diff --git a/src/lib/components/chat/MessageInput.svelte b/src/lib/components/chat/MessageInput.svelte
index d489b8278..a50c2f1c1 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/chat/MessageInput.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/chat/MessageInput.svelte
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-	import * as pdfjs from 'pdfjs-dist';
-	import * as pdfWorker from 'pdfjs-dist/build/pdf.worker.mjs';
-	pdfjs.GlobalWorkerOptions.workerSrc = import.meta.url + 'pdfjs-dist/build/pdf.worker.mjs';
-
 	import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
 	import { marked } from 'marked';
 	import heic2any from 'heic2any';
@@ -640,7 +636,7 @@
 		} else {
 			// If temporary chat is enabled, we just add the file to the list without uploading it.
 
-			const content = await extractContentFromFile(file, pdfjsLib).catch((error) => {
+			const content = await extractContentFromFile(file).catch((error) => {
 				toast.error(
 					$i18n.t('Failed to extract content from the file: {{error}}', { error: error })
 				);
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/index.ts b/src/lib/utils/index.ts
index 9816d63d5..c5f8029ee 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ dayjs.extend(localizedFormat);
 
 import { TTS_RESPONSE_SPLIT } from '$lib/types';
 
+import pdfWorkerUrl from 'pdfjs-dist/build/pdf.worker.mjs?url';
+
 import { marked } from 'marked';
 import markedExtension from '$lib/utils/marked/extension';
 import markedKatexExtension from '$lib/utils/marked/katex-extension';
@@ -1440,7 +1442,18 @@ export const parseJsonValue = (value: string): any => {
 	return value;
 };
 
-export const extractContentFromFile = async (file, pdfjsLib = null) => {
+async function ensurePDFjsLoaded() {
+	if (!window.pdfjsLib) {
+		const pdfjs = await import('pdfjs-dist');
+		pdfjs.GlobalWorkerOptions.workerSrc = pdfWorkerUrl;
+		if (!window.pdfjsLib) {
+			throw new Error('pdfjsLib is required for PDF extraction');
+		}
+	}
+	return window.pdfjsLib;
+}
+
+export const extractContentFromFile = async (file: File) => {
 	// Known text file extensions for extra fallback
 	const textExtensions = [
 		'.txt',
@@ -1457,31 +1470,28 @@ export const extractContentFromFile = async (file, pdfjsLib = null) => {
 		'.rtf'
 	];
 
-	function getExtension(filename) {
+	function getExtension(filename: string) {
 		const dot = filename.lastIndexOf('.');
 		return dot === -1 ? '' : filename.substr(dot).toLowerCase();
 	}
 
 	// Uses pdfjs to extract text from PDF
-	async function extractPdfText(file) {
-		if (!pdfjsLib) {
-			throw new Error('pdfjsLib is required for PDF extraction');
-		}
-
+	async function extractPdfText(file: File) {
+		const pdfjsLib = await ensurePDFjsLoaded();
 		const arrayBuffer = await file.arrayBuffer();
 		const pdf = await pdfjsLib.getDocument({ data: arrayBuffer }).promise;
 		let allText = '';
 		for (let pageNum = 1; pageNum <= pdf.numPages; pageNum++) {
 			const page = await pdf.getPage(pageNum);
 			const content = await page.getTextContent();
-			const strings = content.items.map((item) => item.str);
+			const strings = content.items.map((item: any) => item.str);
 			allText += strings.join(' ') + '\n';
 		}
 		return allText;
 	}
 
 	// Reads file as text using FileReader
-	function readAsText(file) {
+	function readAsText(file: File) {
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 			const reader = new FileReader();
 			reader.onload = () => resolve(reader.result);