diff --git a/src/react_native/core.cljs b/src/react_native/core.cljs
index c9e41a74272..7d89a8ac33c 100644
--- a/src/react_native/core.cljs
+++ b/src/react_native/core.cljs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     ["react-native" :as react-native]
     [cljs-bean.core :as bean]
     [oops.core :as oops]
+    [promesa.core :as p]
     [react-native.flat-list :as flat-list]
     [react-native.platform :as platform]
     [react-native.section-list :as section-list]
@@ -30,7 +31,13 @@
      (assoc props :source {:uri source})
      props)])
 
-(defn image-get-size [uri callback] (.getSize ^js (.-Image ^js react-native) uri callback))
+(defn image-get-size
+  [uri]
+  (p/create (fn [res rej]
+              (.getSize ^js (.-Image ^js react-native)
+                        uri
+                        (fn [width height] (res [width height]))
+                        rej))))
 (def text (reagent/adapt-react-class (.-Text ^js react-native)))
 (def text-input (reagent/adapt-react-class (.-TextInput ^js react-native)))
 
diff --git a/src/react_native/image_resizer.cljs b/src/react_native/image_resizer.cljs
index 87cbeb08501..4c4a96ffe25 100644
--- a/src/react_native/image_resizer.cljs
+++ b/src/react_native/image_resizer.cljs
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@
     ["react-native-image-resizer" :default image-resizer]))
 
 (defn resize
-  [path max-width max-height quality on-resize on-error]
-  (-> (.createResizedImage image-resizer path max-width max-height "JPEG" quality 0 nil false)
-      (.then on-resize)
-      (.catch on-error)))
+  [{:keys [path max-width max-height quality]}]
+  (.createResizedImage image-resizer path max-width max-height "JPEG" quality 0 nil false))
diff --git a/src/status_im/contexts/chat/messenger/photo_selector/effects.cljs b/src/status_im/contexts/chat/messenger/photo_selector/effects.cljs
index 35e4032a769..2c5d2736deb 100644
--- a/src/status_im/contexts/chat/messenger/photo_selector/effects.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/contexts/chat/messenger/photo_selector/effects.cljs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 (ns status-im.contexts.chat.messenger.photo-selector.effects
   (:require
     [clojure.string :as string]
+    [promesa.core :as p]
     [react-native.cameraroll :as cameraroll]
     [react-native.core :as rn]
     [react-native.image-resizer :as image-resizer]
@@ -29,27 +30,30 @@
         #(rf/dispatch [:on-camera-roll-get-photos (:edges %) (:page_info %) end-cursor])))})))
 
 (defn- resize-photo
-  [uri callback]
-  (rn/image-get-size
-   uri
-   (fn [width height]
-     (let [resize? (> (max width height) maximum-image-size-px)]
-       (image-resizer/resize
-        uri
-        (if resize? maximum-image-size-px width)
-        (if resize? maximum-image-size-px height)
-        60
-        (fn [^js resized-image]
-          (let [path (.-path resized-image)
-                path (if (string/starts-with? path "file") path (str "file://" path))]
-            (callback {:resized-uri path
-                       :width       width
-                       :height      height})))
-        #(log/error "could not resize image" %))))))
+  [uri]
+  (p/let [[width height] (rn/image-get-size uri)
+          resize?        (> (max width height)
+                            maximum-image-size-px)
+          resized-uri    (-> (image-resizer/resize
+                              {:max-width  (if resize? maximum-image-size-px width)
+                               :max-height (if resize? maximum-image-size-px height)
+                               :path       uri
+                               :quality    60})
+                             (p/then (fn [^js resized-image]
+                                       (let [path (.-path resized-image)]
+                                         (if (string/starts-with? path "file")
+                                           path
+                                           (str "file://" path))))))]
+    {:resized-uri resized-uri
+     :width       width
+     :height      height}))
 
 (rf/reg-fx :effects.camera-roll/image-selected
  (fn [[image chat-id]]
-   (resize-photo (:uri image) #(rf/dispatch [:photo-selector/image-selected chat-id image %]))))
+   (-> (resize-photo (:uri image))
+       (p/then #(rf/dispatch
+                 [:photo-selector/image-selected chat-id image %]))
+       (p/catch #(log/error "could not resize image" %)))))
 
 (defn- get-albums
   [callback]