diff --git a/src/renderer/Metal.zig b/src/renderer/Metal.zig
index b22085d2a..5c11595c4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/Metal.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/Metal.zig
@@ -1214,6 +1214,9 @@ fn prepKittyGraphics(
             self.image_text_end = @intCast(i);
         }
     }
+    if (self.image_text_end == 0) {
+        self.image_text_end = @intCast(self.image_placements.items.len);
+    }
 }
 
 /// Update the configuration.
diff --git a/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig b/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
index 7154bbff7..5d83cf701 100644
--- a/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
@@ -839,6 +839,9 @@ fn prepKittyGraphics(
             self.image_text_end = @intCast(i);
         }
     }
+    if (self.image_text_end == 0) {
+        self.image_text_end = @intCast(self.image_placements.items.len);
+    }
 }
 
 /// rebuildCells rebuilds all the GPU cells from our CPU state. This is a