diff --git a/crates/lb/src/fs.rs b/crates/lb/src/fs.rs
index 43e9e0d..8e5f224 100644
--- a/crates/lb/src/fs.rs
+++ b/crates/lb/src/fs.rs
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ impl lb_libfs {
         Self
     }
 
-    pub extern "Lua" fn read(&self, path: string) -> string {
-        self.__read(path)
-    }
-
-    async extern "Lua-C" fn __read(&self, path: &str) -> io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    pub async extern "Lua-C" fn read(&self, path: &str) -> io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
         fs::read(path).await
     }
+
+    pub extern "Lua-C" fn read_sync(&self, path: &str) -> io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
+        std::fs::read(path)
+    }
 }