diff --git a/native/chat/image-paste-modal.react.js b/native/chat/image-paste-modal.react.js
index a64c6bb7d..2169afdc9 100644
--- a/native/chat/image-paste-modal.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/image-paste-modal.react.js
@@ -1,98 +1,122 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Button, View, Image } from 'react-native';
 import filesystem from 'react-native-fs';
 
 import type { PhotoPaste } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 import type { MinimallyEncodedThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import sleep from 'lib/utils/sleep.js';
 
 import Modal from '../components/modal.react.js';
 import { InputStateContext } from '../input/input-state.js';
 import type { RootNavigationProp } from '../navigation/root-navigator.react.js';
 import type { NavigationRoute } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 
 export type ImagePasteModalParams = {
   +imagePasteStagingInfo: PhotoPaste,
   +thread: ThreadInfo | MinimallyEncodedThreadInfo,
 };
 
+const safeAreaEdges = ['top'];
+
 type Props = {
   +navigation: RootNavigationProp<'ImagePasteModal'>,
   +route: NavigationRoute<'ImagePasteModal'>,
 };
 function ImagePasteModal(props: Props): React.Node {
   const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
   const inputState = React.useContext(InputStateContext);
   const {
     navigation,
     route: {
       params: { imagePasteStagingInfo, thread: threadInfo },
     },
   } = props;
 
   const [sendButtonDisabled, setSendButtonDisabled] = React.useState(false);
 
   const sendImage = React.useCallback(async () => {
     setSendButtonDisabled(true);
     navigation.goBackOnce();
     const selection: $ReadOnlyArray<PhotoPaste> = [imagePasteStagingInfo];
     invariant(inputState, 'inputState should be set in ImagePasteModal');
     await inputState.sendMultimediaMessage(selection, threadInfo);
   }, [imagePasteStagingInfo, inputState, navigation, threadInfo]);
 
   const cancel = React.useCallback(async () => {
     navigation.goBackOnce();
     await sleep(5000);
     filesystem.unlink(imagePasteStagingInfo.uri);
   }, [imagePasteStagingInfo.uri, navigation]);
 
-  return (
-    <Modal modalStyle={styles.modal} safeAreaEdges={['top']}>
-      <Image style={styles.image} source={{ uri: imagePasteStagingInfo.uri }} />
-      <View style={styles.linebreak} />
-      <View style={styles.spacer} />
-      <Button disabled={sendButtonDisabled} title="Send" onPress={sendImage} />
-      <View style={styles.linebreak} />
-      <View style={styles.spacer} />
-      <Button title="Cancel" onPress={cancel} />
-      <View style={styles.spacer} />
-    </Modal>
+  const imageSource = React.useMemo(
+    () => ({ uri: imagePasteStagingInfo.uri }),
+    [imagePasteStagingInfo.uri],
+  );
+
+  const imagePasteModal = React.useMemo(
+    () => (
+      <Modal modalStyle={styles.modal} safeAreaEdges={safeAreaEdges}>
+        <Image style={styles.image} source={imageSource} />
+        <View style={styles.linebreak} />
+        <View style={styles.spacer} />
+        <Button
+          disabled={sendButtonDisabled}
+          title="Send"
+          onPress={sendImage}
+        />
+        <View style={styles.linebreak} />
+        <View style={styles.spacer} />
+        <Button title="Cancel" onPress={cancel} />
+        <View style={styles.spacer} />
+      </Modal>
+    ),
+    [
+      cancel,
+      imageSource,
+      sendButtonDisabled,
+      sendImage,
+      styles.image,
+      styles.linebreak,
+      styles.modal,
+      styles.spacer,
+    ],
   );
+  return imagePasteModal;
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   modal: {
     marginHorizontal: 0,
     marginTop: 300,
     marginBottom: 0,
     borderTopLeftRadius: 10,
     borderTopRightRadius: 10,
     borderRadius: 0,
   },
   image: {
     resizeMode: 'contain',
     flex: 1,
     justifyContent: 'center',
     marginBottom: 15,
     marginHorizontal: 15,
     marginTop: 20,
   },
   linebreak: {
     borderBottomColor: 'gray',
     alignSelf: 'stretch',
     margin: 0,
     borderBottomWidth: 0.25,
     paddingBottom: 10,
     padding: 5,
   },
   spacer: {
     padding: 5,
   },
 };
 
 export default ImagePasteModal;