diff --git a/packages/core/lib/state.dart b/packages/core/lib/state.dart
index 8c376f7..69d9794 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/state.dart
+++ b/packages/core/lib/state.dart
@@ -165,23 +165,34 @@ abstract class PersistedState<T> implements AsyncStateNotifier<T> {
       if (_persistance != null) {
         _hasUpdated = true;
       } else {
-        _persistance = storageJson 
+        _persistance = storageJson
             ? _store
-              .setPersisted(_key, toJson(state))
-              .whenComplete(_whenPersistenceComplete) 
+                .setPersisted(_key, toJson(state))
+                .whenComplete(_whenPersistenceComplete)
             : null;
       }
     });
     _store.ready.then<void>((_) async {
-      final rawV = await _store.getPersisted(_key);
+      Map<String, dynamic>? rawV;
+      try {
+        rawV = await _store.getPersisted(_key);
+      } on FormatException catch (e) {
+        // Addressing https://github.com/segmentio/analytics_flutter/issues/74
+        // File corruption should be less likely with removal of async code in writes
+        // Existing corrupted files are cleaned up here without failing initialization
+        _store.setPersisted(_key, {});
+        log("Clean file $_key with format error", kind: LogFilterKind.warning);
+        final wrappedError = ErrorLoadingStorage(e);
+        errorHandler(wrappedError);
+      }
       T v;
 
       if (rawV == null) {
         final init = await _initialiser();
-        _persistance = storageJson 
+        _persistance = storageJson
             ? _store
-              .setPersisted(_key, toJson(init))
-              .whenComplete(_whenPersistenceComplete) 
+                .setPersisted(_key, toJson(init))
+                .whenComplete(_whenPersistenceComplete)
             : null;
         _notifier.nonNullState = init;
         v = init;
@@ -201,16 +212,9 @@ abstract class PersistedState<T> implements AsyncStateNotifier<T> {
       return;
     }).catchError((e) {
       _error = e;
-      // Clean file if exist a format error
-      if(_error.toString().contains("FormatException")) {
-        _store.setPersisted(_key, {});
-        log("Clean file $_key with format error",
-          kind: LogFilterKind.warning);
-      } else {
-        final wrappedError = ErrorLoadingStorage(e);
-        errorHandler(wrappedError);
-        throw wrappedError;
-      }
+      final wrappedError = ErrorLoadingStorage(e);
+      errorHandler(wrappedError);
+      throw wrappedError;
     });
   }
 
@@ -552,8 +556,7 @@ class Configuration {
       this.debug = false,
       this.maxBatchSize,
       this.storageJson = true,
-      this.token
-      });
+      this.token});
 }
 
 typedef ErrorHandler = void Function(Exception);
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/utils/store/io.dart b/packages/core/lib/utils/store/io.dart
index 5bfeeed..e4314f9 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/utils/store/io.dart
+++ b/packages/core/lib/utils/store/io.dart
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ class StoreImpl with Store {
     final serialized = json.encode(data);
     final buffer = utf8.encode(serialized);
 
-    file = await file.lock();
-    file = await file.setPosition(0);
-    file = await file.writeFrom(buffer);
-    file = await file.truncate(buffer.length);
-    await file.unlock();
+    file.lockSync(FileLock.blockingExclusive);
+    file.setPositionSync(0);
+    file.writeFromSync(buffer);
+    file.truncateSync(buffer.length);
+    file.unlockSync();
+    file.closeSync();
   }
 
   Future<Map<String, dynamic>?> _readFile(String fileKey) async {
@@ -39,10 +40,13 @@ class StoreImpl with Store {
     if (file == null) {
       return null;
     }
-    final length = await file.length();
-    file = await file.setPosition(0);
+    file = await file.lock(FileLock.blockingShared);
+    final length = file.lengthSync();
+    file.setPositionSync(0);
     final buffer = Uint8List(length);
-    await file.readInto(buffer);
+    file.readIntoSync(buffer);
+    file.unlockSync();
+    file.closeSync();
     final contentText = utf8.decode(buffer);
     if (contentText == "{}") {
       return null; // Prefer null to empty map, because we'll want to initialise a valid empty value.