diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/canvas/components/IAICanvas.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/canvas/components/IAICanvas.tsx
index 9de50e686c..360d764a6e 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/canvas/components/IAICanvas.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/canvas/components/IAICanvas.tsx
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ const IAICanvas = () => {
   const { handleDragStart, handleDragMove, handleDragEnd } =
     useCanvasDragMove();
 
+  const handleContextMenu = useCallback(
+    (e: KonvaEventObject<MouseEvent>) => e.evt.preventDefault(),
+    []
+  );
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!containerRef.current) {
       return;
@@ -205,9 +210,7 @@ const IAICanvas = () => {
           onDragStart={handleDragStart}
           onDragMove={handleDragMove}
           onDragEnd={handleDragEnd}
-          onContextMenu={(e: KonvaEventObject<MouseEvent>) =>
-            e.evt.preventDefault()
-          }
+          onContextMenu={handleContextMenu}
           onWheel={handleWheel}
           draggable={(tool === 'move' || isStaging) && !isModifyingBoundingBox}
         >