diff --git a/lib/pages/chat/events/html_message.dart b/lib/pages/chat/events/html_message.dart
index 75ed9ffb4..314335728 100644
--- a/lib/pages/chat/events/html_message.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/chat/events/html_message.dart
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ class HtmlMessage extends StatelessWidget {
         );
 
         return WidgetSpan(
+          alignment: PlaceholderAlignment.middle,
           child: CompositedTransformTarget(
             link: token != null && renderer.assignTokenKey
                 ? MatrixState.pAnyState