diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/thumbnails.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/thumbnails.cljs
index 64f1b4c03..2019b340b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/thumbnails.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/thumbnails.cljs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                      (rx/take 1))]
     ;; renders #svg image
     (if (some? node)
-      (->> (rx/from (js/createImageBitmap node))
+      (->> (rx/from (wapi/create-image-bitmap-with-workaround node))
            (rx/switch-map  #(uw/ask! {:cmd :thumbnails/render-offscreen-canvas} %))
            (rx/map :result))
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/frame/thumbnail_render.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/frame/thumbnail_render.cljs
index 348497b65..ca6a815e4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/frame/thumbnail_render.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/frame/thumbnail_render.cljs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
    [app.common.data.macros :as dm]
    [app.common.geom.rect :as grc]
    [app.common.geom.shapes :as gsh]
-   [app.common.math :as mth]
    [app.config :as cf]
    [app.main.data.workspace.thumbnails :as dwt]
    [app.main.refs :as refs]
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@
    [app.main.ui.hooks :as hooks]
    [app.main.ui.shapes.frame :as frame]
    [app.util.dom :as dom]
+   [app.util.thumbnails :as th]
    [app.util.timers :as ts]
    [app.util.webapi :as wapi]
    [beicon.core :as rx]
@@ -46,12 +46,7 @@
         ;; Calculate the fixed width and height
         ;; We don't want to generate thumbnails
         ;; bigger than 2000px
-        [fixed-width fixed-height]
-        (if (> width height)
-          [(mth/clamp width 250 2000)
-           (/ (* height (mth/clamp width 250 2000)) width)]
-          [(/ (* width (mth/clamp height 250 2000)) height)
-           (mth/clamp height 250 2000)])
+        [fixed-width fixed-height] (th/get-proportional-size width height)
 
         ;; This is way faster than creating a node
         ;; through the DOM API
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/util/thumbnails.cljs b/frontend/src/app/util/thumbnails.cljs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e44a7be3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/util/thumbnails.cljs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+;; This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+;; License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+;; file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+;;
+;; Copyright (c) KALEIDOS INC
+
+(ns app.util.thumbnails
+  (:require
+   [app.common.math :as mth]))
+
+(def ^:const min-size 250)
+(def ^:const max-size 2000)
+
+(defn get-proportional-size
+  "Returns a proportional size given a width and height and some size constraints."
+  ([width height]
+   (get-proportional-size width height min-size max-size min-size max-size))
+  ([width height min-size max-size]
+   (get-proportional-size width height min-size max-size min-size max-size))
+  ([width height min-width max-width min-height max-height]
+   (let [[fixed-width fixed-height]
+          (if (> width height)
+            [(mth/clamp width min-width max-width)
+             (/ (* height (mth/clamp width min-width max-width)) width)]
+            [(/ (* width (mth/clamp height min-height max-height)) height)
+             (mth/clamp height min-height max-height)])]
+      [fixed-width fixed-height])))
+
+
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/util/webapi.cljs b/frontend/src/app/util/webapi.cljs
index 183573c13..db5fd1146 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/util/webapi.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/util/webapi.cljs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
    [app.common.exceptions :as ex]
    [app.common.logging :as log]
    [app.util.object :as obj]
+   [app.util.thumbnails :as th]
    [beicon.core :as rx]
    [cuerdas.core :as str]
    [promesa.core :as p]))
@@ -130,12 +131,40 @@
            (map #(.item ^js file-list %))
            (filter #(str/starts-with? (.-type %) "image/"))))))
 
+(defn create-canvas-element
+  [width height]
+  (let [canvas (.createElement js/document "canvas")]
+    (obj/set! canvas "width" width)
+    (obj/set! canvas "height" height)
+    canvas))
+
+(defn create-offscreen-canvas
+  [width height]
+  (if (obj/in? js/window "OffscreenCanvas")
+    (js/OffscreenCanvas. width height)
+    (create-canvas-element width height)))
+
 (defn create-image-bitmap
   ([image]
    (js/createImageBitmap image))
   ([image options]
    (js/createImageBitmap image options)))
 
+;; Why this? Because as described in https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1463435
+;; the createImageBitmap seems to apply premultiplied alpha multiples times on the same image
+;; which results in harsh borders around text being rendered. This is a workaround to avoid this issue.
+(defn create-image-bitmap-with-workaround
+  ([image]
+   (create-image-bitmap-with-workaround image nil))
+  ([image options]
+   (let [width (.-value (.-baseVal (.-width image)))
+         height (.-value (.-baseVal (.-height image)))
+         [width height] (th/get-proportional-size width height)
+         offscreen-canvas (create-offscreen-canvas width height)
+         offscreen-context (.getContext offscreen-canvas "2d")]
+     (.drawImage offscreen-context image 0 0)
+     (create-image-bitmap offscreen-canvas options))))
+
 (defn request-fullscreen
   [el]
   (cond