diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/helpers/c2pa.ts b/apps/frontend/src/helpers/c2pa.ts
index 59c524176a..4acf035457 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/helpers/c2pa.ts
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/helpers/c2pa.ts
@@ -1,32 +1,35 @@
 import type { C2paSdk } from '@contentauth/c2pa-web'
-import { createC2pa, isSupportedReaderFormat } from '@contentauth/c2pa-web/inline'
 
 // https://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/
 // only detecting generative AI types
 const AI_DIGITAL_SOURCE_TYPES = [
 	'http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia',
-	'http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicData',
 	'http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/compositeWithTrainedAlgorithmicMedia',
 	'http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/compositeSynthetic',
 ]
 
 let c2paInstance: Promise<C2paSdk> | null = null
 
-function getC2pa() {
-	if (!c2paInstance) {
-		c2paInstance = createC2pa()
-	}
-	return c2paInstance
-}
-
 // reference: https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-js/blob/main/packages/c2pa-web/README.md
 export async function fileDeclaresAi(file: File): Promise<boolean> {
+	if (!import.meta.client) {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	try {
+		const { createC2pa, isSupportedReaderFormat } = await import('@contentauth/c2pa-web')
+
 		if (!isSupportedReaderFormat(file.type)) {
 			return false
 		}
 
-		const c2pa = await getC2pa()
+		if (!c2paInstance) {
+			c2paInstance = import('@contentauth/c2pa-web/resources/c2pa.wasm?url').then((wasm) =>
+				createC2pa({ wasmSrc: wasm.default }),
+			)
+		}
+
+		const c2pa = await c2paInstance
 
 		const reader = await c2pa.reader.fromBlob(file.type, file)
 		const manifestStore = await reader.manifestStore()