diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/heic-convert/heic-convert.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/heic-convert/heic-convert.ts
index 8d53af1520..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/heic-convert/heic-convert.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/heic-convert/heic-convert.ts
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import HeicConvert from "heic-convert";
-import { getUint8ArrayView } from "services/readerService";
-
-/**
- * Convert a HEIC file to a JPEG file.
- *
- * Both the input and output are blobs.
- */
-export const convertHEICToJPEG = async (heicBlob: Blob): Promise<Blob> => {
-    const filedata = await getUint8ArrayView(heicBlob);
-    const result = await HeicConvert({ buffer: filedata, format: "JPEG" });
-    const convertedFileData = new Uint8Array(result);
-    const convertedFileBlob = new Blob([convertedFileData]);
-    return convertedFileBlob;
-};
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/worker/convert.worker.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/worker/convert.worker.ts
index e654c68ee6..db9f37efae 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/worker/convert.worker.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/worker/convert.worker.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,25 @@
 import * as Comlink from "comlink";
+import HeicConvert from "heic-convert";
+import { getUint8ArrayView } from "services/readerService";
 
 export class DedicatedConvertWorker {
     async convertHEICToJPEG(fileBlob: Blob) {
-        return this.convertHEICToJPEG(fileBlob);
+        return convertHEICToJPEG(fileBlob);
     }
 }
 
 Comlink.expose(DedicatedConvertWorker, self);
+
+/**
+ * Convert a HEIC file to a JPEG file.
+ *
+ * Both the input and output are blobs.
+ */
+export const convertHEICToJPEG = async (heicBlob: Blob): Promise<Blob> => {
+    console.log("test")
+    const filedata = await getUint8ArrayView(heicBlob);
+    const result = await HeicConvert({ buffer: filedata, format: "JPEG" });
+    const convertedFileData = new Uint8Array(result);
+    const convertedFileBlob = new Blob([convertedFileData]);
+    return convertedFileBlob;
+};