diff --git a/src/widgets/helper/channelview.cpp b/src/widgets/helper/channelview.cpp
index 40ddb9e80..67ab9b5d3 100644
--- a/src/widgets/helper/channelview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/helper/channelview.cpp
@@ -426,8 +426,6 @@ void ChannelView::paintEvent(QPaintEvent * /*event*/)
     //    BENCH(timer);
     QPainter painter(this);
 
-    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform);
-
 // only update gif emotes
 #ifndef Q_OS_MAC
 //    if (this->onlyUpdateEmotes) {
@@ -451,6 +449,8 @@ void ChannelView::paintEvent(QPaintEvent * /*event*/)
     // draw messages
     this->drawMessages(painter);
 
+    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform);
+
     // draw gif emotes
     for (GifEmoteData &item : this->gifEmotes) {
         //        painter.fillRect(item.rect, this->colorScheme.ChatBackground);
@@ -531,6 +531,8 @@ void ChannelView::updateMessageBuffer(messages::MessageRef *messageRef, QPixmap
 {
     QPainter painter(buffer);
 
+    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform);
+
     // draw background
     // if (this->selectionMin.messageIndex <= messageIndex &&
     //    this->selectionMax.messageIndex >= messageIndex) {