diff --git a/frontend/src/components/reportEditor/EditorCanvas.tsx b/frontend/src/components/reportEditor/EditorCanvas.tsx
index 0894864..62d5a54 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/reportEditor/EditorCanvas.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/reportEditor/EditorCanvas.tsx
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ const EditorCanvas = forwardRef<EditorCanvasRef, EditorCanvasProps>(
     const isTransformingRef = useRef(false); // True while user is actively dragging/scaling
     const guideLinesRef = useRef<fabric.Line[]>([]);
     const loadedImagesRef = useRef<Map<string, string>>(new Map()); // elementId -> loaded src
+    const loadingImagesRef = useRef<Set<string>>(new Set()); // elementIds currently being loaded
     const templateElementsRef = useRef(template.elements); // Ref for accessing current elements in callbacks
 
     // Keep templateElementsRef in sync
@@ -1005,6 +1006,15 @@ const EditorCanvas = forwardRef<EditorCanvasRef, EditorCanvasProps>(
 
       const canvas = fabricRef.current;
 
+      // Clean up loadedImagesRef for elements that no longer exist
+      const currentElementIds = new Set(template.elements.map((e) => e.id));
+      for (const elementId of loadedImagesRef.current.keys()) {
+        if (!currentElementIds.has(elementId)) {
+          loadedImagesRef.current.delete(elementId);
+          loadingImagesRef.current.delete(elementId);
+        }
+      }
+
       // Find image elements that need loading
       template.elements.forEach((element) => {
         if (element.type !== "image" || !element.imageSettings?.src) return;
@@ -1053,24 +1063,55 @@ const EditorCanvas = forwardRef<EditorCanvasRef, EditorCanvasProps>(
           return;
         }
 
+        // Skip if this image is already being loaded
+        if (loadingImagesRef.current.has(element.id)) {
+          return;
+        }
+
         if (!existingObj) return;
 
+        // Mark as loading to prevent duplicate loads
+        loadingImagesRef.current.add(element.id);
+
+        // Capture element data for async callback
+        const elementId = element.id;
+        const elementType = element.type;
+
         // Load the image
         const imgElement = new Image();
         imgElement.crossOrigin = "anonymous";
         imgElement.onload = () => {
+          // Remove from loading set
+          loadingImagesRef.current.delete(elementId);
+
           if (!fabricRef.current) return;
 
-          const pos = element.position;
-          const imgSettings = element.imageSettings!;
+          // Re-fetch current element data from template (might have changed during load)
+          const currentElement = templateElementsRef.current.find(
+            (el) => el.id === elementId,
+          );
+          if (!currentElement || currentElement.type !== "image") return;
+
+          // Re-fetch the current object from the map (might have been recreated)
+          const currentObj = elementsMapRef.current.get(elementId);
+          if (!currentObj) return;
+
+          // Skip if already a FabricImage with correct src (another load completed first)
+          if (
+            currentObj instanceof fabric.FabricImage &&
+            loadedImagesRef.current.get(elementId) === currentSrc
+          ) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          const pos = currentElement.position;
+          const imgSettings = currentElement.imageSettings!;
           const targetWidth = mmToPx(pos.width) * zoom;
           const targetHeight = mmToPx(pos.height) * zoom;
           const imgNaturalWidth = imgElement.naturalWidth;
           const imgNaturalHeight = imgElement.naturalHeight;
 
           // Simple approach: scale image to fit the target dimensions
-          // The fitMode affects how we calculate initial dimensions when first adding,
-          // but once placed, the user's resize takes precedence
           const scaleX = targetWidth / imgNaturalWidth;
           const scaleY = targetHeight / imgNaturalHeight;
 
@@ -1083,33 +1124,35 @@ const EditorCanvas = forwardRef<EditorCanvasRef, EditorCanvasProps>(
             opacity: imgSettings.opacity ?? 1,
             flipX: imgSettings.flipHorizontal || false,
             flipY: imgSettings.flipVertical || false,
-            hasControls: !element.locked,
-            hasBorders: !element.locked,
-            lockMovementX: element.locked,
-            lockMovementY: element.locked,
-            lockRotation: element.locked,
-            lockScalingX: element.locked,
-            lockScalingY: element.locked,
+            hasControls: !currentElement.locked,
+            hasBorders: !currentElement.locked,
+            lockMovementX: currentElement.locked,
+            lockMovementY: currentElement.locked,
+            lockRotation: currentElement.locked,
+            lockScalingX: currentElement.locked,
+            lockScalingY: currentElement.locked,
           });
 
           (fabricImage as FabricObjectWithData).data = {
-            id: element.id,
-            type: element.type,
+            id: elementId,
+            type: elementType,
           };
 
-          // Remove placeholder and add real image
-          canvas.remove(existingObj);
+          // Remove the current placeholder/old image and add the new one
+          canvas.remove(currentObj);
           canvas.add(fabricImage);
           elementsMapRef.current.set(
-            element.id,
+            elementId,
             fabricImage as FabricObjectWithData,
           );
-          loadedImagesRef.current.set(element.id, currentSrc);
+          loadedImagesRef.current.set(elementId, currentSrc);
 
           canvas.renderAll();
         };
         imgElement.onerror = () => {
-          console.error(`Failed to load image for element ${element.id}`);
+          // Remove from loading set on error too
+          loadingImagesRef.current.delete(elementId);
+          console.error(`Failed to load image for element ${elementId}`);
         };
         imgElement.src = currentSrc;
       });
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