diff --git a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/FileUtils.swift b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/FileUtils.swift
index a9bfc61090..9aece2e138 100644
--- a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/FileUtils.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/FileUtils.swift
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public func saveFileFromURL(_ url: URL) -> String? {
 
 public func saveImage(_ uiImage: UIImage) -> String? {
     if let imageDataResized = resizeImageToDataSize(uiImage, maxDataSize: MAX_IMAGE_SIZE) {
-        let ext = uiImage.isPng() ? "png" : "jpg"
+        let ext = uiImage.hasAlpha() ? "png" : "jpg"
         let fileName = generateNewFileName("IMG", ext)
         return saveFile(imageDataResized, fileName)
     }
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public func cropToSquare(_ image: UIImage) -> UIImage {
 
 func resizeImageToDataSize(_ image: UIImage, maxDataSize: Int64) -> Data? {
     var img = image
-    let usePng = image.isPng()
+    let usePng = image.hasAlpha()
     var data = usePng ? img.pngData() : img.jpegData(compressionQuality: 0.85)
     var dataSize = data?.count ?? 0
     while dataSize != 0 && dataSize > maxDataSize {
@@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ public func resizeImageToStrSize(_ image: UIImage, maxDataSize: Int64) -> String
 }
 
 func compressImageStr(_ image: UIImage, _ compressionQuality: CGFloat = 0.85) -> String? {
-    let ext = image.isPng() ? "png" : "jpg"
-    if let data = image.isPng() ? image.pngData() : image.jpegData(compressionQuality: compressionQuality) {
+    let ext = image.hasAlpha() ? "png" : "jpg"
+    if let data = image.hasAlpha() ? image.pngData() : image.jpegData(compressionQuality: compressionQuality) {
         return "data:image/\(ext);base64,\(data.base64EncodedString())"
     }
     return nil
@@ -333,14 +333,15 @@ private func reduceSize(_ image: UIImage, ratio: CGFloat) -> UIImage {
 private func resizeImage(_ image: UIImage, newBounds: CGRect, drawIn: CGRect) -> UIImage {
     let format = UIGraphicsImageRendererFormat()
     format.scale = 1.0
-    format.opaque = !image.isPng()
+    format.opaque = !image.hasAlpha()
     return UIGraphicsImageRenderer(bounds: newBounds, format: format).image { _ in
         image.draw(in: drawIn)
     }
 }
 
 extension UIImage {
-    func isPng() -> Bool {
-        return cgImage?.alphaInfo.rawValue == 1
+    func hasAlpha() -> Bool {
+        let alpha = cgImage?.alphaInfo
+        return alpha == .first || alpha == .last || alpha == .premultipliedFirst || alpha == .premultipliedLast || alpha == .alphaOnly
     }
 }