diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/socketio/socketInvocationComplete.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/socketio/socketInvocationComplete.ts
index 680f9c7041..bef0a2ccdb 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/socketio/socketInvocationComplete.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/socketio/socketInvocationComplete.ts
@@ -41,15 +41,6 @@ export const addInvocationCompleteEventListener = () => {
       if (isImageOutput(result) && !nodeDenylist.includes(node.type)) {
         const { image_name } = result.image;
 
-        if (boardIdToAddTo) {
-          dispatch(
-            api.endpoints.addImageToBoard.initiate({
-              board_id: boardIdToAddTo,
-              image_name,
-            })
-          );
-        }
-
         // Get its metadata
         dispatch(
           imageMetadataReceived({
@@ -69,6 +60,15 @@ export const addInvocationCompleteEventListener = () => {
           dispatch(addImageToStagingArea(imageDTO));
         }
 
+        if (boardIdToAddTo && !imageDTO.is_intermediate) {
+          dispatch(
+            api.endpoints.addImageToBoard.initiate({
+              board_id: boardIdToAddTo,
+              image_name,
+            })
+          );
+        }
+
         dispatch(progressImageSet(null));
       }
       // pass along the socket event as an application action