diff --git a/app/components/markdown/markdown_image/index.tsx b/app/components/markdown/markdown_image/index.tsx
index 3f734ee2e..b26616259 100644
--- a/app/components/markdown/markdown_image/index.tsx
+++ b/app/components/markdown/markdown_image/index.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ const getStyleSheet = makeStyleSheetFromTheme((theme: Theme) => ({
         height: 24,
     },
     container: {
-        marginBottom: 5,
+        marginVertical: 5,
+        top: 5,
     },
     svg: {
         backgroundColor: changeOpacity(theme.centerChannelColor, 0.06),
diff --git a/app/components/post_list/post/body/message/message.tsx b/app/components/post_list/post/body/message/message.tsx
index 74df04462..001bbff23 100644
--- a/app/components/post_list/post/body/message/message.tsx
+++ b/app/components/post_list/post/body/message/message.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const getStyleSheet = makeStyleSheetFromTheme((theme: Theme) => {
         message: {
             color: theme.centerChannelColor,
             ...typography('Body', 200),
+            lineHeight: undefined, // remove line height, not needed and causes problems with md images
         },
         pendingPost: {
             opacity: 0.5,