diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/androidMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/CIImageView.android.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/androidMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/CIImageView.android.kt
index ae5b8043ed..5538655a92 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/androidMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/CIImageView.android.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/androidMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/CIImageView.android.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package chat.simplex.common.views.chat.item
 import android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.DisposableEffect
+import androidx.compose.runtime.State
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.ImageBitmap
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.painter.BitmapPainter
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.painter.Painter
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ actual fun SimpleAndAnimatedImageView(
   file: CIFile?,
   imageProvider: () -> ImageGalleryProvider,
   smallView: Boolean,
+  blurred: State<Boolean>, // coil drives the animation itself here, so there is nothing to pause
   ImageView: @Composable (painter: Painter, onClick: () -> Unit) -> Unit
 ) {
   val context = LocalContext.current
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/CIImageView.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/CIImageView.kt
index 7ce44475b5..67fc0a038c 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/CIImageView.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/CIImageView.kt
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ fun CIImageView(
     val loaded = res.value
     if (loaded != null && file != null) {
       val (imageBitmap, data, _) = loaded
-      SimpleAndAnimatedImageView(data, imageBitmap, file, imageProvider, smallView, @Composable { painter, onClick -> ImageView(painter, image, file.fileSource, onClick) })
+      SimpleAndAnimatedImageView(data, imageBitmap, file, imageProvider, smallView, blurred, @Composable { painter, onClick -> ImageView(painter, image, file.fileSource, onClick) })
     } else {
       imageView(previewBitmap, onClick = {
         if (file != null) {
@@ -281,5 +281,6 @@ expect fun SimpleAndAnimatedImageView(
   file: CIFile?,
   imageProvider: () -> ImageGalleryProvider,
   smallView: Boolean,
+  blurred: State<Boolean>,
   ImageView: @Composable (painter: Painter, onClick: () -> Unit) -> Unit
 )
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/desktopMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/CIImageView.desktop.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/desktopMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/CIImageView.desktop.kt
index eb81df3ad2..bed6c91219 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/desktopMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/CIImageView.desktop.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/desktopMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/item/CIImageView.desktop.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package chat.simplex.common.views.chat.item
 
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.State
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.*
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.painter.BitmapPainter
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.painter.Painter
@@ -15,12 +16,13 @@ actual fun SimpleAndAnimatedImageView(
   file: CIFile?,
   imageProvider: () -> ImageGalleryProvider,
   smallView: Boolean,
+  blurred: State<Boolean>,
   ImageView: @Composable (painter: Painter, onClick: () -> Unit) -> Unit
 ) {
   // The small view is the chat list preview: a 36dp box that the desktop layout keeps on screen the whole
   // time. Decoding an animation at its own resolution to fill it would hold a raster and spend a frame of
   // work per listed chat, without pause, so it keeps the still image as it did before.
-  val frame = if (smallView) null else rememberAnimatedImage(data, imageBitmap)
+  val frame = if (smallView) null else rememberAnimatedImage(data, imageBitmap, blurred)
   ImageView(BitmapPainter(frame?.value ?: imageBitmap)) {
     if (getLoadedFilePath(file) != null) {
       ModalManager.fullscreen.showCustomModal(animated = false) { close ->