diff --git a/lib/platform_image_converter.dart b/lib/platform_image_converter.dart
index 5a46bf8..e607f88 100644
--- a/lib/platform_image_converter.dart
+++ b/lib/platform_image_converter.dart
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class ImageConverter {
       ));
     } else {
       // The original implementation for those who opt-out.
-      return _platform.convert(
+      return await _platform.convert(
         inputData: inputData,
         format: format,
         quality: quality,
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ ImageConverterPlatform _getPlatformForTarget(TargetPlatform platform) {
 }
 
 /// Top-level function for `compute`.
-Future<Uint8List> _convertInIsolate(
+FutureOr<Uint8List> _convertInIsolate(
   ({
     Uint8List inputData,
     OutputFormat format,
@@ -119,12 +119,9 @@ Future<Uint8List> _convertInIsolate(
     TargetPlatform platform,
   })
   request,
-) {
-  final platform = _getPlatformForTarget(request.platform);
-  return platform.convert(
-    inputData: request.inputData,
-    format: request.format,
-    quality: request.quality,
-    resizeMode: request.resizeMode,
-  );
-}
+) => _getPlatformForTarget(request.platform).convert(
+  inputData: request.inputData,
+  format: request.format,
+  quality: request.quality,
+  resizeMode: request.resizeMode,
+);
diff --git a/lib/src/android/native.dart b/lib/src/android/native.dart
index 91a4d7a..d848066 100644
--- a/lib/src/android/native.dart
+++ b/lib/src/android/native.dart
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ final class ImageConverterAndroid implements ImageConverterPlatform {
   const ImageConverterAndroid();
 
   @override
-  Future<Uint8List> convert({
+  Uint8List convert({
     required Uint8List inputData,
     OutputFormat format = OutputFormat.jpeg,
     int quality = 100,
     ResizeMode resizeMode = const OriginalResizeMode(),
-  }) async {
+  }) {
     return using((arena) {
       final inputJBytes = JByteArray.from(inputData)..releasedBy(arena);
       final originalBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(
diff --git a/lib/src/android/stub.dart b/lib/src/android/stub.dart
index 907b412..3b8a3ca 100644
--- a/lib/src/android/stub.dart
+++ b/lib/src/android/stub.dart
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ final class ImageConverterAndroid implements ImageConverterPlatform {
   const ImageConverterAndroid();
 
   @override
-  Future<Uint8List> convert({
+  Uint8List convert({
     required Uint8List inputData,
     OutputFormat format = OutputFormat.jpeg,
     int quality = 100,
     ResizeMode resizeMode = const OriginalResizeMode(),
-  }) async => throw UnimplementedError();
+  }) => throw UnimplementedError();
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/darwin/native.dart b/lib/src/darwin/native.dart
index aad1322..8479175 100644
--- a/lib/src/darwin/native.dart
+++ b/lib/src/darwin/native.dart
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ final class ImageConverterDarwin implements ImageConverterPlatform {
   const ImageConverterDarwin();
 
   @override
-  Future<Uint8List> convert({
+  Uint8List convert({
     required Uint8List inputData,
     OutputFormat format = OutputFormat.jpeg,
     int quality = 100,
     ResizeMode resizeMode = const OriginalResizeMode(),
-  }) async {
+  }) {
     Pointer<Uint8>? inputPtr;
     CFDataRef? cfData;
     CGImageSourceRef? imageSource;
diff --git a/lib/src/darwin/stub.dart b/lib/src/darwin/stub.dart
index bf3c39c..0f109f8 100644
--- a/lib/src/darwin/stub.dart
+++ b/lib/src/darwin/stub.dart
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ final class ImageConverterDarwin implements ImageConverterPlatform {
   const ImageConverterDarwin();
 
   @override
-  Future<Uint8List> convert({
+  Uint8List convert({
     required Uint8List inputData,
     OutputFormat format = OutputFormat.jpeg,
     int quality = 100,
     ResizeMode resizeMode = const OriginalResizeMode(),
-  }) async => throw UnimplementedError();
+  }) => throw UnimplementedError();
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/image_converter_platform_interface.dart b/lib/src/image_converter_platform_interface.dart
index ab9756c..ae70a56 100644
--- a/lib/src/image_converter_platform_interface.dart
+++ b/lib/src/image_converter_platform_interface.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:platform_image_converter/src/output_format.dart';
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ abstract interface class ImageConverterPlatform {
   /// - [ImageDecodingException]: If the input image data cannot be decoded.
   /// - [ImageEncodingException]: If the image cannot be encoded to the target format.
   /// - [ImageConversionException]: For other general errors during the conversion process.
-  Future<Uint8List> convert({
+  FutureOr<Uint8List> convert({
     required Uint8List inputData,
     OutputFormat format = OutputFormat.jpeg,
     int quality = 100,
diff --git a/lib/src/web/stub.dart b/lib/src/web/stub.dart
index 84a5f99..e12858a 100644
--- a/lib/src/web/stub.dart
+++ b/lib/src/web/stub.dart
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ final class ImageConverterWeb implements ImageConverterPlatform {
   const ImageConverterWeb();
 
   @override
-  Future<Uint8List> convert({
+  Uint8List convert({
     required Uint8List inputData,
     OutputFormat format = OutputFormat.jpeg,
     int quality = 100,
     ResizeMode resizeMode = const OriginalResizeMode(),
-  }) async => throw UnimplementedError();
+  }) => throw UnimplementedError();
 }