diff --git a/internal/ui/model/ui.go b/internal/ui/model/ui.go
index a19788d7bfa5b33287a604871e1fe6b7e43f2d84..3e840faeffe1523eeb0346c07baa4f751733651d 100644
--- a/internal/ui/model/ui.go
+++ b/internal/ui/model/ui.go
@@ -3131,13 +3131,13 @@ func (m *UI) pasteImageFromClipboard() tea.Msg {
 
 	textData, textErr := readClipboard(clipboardFormatText)
 	if textErr != nil || len(textData) == 0 {
-		return util.NewInfoMsg("Clipboard is empty or does not contain an image")
+		return nil // Clipboard is empty or does not contain an image
 	}
 
 	path := strings.TrimSpace(string(textData))
 	path = strings.ReplaceAll(path, "\\ ", " ")
 	if _, statErr := os.Stat(path); statErr != nil {
-		return util.NewInfoMsg("Clipboard does not contain an image or valid file path")
+		return nil // Clipboard does not contain an image or valid file path
 	}
 
 	lowerPath := strings.ToLower(path)