diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/FileListWithViewer.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/FileListWithViewer.tsx
index 9725376b52..e071c99c52 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/FileListWithViewer.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/FileListWithViewer.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 import { t } from "i18next";
 import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import AutoSizer from "react-virtualized-auto-sizer";
-import uploadManager from "services/upload/uploadManager";
+import { uploadManager } from "services/upload-manager";
 import { SetFilesDownloadProgressAttributesCreator } from "types/gallery";
 import { downloadSingleFile } from "utils/file";
 import {
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/GalleryEmptyState.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/GalleryEmptyState.tsx
index da1dcf1a2c..f4c7bad76b 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/GalleryEmptyState.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/GalleryEmptyState.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from "ente-shared/components/Container";
 import { t } from "i18next";
 import { Trans } from "react-i18next";
-import uploadManager from "services/upload/uploadManager";
+import { uploadManager } from "services/upload-manager";
 
 export default function GalleryEmptyState({ openUploader }) {
     return (
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload.tsx
index e3a5bdc3b9..7738324f4f 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload.tsx
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ import type {
     UploadCounter,
     UploadFileNames,
     UploadItemWithCollection,
-} from "services/upload/uploadManager";
-import uploadManager from "services/upload/uploadManager";
+} from "services/upload-manager";
+import { uploadManager } from "services/upload-manager";
 import watcher from "services/watch";
 import { SetLoading } from "types/gallery";
 import { getOrCreateAlbum } from "utils/collection";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/UploadProgress.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/UploadProgress.tsx
index 71fba1592c..ee81e62b27 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/UploadProgress.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/UploadProgress.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import type {
     SegregatedFinishedUploads,
     UploadCounter,
     UploadFileNames,
-} from "services/upload/uploadManager";
+} from "services/upload-manager";
 
 interface UploadProgressProps {
     open: boolean;
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx
index f5f7d8d620..a67cd70716 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ import {
     removeFromFavorites,
 } from "services/collectionService";
 import exportService from "services/export";
-import uploadManager from "services/upload/uploadManager";
+import { uploadManager } from "services/upload-manager";
 import { isTokenValid } from "services/userService";
 import {
     GalleryContextType,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums.tsx
index 4e9a2447eb..6121f9ad51 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ import {
     savePublicCollectionPassword,
     syncPublicFiles,
 } from "services/publicCollectionService";
-import uploadManager from "services/upload/uploadManager";
+import { uploadManager } from "services/upload-manager";
 import {
     SelectedState,
     SetFilesDownloadProgressAttributes,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/logout.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/logout.ts
index 6883eff11f..c17796a39a 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/logout.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/logout.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { logoutSearch } from "ente-new/photos/services/search";
 import { logoutSettings } from "ente-new/photos/services/settings";
 import { logoutUserDetails } from "ente-new/photos/services/user-details";
 import exportService from "./export";
-import uploadManager from "./upload/uploadManager";
+import { uploadManager } from "./upload-manager";
 
 /**
  * Logout sequence for the photos app.
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload-manager.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload-manager.ts
index c2ee02feed..1a24dc1bbd 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload-manager.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload-manager.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ import {
     type UploadPhase,
     type UploadResult,
 } from "ente-gallery/services/upload";
+import {
+    metadataJSONMapKeyForJSON,
+    tryParseTakeoutMetadataJSON,
+    type ParsedMetadataJSON,
+} from "ente-gallery/services/upload/takeout";
+import UploadService, {
+    areLivePhotoAssets,
+    uploadItemFileName,
+    uploader,
+    type PotentialLivePhotoAsset,
+    type UploadAsset,
+} from "ente-gallery/services/upload/upload-service";
 import { processVideoNewUpload } from "ente-gallery/services/video";
 import type { Collection } from "ente-media/collection";
 import {
@@ -34,18 +46,6 @@ import {
 } from "services/publicCollectionService";
 import watcher from "services/watch";
 import { getUserOwnedFiles } from "utils/file";
-import {
-    metadataJSONMapKeyForJSON,
-    tryParseTakeoutMetadataJSON,
-    type ParsedMetadataJSON,
-} from "./takeout";
-import UploadService, {
-    areLivePhotoAssets,
-    uploadItemFileName,
-    uploader,
-    type PotentialLivePhotoAsset,
-    type UploadAsset,
-} from "./upload-service";
 
 export type FileID = number;
 
@@ -705,7 +705,10 @@ class UploadManager {
     };
 }
 
-export default new UploadManager();
+/**
+ * Singleton instance of {@link UploadManager}.
+ */
+export const uploadManager = new UploadManager();
 
 /**
  * The data operated on by the intermediate stages of the upload.
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/watch.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/watch.ts
index 3088158167..b8e82acd00 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/watch.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/watch.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ import {
     groupFilesByCollectionID,
 } from "ente-new/photos/services/files";
 import { ensureString } from "ente-utils/ensure";
-import uploadManager, {
-    type UploadItemWithCollection,
-} from "services/upload/uploadManager";
 import { removeFromCollection } from "./collectionService";
+import { type UploadItemWithCollection, uploadManager } from "./upload-manager";
 
 /**
  * Watch for file system folders and automatically update the corresponding Ente
diff --git a/web/packages/gallery/services/upload/upload-service.ts b/web/packages/gallery/services/upload/upload-service.ts
index 928332b9fa..dba72d5089 100644
--- a/web/packages/gallery/services/upload/upload-service.ts
+++ b/web/packages/gallery/services/upload/upload-service.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import {
     generateThumbnailNative,
     generateThumbnailWeb,
 } from "./thumbnail";
-import type { UploadableUploadItem } from "./uploadManager";
+import type { UploadableUploadItem } from "./upload-manager";
 
 const publicUploadHttpClient = new PublicUploadHttpClient();
 const UploadHttpClient = new PhotosUploadHttpClient();