diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/download/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/download/index.ts
index 81aae1bf5..bb7cf0bcf 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/download/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/download/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { isPlaybackPossible } from "@ente/shared/media/video-playback";
 import { Remote } from "comlink";
 import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import isElectron from "is-electron";
-import * as ffmpegService from "services/ffmpeg/ffmpegService";
+import * as ffmpegService from "services/ffmpeg";
 import { EnteFile } from "types/file";
 import { generateStreamFromArrayBuffer, getRenderableImage } from "utils/file";
 import { PhotosDownloadClient } from "./clients/photos";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg/ffmpegService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg.ts
similarity index 75%
rename from web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg/ffmpegService.ts
rename to web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg.ts
index 0a6a66cb0..75b67d33a 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg/ffmpegService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import {
     OUTPUT_PATH_PLACEHOLDER,
 } from "constants/ffmpeg";
 import { ElectronFile } from "types/upload";
+import ComlinkFFmpegWorker from "utils/comlink/ComlinkFFmpegWorker";
 import { parseFFmpegExtractedMetadata } from "utils/ffmpeg";
-import ffmpegFactory from "./ffmpegFactory";
 
 export async function generateVideoThumbnail(
     file: File | ElectronFile,
@@ -98,3 +98,38 @@ export async function convertToMP4(file: File | ElectronFile) {
         throw e;
     }
 }
+
+interface IFFmpeg {
+    run: (
+        cmd: string[],
+        inputFile: File | ElectronFile,
+        outputFilename: string,
+        dontTimeout?: boolean,
+    ) => Promise<File | ElectronFile>;
+}
+
+class FFmpegFactory {
+    private client: IFFmpeg;
+    async getFFmpegClient() {
+        if (!this.client) {
+            const electron = globalThis.electron;
+            if (electron) {
+                this.client = {
+                    run(cmd, inputFile, outputFilename, dontTimeout) {
+                        return electron.runFFmpegCmd(
+                            cmd,
+                            inputFile,
+                            outputFilename,
+                            dontTimeout,
+                        );
+                    },
+                };
+            } else {
+                this.client = await ComlinkFFmpegWorker.getInstance();
+            }
+        }
+        return this.client;
+    }
+}
+
+const ffmpegFactory = new FFmpegFactory();
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg/ffmpegFactory.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg/ffmpegFactory.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 49aee9868..000000000
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg/ffmpegFactory.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import { ElectronFile } from "types/upload";
-import ComlinkFFmpegWorker from "utils/comlink/ComlinkFFmpegWorker";
-
-export interface IFFmpeg {
-    run: (
-        cmd: string[],
-        inputFile: File | ElectronFile,
-        outputFilename: string,
-        dontTimeout?: boolean,
-    ) => Promise<File | ElectronFile>;
-}
-
-class FFmpegFactory {
-    private client: IFFmpeg;
-    async getFFmpegClient() {
-        if (!this.client) {
-            const electron = globalThis.electron;
-            if (electron) {
-                this.client = {
-                    run(cmd, inputFile, outputFilename, dontTimeout) {
-                        return electron.runFFmpegCmd(
-                            cmd,
-                            inputFile,
-                            outputFilename,
-                            dontTimeout,
-                        );
-                    },
-                };
-            } else {
-                this.client = await ComlinkFFmpegWorker.getInstance();
-            }
-        }
-        return this.client;
-    }
-}
-
-export default new FFmpegFactory();
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts
index 13acf3d65..904a59d59 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 import { Remote } from "comlink";
 import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { FILE_READER_CHUNK_SIZE, NULL_LOCATION } from "constants/upload";
-import * as ffmpegService from "services/ffmpeg/ffmpegService";
+import * as ffmpegService from "services/ffmpeg";
 import { getElectronFileStream, getFileStream } from "services/readerService";
 import { getFileType } from "services/typeDetectionService";
 import { FilePublicMagicMetadataProps } from "types/file";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnail.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnail.ts
index c5e8be29c..69848d6dc 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnail.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnail.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { CustomErrorMessage, type Electron } from "@/next/types/ipc";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
 import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { BLACK_THUMBNAIL_BASE64 } from "constants/upload";
-import * as FFmpegService from "services/ffmpeg/ffmpegService";
+import * as FFmpegService from "services/ffmpeg";
 import HeicConversionService from "services/heicConversionService";
 import { ElectronFile, FileTypeInfo } from "types/upload";
 import { isFileHEIC } from "utils/file";