diff --git a/files/assets/js/chat.js b/files/assets/js/chat.js
index 2b0729db0..5bd143767 100644
--- a/files/assets/js/chat.js
+++ b/files/assets/js/chat.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const chat_id = document.getElementById('chat_id').value
 const chatline = document.getElementsByClassName('chat-line')[0]
 const box = document.getElementById('chat-window')
 const ta = document.getElementById('input-text-chat')
+const image_preview = document.getElementById('image-preview')
 
 const vid = document.getElementById('vid').value
 const slurreplacer = document.getElementById('slurreplacer').value
@@ -399,8 +400,6 @@ function handle_files() {
 		input.previousElementSibling.className  = "";
 		input.previousElementSibling.textContent = input.files[0].name.substr(0, char_limit);
 
-		const image_preview = document.getElementById('image-preview')
-
 		if (input.files[0].type.startsWith('image/')) {
 			const fileReader = new FileReader();
 			fileReader.readAsDataURL(input.files[0]);