diff --git a/scripts/framework-components/ProhibitedTermsScanner.js b/scripts/framework-components/ProhibitedTermsScanner.js
index ffd0e1bf..a62ff0df 100644
--- a/scripts/framework-components/ProhibitedTermsScanner.js
+++ b/scripts/framework-components/ProhibitedTermsScanner.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 const fs = require('fs').promises;
 const path = require('path');
-const { glob } = require('glob');
+const glob = require('glob');
 const { execSync } = require('child_process');
 
 class ProhibitedTermsScanner {
@@ -259,17 +259,14 @@ class ProhibitedTermsScanner {
     const files = [];
     for (const pattern of this.includePatterns) {
       try {
-        const matches = await glob(pattern, {
+        const matches = glob.sync(pattern, {
           ignore: this.excludePatterns,
           nodir: true,
           cwd: this.options.basePath
         });
-        // glob returns an array, so we can spread it
-        if (Array.isArray(matches)) {
-          // Prepend base path to make absolute paths
-          const absolutePaths = matches.map(f => path.join(this.options.basePath, f));
-          files.push(...absolutePaths);
-        }
+        // Prepend base path to make absolute paths
+        const absolutePaths = matches.map(f => path.join(this.options.basePath, f));
+        files.push(...absolutePaths);
       } catch (err) {
         // Ignore glob errors (e.g., pattern doesn't match anything)
       }
diff --git a/tests/unit/BlogCuration.service.test.js b/tests/unit/BlogCuration.service.test.js
index 8afd17f6..f3d17842 100644
--- a/tests/unit/BlogCuration.service.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/BlogCuration.service.test.js
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ jest.mock('../../src/services/BoundaryEnforcer.service', () => ({
   enforce: jest.fn()
 }));
 
+jest.mock('../../src/models/Document.model', () => ({
+  list: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([])
+}));
+
 const BlogCuration = require('../../src/services/BlogCuration.service');
 const ClaudeAPI = require('../../src/services/ClaudeAPI.service');
 const BoundaryEnforcer = require('../../src/services/BoundaryEnforcer.service');