diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e0b0296..a65431a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ module.exports = async function percyScreenshot(driver, name, options = {}) {
   return TimeIt.run('percyScreenshot', async () => {
     try {
       if (utils.percy?.type === 'automate') {
-        return await percyOnAutomate(driver, name, options);
+        const percyOnAutomateResponse = await percyOnAutomate(driver, name, options);
+        return percyOnAutomateResponse.data;
       }
       const provider = ProviderResolver.resolve(driver);
       const response = await provider.screenshot(name, {
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ module.exports = async function percyScreenshot(driver, name, options = {}) {
         sync
       });
       log.debug(`[${name}] -> end`);
-      return response;
+      return response.data;
     } catch (e) {
       log.error(`[${name}] failed to take screenshot`);
       log.debug(`[${name}] ${e}, \n ${e.stack}`);
diff --git a/percy/percyOnAutomate.js b/percy/percyOnAutomate.js
index f7dbeb6..d44a559 100644
--- a/percy/percyOnAutomate.js
+++ b/percy/percyOnAutomate.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ module.exports = async function percyOnAutomate(driver, name, options) {
     }
 
     // Post the driver details to the automate screenshot endpoint with snapshot options and other info
-    await module.exports.request({
+    return await module.exports.request({
       environmentInfo: ENV_INFO,
       clientInfo: CLIENT_INFO,
       sessionId,
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ module.exports = async function percyOnAutomate(driver, name, options) {
 
 /* istanbul ignore next */ // since can't test this function
 module.exports.request = async function request(data) {
-  await utils.captureAutomateScreenshot(data);
+  return await utils.captureAutomateScreenshot(data);
 }; // To mock in test case
diff --git a/percy/providers/appAutomateProvider.js b/percy/providers/appAutomateProvider.js
index 7b36771..68f61fb 100644
--- a/percy/providers/appAutomateProvider.js
+++ b/percy/providers/appAutomateProvider.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class AppAutomateProvider extends GenericProvider {
   } = {}) {
     let response = null;
     let error;
-    sync = sync || false;
+    sync = sync || null;
     try {
       let result = await this.percyScreenshotBegin(name);
       this.setDebugUrl(result);
diff --git a/percy/providers/genericProvider.js b/percy/providers/genericProvider.js
index 721b6e6..86ffe02 100644
--- a/percy/providers/genericProvider.js
+++ b/percy/providers/genericProvider.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class GenericProvider {
     sync
   }) {
     fullscreen = fullscreen || false;
-    sync = sync || false;
+    sync = sync || null;
 
     this.metadata = await MetadataResolver.resolve(this.driver, {
       deviceName,
diff --git a/test/index.test.mjs b/test/index.test.mjs
index 8cb966d..e120f88 100644
--- a/test/index.test.mjs
+++ b/test/index.test.mjs
@@ -244,36 +244,44 @@ describe('percyScreenshot', () => {
         const driver = driverFunc({ enabled: true });
         spyOn(percyScreenshot, 'isPercyEnabled').and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(true))
         utils.percy.type = 'automate';
-        spyOn(percyOnAutomate, 'request').and.callFake(() => {});
+        const mockresponse = {};
+        spyOn(percyOnAutomate, 'request').and.callFake(() => mockresponse);
 
-        await percyScreenshot(driver, 'Screenshot 1');
+        const response = await percyScreenshot(driver, 'Screenshot 1');
         expect(percyOnAutomate.request).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({
           sessionId: 'sessionID', commandExecutorUrl: 'https://localhost/wd/hub', snapshotName: 'Screenshot 1'
         }));
+
+        expect(response).toEqual(undefined);
       });
 
-      it('should call POA percyScreenshot with ignoreRegion and considerRegion', async () => {
+      it('should call POA percyScreenshot with ignoreRegion and considerRegion and sync', async () => {
         const element = { value: '123', elementId: '123' };
         const element2 = { value: '456', elementId: '456' };
         const driver = driverFunc({ enabled: true });
         spyOn(percyScreenshot, 'isPercyEnabled').and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(true))
         utils.percy.type = 'automate';
-        spyOn(percyOnAutomate, 'request').and.callFake(() => {});
+        const mockresponse = {
+          success: 'true',
+          data: 'sync_data'
+        };
+        const mockedPostCall = spyOn(percyOnAutomate, 'request').and.callFake(() => mockresponse);
 
         await percyScreenshot(driver, 'Screenshot 2', {
-          ignore_region_appium_elements: [element], consider_region_appium_elements: [element]
+          ignore_region_appium_elements: [element], consider_region_appium_elements: [element], sync: true
         });
-        expect(percyOnAutomate.request).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({
+        expect(mockedPostCall).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({
           sessionId: 'sessionID',
           commandExecutorUrl: 'https://localhost/wd/hub',
           snapshotName: 'Screenshot 2',
           options: {
             ignore_region_elements: ['123'],
-            consider_region_elements: ['123']
+            consider_region_elements: ['123'],
+            sync: true
           }
         }));
 
-        await percyScreenshot(driver, 'Screenshot 3', {
+        const data = await percyScreenshot(driver, 'Screenshot 3', {
           ignoreRegionAppiumElements: [element2], considerRegionAppiumElements: [element2]
         });
         expect(percyOnAutomate.request).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({
@@ -285,6 +293,8 @@ describe('percyScreenshot', () => {
             consider_region_elements: ['456']
           }
         }));
+
+        expect(data).toEqual(mockresponse.data);
       });
 
       it('should handle error POA', async () => {
diff --git a/test/percy/providers/appAutomateProvider.test.mjs b/test/percy/providers/appAutomateProvider.test.mjs
index 99ed02a..84f216a 100644
--- a/test/percy/providers/appAutomateProvider.test.mjs
+++ b/test/percy/providers/appAutomateProvider.test.mjs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('AppAutomateProvider', () => {
 
       expect(percyScreenshotBeginSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('abc');
       expect(superScreenshotSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('abc', jasmine.any(Object));
-      expect(percyScreenshotEndSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('abc', 'link to screenshot', false, 'undefined');
+      expect(percyScreenshotEndSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('abc', 'link to screenshot', null, 'undefined');
     });
 
     it('passes exception message to percyScreenshotEnd in case of exception', async () => {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('AppAutomateProvider', () => {
       expect(percyScreenshotBeginSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('abc');
 
       expect(percyScreenshotEndSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        'abc', undefined, false, `Error: ${errorMessage}`);
+        'abc', undefined, null, `Error: ${errorMessage}`);
     });
   });