diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/focal_point_modal.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/focal_point_modal.js
index d5a74d1ce..c934e1674 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/focal_point_modal.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/focal_point_modal.js
@@ -224,15 +224,16 @@ class FocalPointModal extends ImmutablePureComponent {
         }
       }
 
-      (async () => {
-        await worker.loadLanguage('eng+chi_sim+chi_sim_vert+chi_tra+chi_tra_vert');
-        await worker.initialize('eng+chi_sim+chi_tra');
-        worker.recognize(media_url)
-          .progress(({ progress }) => this.setState({ progress }))
-          .finally(() => worker.terminate())
-          .then(({ text }) => this.setState({ description: removeExtraLineBreaks(text), dirty: true, detecting: false }))
-          .catch(() => this.setState({ detecting: false }));
-      })();
+      worker.loadLanguage('eng+chi_sim+chi_sim_vert+chi_tra+chi_tra_vert')
+        .then(() => worker.initialize('eng+chi_sim+chi_tra')
+          .then(() => {
+            worker.recognize(media_url)
+              .progress(({ progress }) => this.setState({ progress }))
+              .finally(() => worker.terminate())
+              .then(({ text }) => this.setState({ description: removeExtraLineBreaks(text), dirty: true, detecting: false }))
+              .catch(() => this.setState({ detecting: false }));
+          })
+        );
     }).catch(() => this.setState({ detecting: false }));
   }