diff --git a/src/chat_gui/send_image_popup.cpp b/src/chat_gui/send_image_popup.cpp
index 555cba14..6a1de02a 100644
--- a/src/chat_gui/send_image_popup.cpp
+++ b/src/chat_gui/send_image_popup.cpp
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ void SendImagePopup::sendMemory(
 	}
 
 	// copy paste data to memory
-	original_data.clear();
-	original_data.insert(original_data.begin(), data, data+data_size);
+	original_data = {data, data+data_size};
 
 	if (!load()) {
 		std::cerr << "SIP: failed to load image from memory\n";
diff --git a/src/image_loader_qoi.cpp b/src/image_loader_qoi.cpp
index bed0fd63..cd8f6e7a 100644
--- a/src/image_loader_qoi.cpp
+++ b/src/image_loader_qoi.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ImageLoaderQOI::ImageResult ImageLoaderQOI::loadFromMemoryRGBA(const uint8_t* da
 
 	auto& new_frame = res.frames.emplace_back();
 	new_frame.ms = 0;
-	new_frame.data.insert(new_frame.data.cbegin(), img_data, img_data+(desc.width*desc.height*4));
+	new_frame.data = {img_data, img_data+(desc.width*desc.height*4)};
 
 	free(img_data);
 	return res;
diff --git a/src/image_loader_sdl_bmp.cpp b/src/image_loader_sdl_bmp.cpp
index f9f9e56c..0a656059 100644
--- a/src/image_loader_sdl_bmp.cpp
+++ b/src/image_loader_sdl_bmp.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ImageLoaderSDLBMP::ImageResult ImageLoaderSDLBMP::loadFromMemoryRGBA(const uint8
 
 	auto& new_frame = res.frames.emplace_back();
 	new_frame.ms = 0;
-	new_frame.data.insert(new_frame.data.cbegin(), (const uint8_t*)conv_surf->pixels, ((const uint8_t*)conv_surf->pixels) + (surf->w*surf->h*4));
+	new_frame.data = {(const uint8_t*)conv_surf->pixels, ((const uint8_t*)conv_surf->pixels) + (surf->w*surf->h*4)};
 
 	SDL_UnlockSurface(conv_surf);
 	SDL_DestroySurface(conv_surf);