diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
index 479a244641..57bddd5616 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
@@ -4943,7 +4943,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
       const selectionShape = getSelectionBoxShape(
         element,
         this.scene.getNonDeletedElementsMap(),
-        this.getElementHitThreshold(),
+        isImageElement(element) ? 0 : this.getElementHitThreshold(),
       );
 
       return isPointInShape(pointFrom(x, y), selectionShape);
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/element/cropElement.ts b/packages/excalidraw/element/cropElement.ts
index 895188b2c5..1ca96c25ef 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/element/cropElement.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/element/cropElement.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import {
   getResizedElementAbsoluteCoords,
 } from "./bounds";
 
+const MINIMAL_CROP_SIZE = 10;
+
 export const cropElement = (
   element: ExcalidrawImageElement,
   transformHandle: TransformHandleType,
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ export const cropElement = (
     const pointerDeltaY = pointerY - element.y;
     nextHeight = clamp(
       element.height - pointerDeltaY,
-      1,
+      MINIMAL_CROP_SIZE,
       isFlippedByY ? uncroppedHeight - croppedTop : element.height + croppedTop,
     );
     crop.height = (nextHeight / uncroppedHeight) * naturalHeight;
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ export const cropElement = (
   } else if (transformHandle.includes("s")) {
     nextHeight = clamp(
       pointerY - element.y,
-      1,
+      MINIMAL_CROP_SIZE,
       isFlippedByY ? element.height + croppedTop : uncroppedHeight - croppedTop,
     );
     crop.height = (nextHeight / uncroppedHeight) * naturalHeight;
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ export const cropElement = (
 
     nextWidth = clamp(
       element.width - pointerDeltaX,
-      1,
+      MINIMAL_CROP_SIZE,
       isFlippedByX ? uncroppedWidth - croppedLeft : element.width + croppedLeft,
     );
 
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ export const cropElement = (
   } else if (transformHandle.includes("e")) {
     nextWidth = clamp(
       pointerX - element.x,
-      1,
+      MINIMAL_CROP_SIZE,
       isFlippedByX ? element.width + croppedLeft : uncroppedWidth - croppedLeft,
     );
     crop.width = nextWidth * naturalWidthToUncropped;