diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Everything/EverythingAPI.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Everything/EverythingAPI.cs
index d06fdfa98..eccbb2bf9 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Everything/EverythingAPI.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Everything/EverythingAPI.cs
@@ -48,13 +48,17 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.Everything
 
         public static async ValueTask<bool> IsEverythingRunningAsync(CancellationToken token = default)
         {
-            // We do not directly pass token here, but we check IsCancellationRequested inside the lock
-            // So that it will not raise OperationCanceledException, which is not expected by the caller.
-            await _semaphore.WaitAsync();
+            try
+            {
+                await _semaphore.WaitAsync(token);
+            }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
 
             try
             {
-                if (token.IsCancellationRequested) return false;
                 _ = EverythingApiDllImport.Everything_GetMajorVersion();
                 var result = EverythingApiDllImport.Everything_GetLastError() != StateCode.IPCError;
                 return result;
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program/Main.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program/Main.cs
index aac5de2c2..a0f418fe0 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program/Main.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program/Main.cs
@@ -84,35 +84,31 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program
             {
                 var resultList = await Task.Run(async () =>
                 {
-                    // We do not directly pass token here, but we check IsCancellationRequested inside the lock
-                    // So that it will not raise OperationCanceledException, which is not expected by the caller.
                     Context.API.LogDebug(ClassName, "Preparing win32 programs");
                     List<Win32> win32s;
-                    await _win32sLock.WaitAsync();
                     try
                     {
+                        await _win32sLock.WaitAsync(token);
                         win32s = [.. _win32s];
-                        if (token.IsCancellationRequested) return emptyResults;
                     }
-                    finally
+                    catch (OperationCanceledException)
                     {
-                        _win32sLock.Release();
+                        return emptyResults;
                     }
+                    _win32sLock.Release();
 
-                    // We do not directly pass token here, but we check IsCancellationRequested inside the lock
-                    // So that it will not raise OperationCanceledException, which is not expected by the caller.
                     Context.API.LogDebug(ClassName, "Preparing UWP programs");
                     List<UWPApp> uwps;
-                    await _uwpsLock.WaitAsync();
                     try
                     {
+                        await _uwpsLock.WaitAsync(token);
                         uwps = [.. _uwps];
-                        if (token.IsCancellationRequested) return emptyResults;
                     }
-                    finally
+                    catch (OperationCanceledException)
                     {
-                        _uwpsLock.Release();
+                        return emptyResults;
                     }
+                    _uwpsLock.Release();
 
                     Context.API.LogDebug(ClassName, "Start querying programs");
                     try