diff --git a/web/packages/base/crypto/ente-impl.ts b/web/packages/base/crypto/ente-impl.ts
index 71ecc88b7a..305cee31e7 100644
--- a/web/packages/base/crypto/ente-impl.ts
+++ b/web/packages/base/crypto/ente-impl.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ export const _encryptMetadataJSON = ({ jsonValue, keyB64 }: EncryptJSON) =>
         keyB64,
     });
 
+export const _decryptBox = libsodium.decryptBox2;
+
 export const _decryptBoxB64 = libsodium.decryptBoxB64;
 
 export const _decryptAssociatedData = libsodium.decryptBlob;
diff --git a/web/packages/base/crypto/ente.ts b/web/packages/base/crypto/ente.ts
index afd7ceb606..01682c2ec5 100644
--- a/web/packages/base/crypto/ente.ts
+++ b/web/packages/base/crypto/ente.ts
@@ -142,8 +142,15 @@ export const encryptMetadataJSON = async (r: EncryptJSON) =>
         : sharedCryptoWorker().then((w) => w.encryptMetadataJSON(r));
 
 /**
- * Decrypt a box encrypted using {@link encryptBoxB64}, and return the result as
- * a base64 string.
+ * Decrypt a box encrypted using {@link encryptBoxB64}.
+ */
+export const decryptBox = (box: EncryptedBox2, key: BytesOrB64) =>
+    inWorker()
+        ? ei._decryptBox(box, key)
+        : sharedCryptoWorker().then((w) => w.decryptBox(box, key));
+
+/**
+ * Variant of {@link decryptBoxlink} that returns the result as a base64 string.
  */
 export const decryptBoxB64 = (box: EncryptedBox2, key: BytesOrB64) =>
     inWorker()
diff --git a/web/packages/base/crypto/libsodium.ts b/web/packages/base/crypto/libsodium.ts
index 2937d1a7ba..bb19f53f6e 100644
--- a/web/packages/base/crypto/libsodium.ts
+++ b/web/packages/base/crypto/libsodium.ts
@@ -380,12 +380,7 @@ export const decryptBox = async ({
 /**
  * Decrypt the result of {@link encryptBoxB64}.
  */
-export const decryptBoxB64 = (
-    box: EncryptedBox2,
-    key: BytesOrB64,
-): Promise<string> => _decryptBox(box, key).then(toB64);
-
-export const _decryptBox = async (
+export const decryptBox2 = async (
     { encryptedData, nonce }: EncryptedBox2,
     key: BytesOrB64,
 ): Promise<Uint8Array> => {
@@ -397,6 +392,14 @@ export const _decryptBox = async (
     );
 };
 
+/**
+ * Variant of {@link decryptBox} that returns the data as a base64 string.
+ */
+export const decryptBoxB64 = (
+    box: EncryptedBox2,
+    key: BytesOrB64,
+): Promise<string> => decryptBox2(box, key).then(toB64);
+
 /**
  * Decrypt the result of {@link encryptBlob}.
  */
diff --git a/web/packages/base/crypto/worker.ts b/web/packages/base/crypto/worker.ts
index 72ae1fb332..13e36c546d 100644
--- a/web/packages/base/crypto/worker.ts
+++ b/web/packages/base/crypto/worker.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export class CryptoWorker {
     encryptBoxB64 = ei._encryptBoxB64;
     encryptThumbnail = ei._encryptThumbnail;
     encryptMetadataJSON = ei._encryptMetadataJSON;
+    decryptBox = ei._decryptBox;
     decryptBoxB64 = ei._decryptBoxB64;
     decryptThumbnail = ei._decryptThumbnail;
     decryptAssociatedDataB64 = ei._decryptAssociatedDataB64;