diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/data/image.ts b/packages/excalidraw/data/image.ts
index 070889fdf..5796f42fc 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/data/image.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/data/image.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import tEXt from "png-chunk-text";
-import { encode as encodeITXt, decode as decodeITXt } from "png-chunk-itxt";
+import { encodeSync, decodeSync} from "png-chunk-itxt";
 import encodePng from "png-chunks-encode";
 import decodePng from "png-chunks-extract";
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const getMetadataChunk = async (
 
   if (iTXtChunk) {
     try {
-      const decoded = decodeITXt(iTXtChunk.data);
+      const decoded = decodeSync(iTXtChunk.data);
       console.log("Decoded iTXt chunk:", decoded);
       return { 
         keyword: decoded.keyword, 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export const encodePngMetadata = async ({
       !(chunk.name === "tEXt" && 
         tEXt.decode(chunk.data).keyword === MIME_TYPES.excalidraw) &&
       !(chunk.name === "iTXt" && 
-        decodeITXt(chunk.data).keyword === MIME_TYPES.excalidraw)
+        decodeSync(chunk.data).keyword === MIME_TYPES.excalidraw)
   );
   
   const encodedData = JSON.stringify(
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export const encodePngMetadata = async ({
   let metadataChunk;
   try {
     if (useITXt) {
-      metadataChunk = encodeITXt(
+      metadataChunk = encodeSync(
         MIME_TYPES.excalidraw,
         encodedData,
         { 
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/global.d.ts b/packages/excalidraw/global.d.ts
index 8688d354b..efbaa9292 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/global.d.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/global.d.ts
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ declare module "png-chunk-text" {
   function decode(data: Uint8Array): { keyword: string; text: string };
 }
 declare module "png-chunk-itxt" {
-  function encode(
+  function encodeSync(
     keyword: string,
     text: string,
     options?: { compressed?: boolean; compressedMethod: number; language?: string; translated?: string },
   ): { name: "iTXt"; data: Uint8Array };
-  function decode(data: Uint8Array): { 
+  function decodeSync (data: Uint8Array): { 
     keyword: string; 
     text: string;
     compressed?: boolean;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ declare module "png-chunk-itxt" {
     language?: string;
     translated?: string;
   };
-  export { encode, decode };
+  export { encodeSync, decodeSync };
 }
 declare module "png-chunks-encode" {
   function encode(chunks: (TEXtChunk | ITXtChunk)[]): Uint8Array;