diff --git a/.yarn/patches/file-type-npm-19.4.1-d18086444c.patch b/.yarn/patches/file-type-npm-19.4.1-d18086444c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..873dbfeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yarn/patches/file-type-npm-19.4.1-d18086444c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
+index 08f1ca3b598aa9f6ffdd35988744df1cd5ffcff6..d671d7ef0422c4f00f7d78fb5dd96a90c10c285a 100644
+--- a/package.json
++++ b/package.json
+@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
+ 		"./core": {
+ 			"types": "./core.d.ts",
+ 			"import": "./core.js"
++		},
++		"./node": {
++			"types": "./index.d.ts",
++			"import": "./index.js"
+ 		}
+ 	},
+ 	"sideEffects": false,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3f702eed..59560e45 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
     "execa": "^8.0.1",
     "express": "^4.19.2",
     "express-async-handler": "^1.2.0",
-    "file-type": "^19.4.1",
+    "file-type": "patch:file-type@npm%3A19.4.1#~/.yarn/patches/file-type-npm-19.4.1-d18086444c.patch",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "i18next": "^23.12.2",
     "i18next-fs-backend": "^2.3.2",
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index c3b85fa5..d91fb374 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export { downloadMediaUrl } from './ffmpeg.js';
 
 
 const electronUnhandled = import('electron-unhandled');
+export const fileTypePromise = import('file-type/node');
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/prefer-top-level-await
 (async () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/ffmpeg.ts b/src/renderer/src/ffmpeg.ts
index acceb769..f6541c4a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/ffmpeg.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/ffmpeg.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ import { FFprobeChapter, FFprobeFormat, FFprobeProbeResult, FFprobeStream } from
 import { parseSrt, parseSrtToSegments } from './edlFormats';
 import { CopyfileStreams, LiteFFprobeStream } from './types';
 
-const FileType = window.require('file-type');
 const { pathExists } = window.require('fs-extra');
 
-const { ffmpeg } = window.require('@electron/remote').require('./index.js');
+const { ffmpeg, fileTypePromise } = window.require('@electron/remote').require('./index.js');
 
 const { renderWaveformPng, mapTimesToSegments, detectSceneChanges, captureFrames, captureFrame, getFfCommandLine, runFfmpegConcat, runFfmpegWithProgress, html5ify, getDuration, abortFfmpegs, runFfmpeg, runFfprobe, getFfmpegPath, setCustomFfPath } = ffmpeg;
 
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@ async function determineOutputFormat(ffprobeFormatsStr: string | undefined, file
   // We need to test mp3 first because ffprobe seems to report the wrong format sometimes https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/issues/2129
   if (firstFfprobeFormat === 'mp3') {
     // file-type detects it correctly
-    const fileTypeResponse = await FileType.fromFile(filePath);
+    const fileTypeResponse = await (await fileTypePromise).fileTypeFromFile(filePath);
     if (fileTypeResponse?.mime === 'audio/mpeg') {
       return 'mp2';
     }
@@ -291,7 +290,7 @@ async function determineOutputFormat(ffprobeFormatsStr: string | undefined, file
     return firstFfprobeFormat;
   }
 
-  const fileTypeResponse = await FileType.fromFile(filePath);
+  const fileTypeResponse = await (await fileTypePromise).fileTypeFromFile(filePath);
   if (fileTypeResponse == null) {
     console.warn('file-type failed to detect format, defaulting to first FFprobe detected format', ffprobeFormats);
     return firstFfprobeFormat;
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/index.tsx b/src/renderer/src/index.tsx
index 000ad8fb..d0141b3e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/index.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import type fsPromises from 'node:fs/promises';
 import type fsExtraRaw from 'fs-extra';
 import type mimeTypes from 'mime-types';
 import type i18nextFsBackend from 'i18next-fs-backend';
-import type fileType from 'file-type';
 import type cueParser from 'cue-parser';
 
 import '@fontsource/open-sans/300.css';
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ declare global {
       T extends 'fs-extra' ? FsExtra :
       T extends 'mime-types' ? typeof mimeTypes :
       T extends 'i18next-fs-backend' ? typeof i18nextFsBackend :
-      T extends 'file-type' ? typeof fileType :
       T extends 'cue-parser' ? typeof cueParser :
       never
     );
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1276bcb4..e0956130 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5579,7 +5579,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"file-type@npm:^19.4.1":
+"file-type@npm:19.4.1":
   version: 19.4.1
   resolution: "file-type@npm:19.4.1"
   dependencies:
@@ -5591,6 +5591,18 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"file-type@patch:file-type@npm%3A19.4.1#~/.yarn/patches/file-type-npm-19.4.1-d18086444c.patch":
+  version: 19.4.1
+  resolution: "file-type@patch:file-type@npm%3A19.4.1#~/.yarn/patches/file-type-npm-19.4.1-d18086444c.patch::version=19.4.1&hash=31e3c3"
+  dependencies:
+    get-stream: "npm:^9.0.1"
+    strtok3: "npm:^8.1.0"
+    token-types: "npm:^6.0.0"
+    uint8array-extras: "npm:^1.3.0"
+  checksum: 10/9bfbcc1d15db351f77a3ace39baa397c19f79a755e3dd66c5d37a924ef7e424aa45583f9c88c262c3dabe6ae17c69b3451cb906abd396de7436497d3a9f99113
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "filelist@npm:^1.0.1":
   version: 1.0.4
   resolution: "filelist@npm:1.0.4"
@@ -7550,7 +7562,7 @@ __metadata:
     express: "npm:^4.19.2"
     express-async-handler: "npm:^1.2.0"
     fast-xml-parser: "npm:^4.4.1"
-    file-type: "npm:^19.4.1"
+    file-type: "patch:file-type@npm%3A19.4.1#~/.yarn/patches/file-type-npm-19.4.1-d18086444c.patch"
     framer-motion: "npm:^9.0.3"
     fs-extra: "npm:^8.1.0"
     i18next: "npm:^23.12.2"