diff --git a/ui/media/js/image-editor.js b/ui/media/js/image-editor.js
index b297196d..d39a3ae4 100644
--- a/ui/media/js/image-editor.js
+++ b/ui/media/js/image-editor.js
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ class ImageEditor {
 				var y = (touch.clientY || 0) - bbox.top
 			}
 		}
-	
+		event.preventDefault()	
 		// do drawing-related stuff
 		if (type == "mousedown" || (type == "mouseenter" && event.buttons == 1)) {
 			if (this.dropper_active) {
@@ -489,4 +489,4 @@ document.getElementById("init_image_button_draw").addEventListener("click", () =
 })
 document.getElementById("init_image_button_inpaint").addEventListener("click", () => {
 	document.getElementById("image-inpainter").classList.toggle("active")
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+})