diff --git a/.changeset/happy-phones-accept.md b/.changeset/happy-phones-accept.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70ed58f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/happy-phones-accept.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'vite-plugin-lqip': patch
+---
+
+fixed errors thrown by the fileURLToPath method (#6).
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f707007..5811eac 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import mime from 'mime';
 import path from 'node:path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import sharp from 'sharp';
-import type { Plugin, UserConfig } from 'vite';
+import type { Plugin } from 'vite';
 
 export interface LQIPPluginOptions {
 	sharp?: {
@@ -22,13 +21,9 @@ export interface LQIPPluginOptions {
 }
 
 export default function vitePluginLqip(options?: LQIPPluginOptions): Plugin {
-	let viteConfig: UserConfig = {} as unknown as UserConfig;
 	return {
 		name: 'vite-plugin-lqip',
 		enforce: 'pre',
-		configResolved(cfg) {
-			viteConfig = cfg as unknown as UserConfig;
-		},
 		async load(id) {
 			const [base, search] = id.split('?');
 			if (!search) {
@@ -39,7 +34,7 @@ export default function vitePluginLqip(options?: LQIPPluginOptions): Plugin {
 				return null;
 			}
 
-			const img = sharp(fileURLToPath(new URL(base!, `file://${viteConfig.root}/`)));
+			const img = sharp(base);
 			const metadata = await img.metadata();
 			const output = await img
 				.toFormat('webp', {