diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index c9f7a9ada..651443593 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run test --workspace=packages/bruno-js
       - name: Test Package bruno-cli
         run: npm run test --workspace=packages/bruno-cli
+      - name: Test Package bruno-electron
+        run: npm run test --workspace=packages/bruno-electron
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 990068b05..a6617f355 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,3 +41,7 @@ yarn-error.log*
 /test-results/
 /playwright-report/
 /playwright/.cache/
+
+#dev editor
+bruno.iml
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/index.js
index 81c8057d2..217b7e36f 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/index.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ const Sidebar = () => {
                   </GitHubButton>
                 )}
               </div>
-              <div className="flex flex-grow items-center justify-end text-xs mr-2">v0.16.2</div>
+              <div className="flex flex-grow items-center justify-end text-xs mr-2">v0.16.3</div>
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
index ddde92a4d..5e4312b17 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ const runSingleRequest = async function (
     const testFile = get(bruJson, 'request.tests');
     if (testFile && testFile.length) {
       const testRuntime = new TestRuntime();
-      const result = testRuntime.runTests(
+      const result = await testRuntime.runTests(
         testFile,
         request,
         response,
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/package.json b/packages/bruno-electron/package.json
index 8a058973e..6ff6e7f43 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/package.json
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "v0.16.2",
+  "version": "v0.16.3",
   "name": "bruno",
   "description": "Opensource API Client for Exploring and Testing APIs",
   "homepage": "https://www.usebruno.com",
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js
index 637a8d479..ae85558af 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ const {
   isDirectory,
   browseDirectory,
   createDirectory,
-  searchForBruFiles
+  searchForBruFiles,
+  sanitizeDirectoryName
 } = require('../utils/filesystem');
 const { stringifyJson } = require('../utils/common');
 const { openCollectionDialog, openCollection } = require('../app/collections');
@@ -315,7 +316,7 @@ const registerRendererEventHandlers = (mainWindow, watcher, lastOpenedCollection
 
   ipcMain.handle('renderer:import-collection', async (event, collection, collectionLocation) => {
     try {
-      let collectionName = collection.name;
+      let collectionName = sanitizeDirectoryName(collection.name);
       let collectionPath = path.join(collectionLocation, collectionName);
 
       if (fs.existsSync(collectionPath)) {
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@ const registerRendererEventHandlers = (mainWindow, watcher, lastOpenedCollection
       const uid = generateUidBasedOnHash(collectionPath);
       const brunoConfig = {
         version: '1',
-        name: collection.name,
+        name: collectionName,
         type: 'collection'
       };
       const content = await stringifyJson(brunoConfig);
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
index 20f35b4c9..d4cfa48b1 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
         const testFile = item.draft ? get(item.draft, 'request.tests') : get(item, 'request.tests');
         if (testFile && testFile.length) {
           const testRuntime = new TestRuntime();
-          const testResults = testRuntime.runTests(
+          const testResults = await testRuntime.runTests(
             testFile,
             request,
             response,
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
           const testFile = item.draft ? get(item.draft, 'request.tests') : get(item, 'request.tests');
           if (testFile && testFile.length) {
             const testRuntime = new TestRuntime();
-            const testResults = testRuntime.runTests(
+            const testResults = await testRuntime.runTests(
               testFile,
               request,
               error.response,
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
             const testFile = item.draft ? get(item.draft, 'request.tests') : get(item, 'request.tests');
             if (testFile && testFile.length) {
               const testRuntime = new TestRuntime();
-              const testResults = testRuntime.runTests(
+              const testResults = await testRuntime.runTests(
                 testFile,
                 request,
                 response,
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
               const testFile = item.draft ? get(item.draft, 'request.tests') : get(item, 'request.tests');
               if (testFile && testFile.length) {
                 const testRuntime = new TestRuntime();
-                const testResults = testRuntime.runTests(
+                const testResults = await testRuntime.runTests(
                   testFile,
                   request,
                   error.response,
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/utils/filesystem.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/utils/filesystem.js
index daf6eaf6b..b55dfd725 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/utils/filesystem.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/utils/filesystem.js
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ const searchForBruFiles = (dir) => {
   return searchForFiles(dir, '.bru');
 };
 
+const sanitizeDirectoryName = (name) => {
+  return name.replace(/[<>:"/\\|?*\x00-\x1F]+/g, '-');
+};
+
 module.exports = {
   isValidPathname,
   exists,
@@ -127,5 +131,6 @@ module.exports = {
   createDirectory,
   browseDirectory,
   searchForFiles,
-  searchForBruFiles
+  searchForBruFiles,
+  sanitizeDirectoryName
 };
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/utils/filesystem.test.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/utils/filesystem.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62d7b502f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/utils/filesystem.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const { sanitizeDirectoryName } = require('./filesystem.js');
+
+describe('sanitizeDirectoryName', () => {
+  it('should replace invalid characters with hyphens', () => {
+    const input = '<>:"/\\|?*\x00-\x1F';
+    const expectedOutput = '---';
+    expect(sanitizeDirectoryName(input)).toEqual(expectedOutput);
+  });
+
+  it('should not modify valid directory names', () => {
+    const input = 'my-directory';
+    expect(sanitizeDirectoryName(input)).toEqual(input);
+  });
+
+  it('should replace multiple invalid characters with a single hyphen', () => {
+    const input = 'my<>invalid?directory';
+    const expectedOutput = 'my-invalid-directory';
+    expect(sanitizeDirectoryName(input)).toEqual(expectedOutput);
+  });
+
+  it('should handle names with slashes', () => {
+    const input = 'my/invalid/directory';
+    const expectedOutput = 'my-invalid-directory';
+    expect(sanitizeDirectoryName(input)).toEqual(expectedOutput);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/test-runtime.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/test-runtime.js
index 3a7c1f9b5..47daccd62 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/test-runtime.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/test-runtime.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const { cleanJson } = require('../utils');
 
 // Inbuilt Library Support
 const atob = require('atob');
+const axios = require('axios');
 const btoa = require('btoa');
 const lodash = require('lodash');
 const moment = require('moment');
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ const CryptoJS = require('crypto-js');
 class TestRuntime {
   constructor() {}
 
-  runTests(
+  async runTests(
     testsFile,
     request,
     response,
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ class TestRuntime {
         root: [collectionPath],
         mock: {
           atob,
+          axios,
           btoa,
           lodash,
           moment,
@@ -89,7 +91,8 @@ class TestRuntime {
       }
     });
 
-    vm.run(testsFile, path.join(collectionPath, 'vm.js'));
+    const asyncVM = vm.run(`module.exports = async () => { ${testsFile}}`, path.join(collectionPath, 'vm.js'));
+    await asyncVM();
 
     return {
       request,
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/test.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/test.js
index 213e25252..dd449e740 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/test.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-const Test = (__brunoTestResults, chai) => (description, callback) => {
+const Test = (__brunoTestResults, chai) => async (description, callback) => {
   try {
-    callback();
+    await callback();
     __brunoTestResults.addResult({ description, status: 'pass' });
   } catch (error) {
     console.log(chai.AssertionError);
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/tests/runtime.spec.js b/packages/bruno-js/tests/runtime.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8e4dfae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/tests/runtime.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+const { describe, it, expect } = require('@jest/globals');
+const TestRuntime = require('../src/runtime/test-runtime');
+
+describe('runtime', () => {
+  describe('test-runtime', () => {
+    const baseRequest = {
+      method: 'GET',
+      url: 'http://localhost:3000/',
+      headers: {},
+      data: undefined
+    };
+    const baseResponse = {
+      status: 200,
+      statusText: 'OK',
+      data: [
+        {
+          id: 1
+        },
+        {
+          id: 2
+        },
+        {
+          id: 3
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+
+    it('should wait async tests', async () => {
+      const testFile = `
+                await test('async test', ()=> {
+                    return new Promise((resolve)=> {
+                        setTimeout(()=> {resolve()},200)
+                    })
+                })
+            `;
+
+      const runtime = new TestRuntime();
+      const result = await runtime.runTests(
+        testFile,
+        { ...baseRequest },
+        { ...baseResponse },
+        {},
+        {},
+        '.',
+        null,
+        process.env
+      );
+      expect(result.results.map((el) => ({ description: el.description, status: el.status }))).toEqual([
+        { description: 'async test', status: 'pass' }
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+});