diff --git a/TTS/GTTS.py b/TTS/GTTS.py
index 8974ddc..51dd92f 100644
--- a/TTS/GTTS.py
+++ b/TTS/GTTS.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class GTTS:
     # voices = []
 
     @staticmethod
-    async def run(
+    def run(
             text,
             filepath
     ) -> None:
diff --git a/TTS/streamlabs_polly.py b/TTS/streamlabs_polly.py
index a0b7e19..3cc8cb9 100644
--- a/TTS/streamlabs_polly.py
+++ b/TTS/streamlabs_polly.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class StreamlabsPolly(BaseApiTTS):
         else:
             try:
                 results = requests.get(response.json()["speak_url"])
-                return results
+                return results.content
             except (KeyError, JSONDecodeError):
                 try:
                     if response.json()["error"] == "No text specified!":