diff --git a/src/content-scripts/content_script/global.ts b/src/content-scripts/content_script/global.ts
index cab2ef3171..d6edde3878 100644
--- a/src/content-scripts/content_script/global.ts
+++ b/src/content-scripts/content_script/global.ts
@@ -269,23 +269,21 @@ export async function main(
         },
     })
 
-    browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener((request, sender) => {
+    // TODO: This needs to move to an RPC call
+    browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(((request, sender, sendResponse) => {
         if (request.action === 'getImageData') {
             const imageUrl = request.srcUrl // URL of the image to get data for
-            return fetch(imageUrl)
+            fetch(imageUrl)
                 .then((response) => response.blob())
                 .then((blob) => {
-                    return new Promise((resolve) => {
-                        const reader = new FileReader()
-                        reader.onloadend = () =>
-                            resolve({ imageData: reader.result })
-                        reader.readAsDataURL(blob) // Convert the blob to a data URL
-                    })
+                    const reader = new FileReader()
+                    reader.onloadend = () =>
+                        sendResponse({ imageData: reader.result })
+                    reader.readAsDataURL(blob) // Convert the blob to a data URL
                 })
-                .catch((error) => ({ error: error.toString() }))
         }
-        return Promise.resolve() // Return a resolved promise for non-matching actions or to avoid unhandled promise rejections
-    })
+        return true
+    }) as any)
 
     // 3. Creates an instance of the InPageUI manager class to encapsulate
     // business logic of initialising and hide/showing components.