-data.command';
-import { NotificationStepEntity } from '@novu/dal';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class GetWorkflowUseCase {
diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/sync-to-environment/sync-to-environment.usecase.ts b/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/sync-to-environment/sync-to-environment.usecase.ts
index 49a14eb9377..39013c8ea04 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/sync-to-environment/sync-to-environment.usecase.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/sync-to-environment/sync-to-environment.usecase.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export class SyncToEnvironmentUseCase {
     externalId: string
   ): Promise<WorkflowResponseDto | undefined> {
     try {
-      return this.getWorkflowUseCase.execute(
+      return await this.getWorkflowUseCase.execute(
         GetWorkflowCommand.create({
           user: { ...command.user, environmentId: command.targetEnvironmentId },
           workflowIdOrInternalId: externalId,
diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/workflow.controller.e2e.ts b/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/workflow.controller.e2e.ts
index d546821aa4d..1b5549351ce 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/workflow.controller.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/workflow.controller.e2e.ts
@@ -465,10 +465,11 @@ describe('Workflow Controller E2E API Testing', () => {
   describe('Promote Workflow Permutations', () => {
     it('should promote by creating a new workflow in production environment with the same properties', async () => {
       // Create a workflow in the development environment
-      const devWorkflow = await createWorkflowAndValidate('-promote-workflow');
+      let devWorkflow = await createWorkflowAndValidate('-promote-workflow');
       await workflowsClient.patchWorkflowStepData(devWorkflow._id, devWorkflow.steps[0]._id, {
         controlValues: { vinyl: 'vinyl', color: 'red', band: 'beatles' },
       });
+      devWorkflow = await getWorkflowRest(devWorkflow._id);
 
       // Switch to production environment and get its ID
       const devEnvironmentId = session.environment._id;
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/dto/workflows/step.dto.ts b/packages/shared/src/dto/workflows/step.dto.ts
index b84cceb40c0..5a97fdabdb8 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/dto/workflows/step.dto.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/dto/workflows/step.dto.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ export type PatchStepDataDto = {
   controlValues?: Record<string, unknown>;
 };
 
-// remove all these useless step dtos
 export type StepDto = {
   name: string;
   type: StepTypeEnum;