diff --git a/res/css/views/messages/_MImageBody.scss b/res/css/views/messages/_MImageBody.scss
index 56690a8f7e9..270451d8085 100644
--- a/res/css/views/messages/_MImageBody.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/messages/_MImageBody.scss
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@ $timeline-image-border-radius: 8px;
         overflow: hidden;
         contain: paint;
 
-        min-height: $font-44px;
-        min-width: $font-44px;
-        display: flex;
-        justify-content: center;
-        align-items: center;
-
         // Override inline max-width value to avoid overflow
         max-width: 100% !important;
 
diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventBubbleTile.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventBubbleTile.scss
index b28021c49eb..c8449b1bb8c 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventBubbleTile.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventBubbleTile.scss
@@ -156,9 +156,12 @@ limitations under the License.
         padding-right: 48px;
     }
 
-    .mx_MImageBody_thumbnail_container {
-        min-height: calc(1.8rem + var(--gutterSize) + var(--gutterSize));
-        min-width: calc(1.8rem + var(--gutterSize) + var(--gutterSize));
+    .mx_MImageBody {
+        .mx_MImageBody_thumbnail_container {
+            justify-content: center;
+            min-height: calc(1.8rem + var(--gutterSize) + var(--gutterSize));
+            min-width: calc(1.8rem + var(--gutterSize) + var(--gutterSize));
+        }
     }
 
     .mx_CallEvent {
diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
index 5db670c0f22..37e100e8dd1 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ $threadInfoLineHeight: calc(2 * $font-12px); // See: _commons.scss
         }
     }
 
+    .mx_MImageBody {
+        .mx_MImageBody_thumbnail_container {
+            display: flex;
+            align-items: center; // on every layout
+        }
+    }
+
     &[data-layout=group] {
         .mx_EventTile_line {
             line-height: var(--GroupLayout-EventTile-line-height);
@@ -265,6 +272,12 @@ $threadInfoLineHeight: calc(2 * $font-12px); // See: _commons.scss
 
     .mx_MImageBody {
         margin-right: 34px;
+
+        .mx_MImageBody_thumbnail_container {
+            justify-content: flex-start;
+            min-height: $font-44px;
+            min-width: $font-44px;
+        }
     }
 
     .mx_EventTile_e2eIcon {