diff --git a/web/packages/base/crypto/ente-impl.ts b/web/packages/base/crypto/ente-impl.ts
index c1244a6853..704e41d7f8 100644
--- a/web/packages/base/crypto/ente-impl.ts
+++ b/web/packages/base/crypto/ente-impl.ts
@@ -1,52 +1,37 @@
 /** Careful when adding add other imports! */
 import * as libsodium from "./libsodium";
-import type { DecryptB64, EncryptBytes, EncryptJSON } from "./types";
+import type {
+    DecryptB64,
+    EncryptBytes,
+    EncryptedB64,
+    EncryptedBytes,
+    EncryptJSON,
+} from "./types";
+
+const EncryptedBytesToB64 = async ({
+    encryptedData,
+    decryptionHeaderB64,
+}: EncryptedBytes): Promise<EncryptedB64> => ({
+    encryptedDataB64: await libsodium.toB64(encryptedData),
+    decryptionHeaderB64,
+});
 
 export const _encryptAssociatedData = libsodium.encryptChaChaOneShot;
 
 export const _encryptThumbnail = _encryptAssociatedData;
 
-export const _encryptFileEmbedding = async (r: EncryptBytes) => {
-    const { encryptedData, decryptionHeaderB64 } =
-        await _encryptAssociatedData(r);
-    return {
-        encryptedDataB64: await libsodium.toB64(encryptedData),
-        decryptionHeaderB64,
-    };
-};
+export const _encryptFileEmbedding = (r: EncryptBytes) =>
+    _encryptAssociatedData(r).then(EncryptedBytesToB64);
 
 export const _encryptMetadata = async ({ jsonValue, keyB64 }: EncryptJSON) => {
     const data = new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify(jsonValue));
-
-    const { encryptedData, decryptionHeaderB64 } = await _encryptAssociatedData(
-        { data, keyB64 },
-    );
-    return {
-        encryptedDataB64: await libsodium.toB64(encryptedData),
-        decryptionHeaderB64,
-    };
+    return EncryptedBytesToB64(await _encryptAssociatedData({ data, keyB64 }));
 };
 
 export const _decryptAssociatedData = libsodium.decryptChaChaOneShot;
 
 export const _decryptThumbnail = _decryptAssociatedData;
 
-export const _decryptFileEmbedding = async ({
-    encryptedDataB64,
-    decryptionHeaderB64,
-    keyB64,
-}: DecryptB64) =>
-    _decryptAssociatedData({
-        encryptedData: await libsodium.fromB64(encryptedDataB64),
-        decryptionHeaderB64,
-        keyB64,
-    });
-
-export const _decryptMetadata = async (r: DecryptB64) =>
-    JSON.parse(
-        new TextDecoder().decode(await _decryptMetadataBytes(r)),
-    ) as unknown;
-
 export const _decryptMetadataBytes = async ({
     encryptedDataB64,
     decryptionHeaderB64,
@@ -57,3 +42,10 @@ export const _decryptMetadataBytes = async ({
         decryptionHeaderB64,
         keyB64,
     });
+
+export const _decryptMetadata = async (r: DecryptB64) =>
+    JSON.parse(
+        new TextDecoder().decode(await _decryptMetadataBytes(r)),
+    ) as unknown;
+
+export const _decryptFileEmbedding = _decryptMetadataBytes;