diff --git a/src/components/widgets/background/Background.jsx b/src/components/widgets/background/Background.jsx
index e2008cb1..813067fe 100644
--- a/src/components/widgets/background/Background.jsx
+++ b/src/components/widgets/background/Background.jsx
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export default class Background extends PureComponent {
         break;
     }
 
-    const accept = 'application/json, ' + (supportsAVIF ? 'image/avif' : 'image/webp');
+    const accept = 'application/json, ' + (await supportsAVIF() ? 'image/avif' : 'image/webp');
     try {
       data = await (await fetch(requestURL, { headers: { accept } })).json();
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/src/modules/helpers/background/avif.js b/src/modules/helpers/background/avif.js
index f477446d..c936815a 100644
--- a/src/modules/helpers/background/avif.js
+++ b/src/modules/helpers/background/avif.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 const testImage =
   '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';
 
-export const supportsAVIF = await new Promise((resolve) => {
-  const image = new Image();
-  image.src = `data:image/avif;base64,${testImage}`;
-  image.onload = () => resolve(true);
-  image.onerror = () => resolve(false);
-});
+export const supportsAVIF = () => {
+  new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const image = new Image();
+    image.src = `data:image/avif;base64,${testImage}`;
+    image.onload = () => resolve(true);
+    image.onerror = () => resolve(false);
+  });
+}