diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/models/images.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/models/images.cljs
index c74b84c0c9..d831369556 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/models/images.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/models/images.cljs
@@ -141,12 +141,11 @@
   (let [current-chat-id (:current-chat-id db)
         images          (get-in db [:chats current-chat-id :metadata :sending-image])]
     (if (get-in db [:chats current-chat-id :timeline?])
-      {:db              (update-in db [:chats current-chat-id :metadata :sending-image] {uri {:uri uri}})
+      {:db              (assoc-in db [:chats current-chat-id :metadata :sending-image] {})
        ::image-selected uri}
       (when (and (< (count images) config/max-images-batch)
                  (not (get images uri)))
-        {:db              (update-in db [:chats current-chat-id :metadata :sending-image] assoc uri {:uri uri})
-         ::image-selected uri}))))
+        {::image-selected uri}))))
 
 (fx/defn save-image-to-gallery
   {:events [:chat.ui/save-image-to-gallery]}