diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasControlAdapter.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasControlAdapter.ts
index 4c29b17eb0..9e701c4275 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasControlAdapter.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasControlAdapter.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export class CanvasControlAdapter {
         didDraw = true;
       }
     } else if (!this.image) {
-      this.image = await new CanvasImage(imageObject);
+      this.image = new CanvasImage(imageObject);
       this.updateGroup(true);
       this.objectsGroup.add(this.image.konvaImageGroup);
       await this.image.updateImageSource(imageObject.image.name);
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasInitialImage.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasInitialImage.ts
index b3aaf24ef2..7bf8bf77b8 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasInitialImage.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasInitialImage.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class CanvasInitialImage {
     }
 
     if (!this.image) {
-      this.image = await new CanvasImage(this.initialImageState.imageObject);
+      this.image = new CanvasImage(this.initialImageState.imageObject);
       this.objectsGroup.add(this.image.konvaImageGroup);
       await this.image.update(this.initialImageState.imageObject, true);
     } else if (!this.image.isLoading && !this.image.isError) {
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasLayer.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasLayer.ts
index d6cb942a18..8f9a227a24 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasLayer.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasLayer.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export class CanvasLayer {
       assert(image instanceof CanvasImage || image === undefined);
 
       if (!image) {
-        image = await new CanvasImage(obj);
+        image = new CanvasImage(obj);
         this.objects.set(image.id, image);
         this.objectsGroup.add(image.konvaImageGroup);
         await image.updateImageSource(obj.image.name);