diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/galleryImageClicked.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/galleryImageClicked.ts
index 67c6d076ee..6b8c9b4ea3 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/galleryImageClicked.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/galleryImageClicked.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { createAction } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import type { AppStartListening } from 'app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware';
 import { selectListImagesQueryArgs } from 'features/gallery/store/gallerySelectors';
-import { selectionChanged } from 'features/gallery/store/gallerySlice';
+import { isImageViewerOpenChanged, selectionChanged } from 'features/gallery/store/gallerySlice';
 import { imagesApi } from 'services/api/endpoints/images';
 import type { ImageDTO } from 'services/api/types';
 import { imagesSelectors } from 'services/api/util';
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export const addGalleryImageClickedListener = (startAppListening: AppStartListen
       } else {
         dispatch(selectionChanged([imageDTO]));
       }
+      dispatch(isImageViewerOpenChanged(true));
     },
   });
 };
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/store/gallerySlice.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/store/gallerySlice.ts
index 60ed692ba2..5248977825 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/store/gallerySlice.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/store/gallerySlice.ts
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ export const gallerySlice = createSlice({
   reducers: {
     imageSelected: (state, action: PayloadAction<ImageDTO | null>) => {
       state.selection = action.payload ? [action.payload] : [];
-      state.isImageViewerOpen = true;
     },
     selectionChanged: (state, action: PayloadAction<ImageDTO[]>) => {
       state.selection = uniqBy(action.payload, (i) => i.image_name);
-      state.isImageViewerOpen = true;
     },
     shouldAutoSwitchChanged: (state, action: PayloadAction<boolean>) => {
       state.shouldAutoSwitch = action.payload;