diff --git a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/components/ImagePreview.vue b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/components/ImagePreview.vue
index 7f4724dad6..c0304161ea 100644
--- a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/components/ImagePreview.vue
+++ b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/components/ImagePreview.vue
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ import { computed, ref, watch } from 'vue'
 import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n'
 
 import { downloadFile } from '@/base/common/downloadUtil'
-import { app } from '@/scripts/app'
 import { useCommandStore } from '@/stores/commandStore'
 import { useNodeOutputStore } from '@/stores/imagePreviewStore'
 
@@ -188,17 +187,6 @@ watch(
   { deep: true, immediate: true }
 )
 
-/**
- * Sync node.imgs for backwards compatibility with legacy systems (e.g., Copy Image).
- */
-const syncNodeImgs = () => {
-  if (!props.nodeId || !currentImageEl.value) return
-  const node = app.rootGraph?.getNodeById(props.nodeId)
-  if (!node) return
-  node.imgs = [currentImageEl.value]
-  node.imageIndex = currentIndex.value
-}
-
 // Event handlers
 const handleImageLoad = (event: Event) => {
   if (!event.target || !(event.target instanceof HTMLImageElement)) return
@@ -209,7 +197,6 @@ const handleImageLoad = (event: Event) => {
   if (img.naturalWidth && img.naturalHeight) {
     actualDimensions.value = `${img.naturalWidth} x ${img.naturalHeight}`
   }
-  syncNodeImgs()
 }
 
 const handleImageError = () => {
diff --git a/src/stores/imagePreviewStore.ts b/src/stores/imagePreviewStore.ts
index ee8ae759bd..634c01c263 100644
--- a/src/stores/imagePreviewStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/imagePreviewStore.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ interface SetOutputOptions {
 }
 
 export const useNodeOutputStore = defineStore('nodeOutput', () => {
-  const { nodeIdToNodeLocatorId, nodeToNodeLocatorId } = useWorkflowStore()
+  const { nodeIdToNodeLocatorId, nodeToNodeLocatorId, nodeLocatorIdToNodeId } =
+    useWorkflowStore()
   const { executionIdToNodeLocatorId } = useExecutionStore()
   const scheduledRevoke: Record<NodeLocatorId, { stop: () => void }> = {}
   const latestOutput = ref<string[]>([])
@@ -156,6 +157,26 @@ export const useNodeOutputStore = defineStore('nodeOutput', () => {
       }) ?? []
     app.nodeOutputs[nodeLocatorId] = outputs
     nodeOutputs.value[nodeLocatorId] = outputs
+
+    syncNodeImgs(nodeLocatorId, latestOutput.value)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sync node.imgs for backwards compatibility with legacy systems (e.g., Copy Image).
+   */
+  function syncNodeImgs(nodeLocatorId: NodeLocatorId, imageUrls: string[]) {
+    if (!imageUrls.length) return
+    const nodeId = nodeLocatorIdToNodeId(nodeLocatorId)
+    if (nodeId === null) return
+    const node = app.canvas?.graph?.getNodeById(nodeId)
+    if (!node) return
+
+    const img = new Image()
+    img.onload = () => {
+      node.imgs = [img]
+      node.imageIndex = 0
+    }
+    img.src = imageUrls[0]
   }
 
   function setNodeOutputs(
diff --git a/tests-ui/tests/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/components/ImagePreview.test.ts b/tests-ui/tests/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/components/ImagePreview.test.ts
index 54bd84c6b7..4d172a0a2e 100644
--- a/tests-ui/tests/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/components/ImagePreview.test.ts
+++ b/tests-ui/tests/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/components/ImagePreview.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { createTestingPinia } from '@pinia/testing'
 import type { VueWrapper } from '@vue/test-utils'
 import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils'
-import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { nextTick } from 'vue'
 import { createI18n } from 'vue-i18n'
 
@@ -13,22 +13,6 @@ vi.mock('@/base/common/downloadUtil', () => ({
   downloadFile: vi.fn()
 }))
 
-// Mock app for node.imgs sync tests
-const mockNode: {
-  imgs?: HTMLImageElement[] | undefined
-  imageIndex?: number | null
-} = {}
-vi.mock('@/scripts/app', () => ({
-  app: {
-    rootGraph: {
-      getNodeById: vi.fn(() => mockNode)
-    },
-    canvas: {
-      select: vi.fn()
-    }
-  }
-}))
-
 const i18n = createI18n({
   legacy: false,
   locale: 'en',
@@ -60,11 +44,6 @@ describe('ImagePreview', () => {
   }
   const wrapperRegistry = new Set<VueWrapper>()
 
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    delete mockNode.imgs
-    delete mockNode.imageIndex
-  })
-
   const mountImagePreview = (props = {}) => {
     const wrapper = mount(ImagePreview, {
       props: { ...defaultProps, ...props },
@@ -329,21 +308,4 @@ describe('ImagePreview', () => {
     expect(imgElement.exists()).toBe(true)
     expect(imgElement.attributes('alt')).toBe('Node output 2')
   })
-
-  it('syncs node.imgs on image load for legacy compatibility', async () => {
-    const wrapper = mountImagePreview({
-      imageUrls: [defaultProps.imageUrls[0]],
-      nodeId: 'test-node-123'
-    })
-
-    const img = wrapper.find('img')
-    expect(img.exists()).toBe(true)
-
-    await img.trigger('load')
-    await nextTick()
-
-    expect(mockNode.imgs).toHaveLength(1)
-    expect(mockNode.imgs?.[0]).toBe(img.element)
-    expect(mockNode.imageIndex).toBe(0)
-  })
 })