diff --git a/lib/core/note.dart b/lib/core/note.dart
index 2224de1e..1867605b 100644
--- a/lib/core/note.dart
+++ b/lib/core/note.dart
@@ -508,23 +508,6 @@ class Note with NotesNotifier {
     }
   }
 
-  Future<void> addImageSync(String filePath) async {
-    var file = File(filePath);
-    var absImagePath = _buildImagePath(file);
-    file.copySync(absImagePath);
-
-    var relativeImagePath = p.relative(absImagePath, from: parent.folderPath);
-    if (!relativeImagePath.startsWith('.')) {
-      relativeImagePath = './$relativeImagePath';
-    }
-    var imageMarkdown = "![Image]($relativeImagePath)\n";
-    if (body.isEmpty) {
-      body = imageMarkdown;
-    } else {
-      body = "$body\n$imageMarkdown";
-    }
-  }
-
   String _buildImagePath(File file) {
     String baseFolder;
 
diff --git a/lib/screens/note_editor.dart b/lib/screens/note_editor.dart
index 48b57d3d..ab212701 100644
--- a/lib/screens/note_editor.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/note_editor.dart
@@ -124,11 +124,13 @@ class NoteEditorState extends State<NoteEditor> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
 
     if (existingImages.isNotEmpty) {
       for (var imagePath in existingImages) {
-        try {
-          note!.addImageSync(imagePath);
-        } catch (e, st) {
-          Log.e("New Note Existing Image", ex: e, stacktrace: st);
-        }
+        () async {
+          try {
+            await note!.addImage(imagePath);
+          } catch (e, st) {
+            Log.e("New Note Existing Image", ex: e, stacktrace: st);
+          }
+        }();
       }
     }
   }