diff --git a/install/package.json b/install/package.json
index 4a21993a69..391a7f14e6 100644
--- a/install/package.json
+++ b/install/package.json
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
         "graceful-fs": "4.2.11",
         "helmet": "7.0.0",
         "html-to-text": "9.0.5",
+        "imagesloaded": "5.0.0",
         "ipaddr.js": "2.1.0",
         "jquery": "3.7.0",
         "jquery-deserialize": "2.0.0",
diff --git a/public/src/client/chats.js b/public/src/client/chats.js
index c8743f9d80..997092b53e 100644
--- a/public/src/client/chats.js
+++ b/public/src/client/chats.js
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ define('forum/chats', [
 		}
 
 		Chats.initialised = true;
-		messages.scrollToBottom($('[component="chat/message/content"]'));
-		messages.wrapImagesInLinks($('[component="chat/message/content"]'));
+		const changeContentEl = $('[component="chat/message/content"]');
+		messages.wrapImagesInLinks(changeContentEl);
+		messages.scrollToBottomAfterImageLoad(changeContentEl);
 		create.init();
 
 		hooks.fire('action:chat.loaded', $('.chats-full'));
@@ -283,11 +284,12 @@ define('forum/chats', [
 		// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/454202/creating-a-textarea-with-auto-resize
 		const textarea = parent.find('[component="chat/input"]');
 		textarea.on('input', function () {
-			const isAtBottom = messages.isAtBottom(parent.find('[component="chat/message/content"]'));
+			const chatContentEl = parent.find('[component="chat/message/content"]');
+			const isAtBottom = messages.isAtBottom(chatContentEl);
 			textarea.css({ height: 0 });
 			textarea.css({ height: messages.calcAutoTextAreaHeight(textarea) + 'px' });
 			if (isAtBottom) {
-				messages.scrollToBottom(parent.find('[component="chat/message/content"]'));
+				messages.scrollToBottom(chatContentEl);
 			}
 		});
 	};
@@ -526,7 +528,7 @@ define('forum/chats', [
 				Chats.setActive(roomId);
 				Chats.addEventListeners();
 				hooks.fire('action:chat.loaded', $('.chats-full'));
-				messages.scrollToBottom(mainWrapper.find('[component="chat/message/content"]'));
+				messages.scrollToBottomAfterImageLoad(mainWrapper.find('[component="chat/message/content"]'));
 				if (history.pushState) {
 					history.pushState({
 						url: url,
diff --git a/public/src/client/chats/messages.js b/public/src/client/chats/messages.js
index fc875fea04..f8adbeae5e 100644
--- a/public/src/client/chats/messages.js
+++ b/public/src/client/chats/messages.js
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 define('forum/chats/messages', [
 	'components', 'hooks', 'bootbox', 'alerts',
-	'messages', 'api', 'forum/topic/images',
+	'messages', 'api', 'forum/topic/images', 'imagesloaded',
 ], function (
-	components, hooks, bootbox, alerts, messagesModule, api, images
+	components, hooks, bootbox, alerts, messagesModule, api, images, imagesLoaded
 ) {
 	const messages = {};
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ define('forum/chats/messages', [
 		newMessage.appendTo(chatContentEl);
 		messages.onMessagesAddedToDom(newMessage);
 		if (isAtBottom || msgData.self) {
-			messages.scrollToBottom(chatContentEl);
+			messages.scrollToBottomAfterImageLoad(chatContentEl);
 			// remove some message elements if there are too many
 			const chatMsgEls = chatContentEl.find('[data-mid]');
 			if (chatMsgEls.length > 150) {
@@ -137,6 +137,14 @@ define('forum/chats/messages', [
 			return distanceToBottom < (threshold || 100);
 		}
 	};
+	messages.scrollToBottomAfterImageLoad = function (containerEl) {
+		if (containerEl && containerEl.length) {
+			const msgBodyEls = containerEl[0].querySelectorAll('[component="chat/message/body"]');
+			imagesLoaded(msgBodyEls, () => {
+				messages.scrollToBottom(containerEl);
+			});
+		}
+	};
 
 	messages.scrollToBottom = function (containerEl) {
 		if (containerEl && containerEl.length) {
diff --git a/public/src/modules/chat.js b/public/src/modules/chat.js
index 31f81927a0..23e0b67f6b 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/chat.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/chat.js
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ define('chat', [
 			if (modal.is(':visible')) {
 				taskbar.updateActive(modal.attr('data-uuid'));
 				if (ChatsMessages.isAtBottom(modal.find('[component="chat/message/content"]'))) {
-					ChatsMessages.scrollToBottom(modal.find('[component="chat/message/content"]'));
+					ChatsMessages.scrollToBottomAfterImageLoad(modal.find('[component="chat/message/content"]'));
 				}
 			} else if (!ajaxify.data.template.chats) {
 				module.toggleNew(modal.attr('data-uuid'), true, true);
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ define('chat', [
 			const chatModal = $('.chat-modal[data-uuid="' + uuid + '"]');
 			chatModal.removeClass('hide');
 			taskbar.updateActive(uuid);
-			ChatsMessages.scrollToBottom(chatModal.find('.chat-content'));
+			ChatsMessages.scrollToBottomAfterImageLoad(chatModal.find('.chat-content'));
 			module.focusInput(chatModal);
 			const roomId = chatModal.attr('data-roomid');
 			api.del(`/chats/${roomId}/state`, {});