diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/imageProcessor.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/imageProcessor.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ac67c54ec..000000000
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/imageProcessor.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-import ElectronAPIs from "@ente/shared/electron";
-import { WorkerSafeElectronService } from "@ente/shared/electron/service";
-import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
-import { addLogLine } from "@ente/shared/logging";
-import { logError } from "@ente/shared/sentry";
-import { convertBytesToHumanReadable } from "@ente/shared/utils/size";
-import { ElectronFile } from "types/upload";
-
-class ElectronImageProcessorService {
-    async convertToJPEG(fileBlob: Blob, filename: string): Promise<Blob> {
-        try {
-            const startTime = Date.now();
-            const inputFileData = new Uint8Array(await fileBlob.arrayBuffer());
-            const convertedFileData =
-                await WorkerSafeElectronService.convertToJPEG(
-                    inputFileData,
-                    filename,
-                );
-            addLogLine(
-                `originalFileSize:${convertBytesToHumanReadable(
-                    fileBlob?.size,
-                )},convertedFileSize:${convertBytesToHumanReadable(
-                    convertedFileData?.length,
-                )},  native conversion time: ${Date.now() - startTime}ms `,
-            );
-            return new Blob([convertedFileData]);
-        } catch (e) {
-            if (
-                e.message !==
-                CustomError.WINDOWS_NATIVE_IMAGE_PROCESSING_NOT_SUPPORTED
-            ) {
-                logError(e, "failed to convert to jpeg natively");
-            }
-            throw e;
-        }
-    }
-
-    async generateImageThumbnail(
-        inputFile: File | ElectronFile,
-        maxDimension: number,
-        maxSize: number,
-    ): Promise<Uint8Array> {
-        try {
-            const startTime = Date.now();
-            const thumb = await ElectronAPIs.generateImageThumbnail(
-                inputFile,
-                maxDimension,
-                maxSize,
-            );
-            addLogLine(
-                `originalFileSize:${convertBytesToHumanReadable(
-                    inputFile?.size,
-                )},thumbFileSize:${convertBytesToHumanReadable(
-                    thumb?.length,
-                )},  native thumbnail generation time: ${
-                    Date.now() - startTime
-                }ms `,
-            );
-            return thumb;
-        } catch (e) {
-            if (
-                e.message !==
-                CustomError.WINDOWS_NATIVE_IMAGE_PROCESSING_NOT_SUPPORTED
-            ) {
-                logError(e, "failed to generate image thumbnail natively");
-            }
-            throw e;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-export default new ElectronImageProcessorService();
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnailService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnailService.ts
index 64df2f016..61e42f9e9 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnailService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnailService.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import ElectronAPIs from "@ente/shared/electron";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
 import { addLogLine } from "@ente/shared/logging";
 import { getFileNameSize } from "@ente/shared/logging/web";
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ import { BLACK_THUMBNAIL_BASE64 } from "constants/upload";
 import isElectron from "is-electron";
 import * as FFmpegService from "services/ffmpeg/ffmpegService";
 import HeicConversionService from "services/heicConversionService";
-import imageProcessor from "services/imageProcessor";
 import { ElectronFile, FileTypeInfo } from "types/upload";
 import { isFileHEIC } from "utils/file";
 import { getUint8ArrayView } from "../readerService";
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ async function generateImageThumbnail(
 ) {
     if (isElectron()) {
         try {
-            return await imageProcessor.generateImageThumbnail(
+            return await generateImageThumbnailInElectron(
                 file,
                 MAX_THUMBNAIL_DIMENSION,
                 MAX_THUMBNAIL_SIZE,
@@ -99,6 +99,39 @@ async function generateImageThumbnail(
     }
 }
 
+const generateImageThumbnailInElectron = async (
+    inputFile: File | ElectronFile,
+    maxDimension: number,
+    maxSize: number,
+): Promise<Uint8Array> => {
+    try {
+        const startTime = Date.now();
+        const thumb = await ElectronAPIs.generateImageThumbnail(
+            inputFile,
+            maxDimension,
+            maxSize,
+        );
+        addLogLine(
+            `originalFileSize:${convertBytesToHumanReadable(
+                inputFile?.size,
+            )},thumbFileSize:${convertBytesToHumanReadable(
+                thumb?.length,
+            )},  native thumbnail generation time: ${
+                Date.now() - startTime
+            }ms `,
+        );
+        return thumb;
+    } catch (e) {
+        if (
+            e.message !==
+            CustomError.WINDOWS_NATIVE_IMAGE_PROCESSING_NOT_SUPPORTED
+        ) {
+            logError(e, "failed to generate image thumbnail natively");
+        }
+        throw e;
+    }
+};
+
 export async function generateImageThumbnailUsingCanvas(
     file: File | ElectronFile,
     fileTypeInfo: FileTypeInfo,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
index 96f4749bf..2e02794c4 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ import {
 import { FileTypeInfo } from "types/upload";
 
 import { default as ElectronAPIs } from "@ente/shared/electron";
+import { workerBridge } from "@ente/shared/worker/worker-bridge";
 import { t } from "i18next";
-import imageProcessor from "services/imageProcessor";
 import { getFileExportPath, getUniqueFileExportName } from "utils/export";
 
 const WAIT_TIME_IMAGE_CONVERSION = 30 * 1000;
@@ -452,8 +452,7 @@ export async function getRenderableImage(fileName: string, imageBlob: Blob) {
                         imageBlob.size,
                     )}`,
                 );
-                throw new Error("bypass");
-                convertedImageBlob = await imageProcessor.convertToJPEG(
+                convertedImageBlob = await convertToJPEGInElectron(
                     imageBlob,
                     fileName,
                 );
@@ -485,6 +484,36 @@ export async function getRenderableImage(fileName: string, imageBlob: Blob) {
     }
 }
 
+const convertToJPEGInElectron = async (
+    fileBlob: Blob,
+    filename: string,
+): Promise<Blob> => {
+    try {
+        const startTime = Date.now();
+        const inputFileData = new Uint8Array(await fileBlob.arrayBuffer());
+        const convertedFileData = await workerBridge.convertToJPEG(
+            inputFileData,
+            filename,
+        );
+        addLogLine(
+            `originalFileSize:${convertBytesToHumanReadable(
+                fileBlob?.size,
+            )},convertedFileSize:${convertBytesToHumanReadable(
+                convertedFileData?.length,
+            )},  native conversion time: ${Date.now() - startTime}ms `,
+        );
+        return new Blob([convertedFileData]);
+    } catch (e) {
+        if (
+            e.message !==
+            CustomError.WINDOWS_NATIVE_IMAGE_PROCESSING_NOT_SUPPORTED
+        ) {
+            logError(e, "failed to convert to jpeg natively");
+        }
+        throw e;
+    }
+};
+
 export function isFileHEIC(exactType: string) {
     return (
         exactType.toLowerCase().endsWith(TYPE_HEIC) ||
diff --git a/web/packages/shared/electron/service.ts b/web/packages/shared/electron/service.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f926d20b2..000000000
--- a/web/packages/shared/electron/service.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-import { inWorker } from "@/next/env";
-import * as Comlink from "comlink";
-import { wrap } from "comlink";
-import { ElectronAPIsType } from "./types";
-import { WorkerSafeElectronClient } from "./worker/client";
-
-export interface LimitedElectronAPIs
-    extends Pick<ElectronAPIsType, "convertToJPEG" | "logToDisk"> {}
-
-class WorkerSafeElectronServiceImpl implements LimitedElectronAPIs {
-    proxiedElectron:
-        | Comlink.Remote<WorkerSafeElectronClient>
-        | WorkerSafeElectronClient;
-    ready: Promise<any>;
-
-    constructor() {
-        this.ready = this.init();
-    }
-    private async init() {
-        if (inWorker()) {
-            const workerSafeElectronClient =
-                wrap<typeof WorkerSafeElectronClient>(self);
-
-            this.proxiedElectron = await new workerSafeElectronClient();
-        } else {
-            this.proxiedElectron = new WorkerSafeElectronClient();
-        }
-    }
-
-    async convertToJPEG(
-        inputFileData: Uint8Array,
-        filename: string,
-    ): Promise<Uint8Array> {
-        await this.ready;
-        return this.proxiedElectron.convertToJPEG(inputFileData, filename);
-    }
-
-    async logToDisk(message: string) {
-        await this.ready;
-        return this.proxiedElectron.logToDisk(message);
-    }
-}
-
-export const WorkerSafeElectronService = new WorkerSafeElectronServiceImpl();
diff --git a/web/packages/shared/electron/worker/client.ts b/web/packages/shared/electron/worker/client.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f6b99ee88..000000000
--- a/web/packages/shared/electron/worker/client.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import ElectronAPIs from "@ente/shared/electron";
-
-export interface ProxiedLimitedElectronAPIs {
-    convertToJPEG: (
-        inputFileData: Uint8Array,
-        filename: string,
-    ) => Promise<Uint8Array>;
-    logToDisk: (message: string) => void;
-}
-
-export class WorkerSafeElectronClient implements ProxiedLimitedElectronAPIs {
-    async convertToJPEG(
-        inputFileData: Uint8Array,
-        filename: string,
-    ): Promise<Uint8Array> {
-        return await ElectronAPIs.convertToJPEG(inputFileData, filename);
-    }
-    logToDisk(message: string) {
-        return ElectronAPIs.logToDisk(message);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/web/packages/shared/logging/web.ts b/web/packages/shared/logging/web.ts
index 9584cd385..45127121b 100644
--- a/web/packages/shared/logging/web.ts
+++ b/web/packages/shared/logging/web.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { inWorker, isDevBuild } from "@/next/env";
+import { isDevBuild } from "@/next/env";
 import { logError } from "@ente/shared/sentry";
 import {
-    getData,
     LS_KEYS,
+    getData,
     removeData,
     setData,
 } from "@ente/shared/storage/localStorage";
@@ -20,22 +20,13 @@ export interface Log {
     logLine: string;
 }
 
-export function logWeb(logLine2: string) {
-    const logLine = `${logLine2}`;
-    console.log("logWeb", logLine);
+export function logWeb(logLine: string) {
     try {
         const log: Log = { logLine, timestamp: Date.now() };
         const logs = getLogs();
         if (logs.length > MAX_LOG_LINES) {
             logs.slice(logs.length - MAX_LOG_LINES);
         }
-        console.log("inWorker", inWorker());
-        console.log("pushing", logLine);
-        console.log("length", logLine.length);
-        logs.push({
-            logLine: `length ${logLine.length}`,
-            timestamp: Date.now(),
-        });
         logs.push(log);
         setLogs(logs);
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/web/packages/shared/worker/comlinkWorker.ts b/web/packages/shared/worker/comlinkWorker.ts
index bcf3b4f3d..0cbae504c 100644
--- a/web/packages/shared/worker/comlinkWorker.ts
+++ b/web/packages/shared/worker/comlinkWorker.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { addLocalLog, logToDisk } from "@ente/shared/logging";
 import { Remote, expose, wrap } from "comlink";
+import ElectronAPIs from "../electron";
 import { logError } from "../sentry";
 
 export class ComlinkWorker<T extends new () => InstanceType<T>> {
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ export class ComlinkWorker<T extends new () => InstanceType<T>> {
         addLocalLog(() => `Initiated ${this.name}`);
         const comlink = wrap<T>(this.worker);
         this.remote = new comlink() as Promise<Remote<InstanceType<T>>>;
-        // expose(WorkerSafeElectronClient, this.worker);
         expose(workerBridge, this.worker);
     }
 
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ export class ComlinkWorker<T extends new () => InstanceType<T>> {
  */
 const workerBridge = {
     logToDisk,
+    convertToJPEG: (inputFileData: Uint8Array, filename: string) =>
+        ElectronAPIs.convertToJPEG(inputFileData, filename),
 };
 
 export type WorkerBridge = typeof workerBridge;
diff --git a/web/packages/shared/worker/worker-bridge.ts b/web/packages/shared/worker/worker-bridge.ts
index 7001dfe4c..e783e4b67 100644
--- a/web/packages/shared/worker/worker-bridge.ts
+++ b/web/packages/shared/worker/worker-bridge.ts
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ import type { WorkerBridge } from "./comlinkWorker";
  * this object will be transparently (but asynchrorously) relayed to the
  * implementation of the {@link WorkerBridge} in `comlinkWorker.ts`.
  */
-export const workerBridge = wrap<WorkerBridge>(self);
+export const workerBridge = wrap<WorkerBridge>(globalThis);