diff --git a/packages/common/src/utils.ts b/packages/common/src/utils.ts
index e90d2d82e9..35638fc236 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { average } from "@excalidraw/math";
+import { isImageElement } from "@excalidraw/element";
 
-import type { FontFamilyValues, FontString } from "@excalidraw/element/types";
+import type {
+  ExcalidrawBindableElement,
+  FontFamilyValues,
+  FontString,
+} from "@excalidraw/element/types";
 
 import type {
   ActiveTool,
@@ -562,6 +567,9 @@ export const isTransparent = (color: string) => {
   );
 };
 
+export const isAlwaysInsideBinding = (element: ExcalidrawBindableElement) =>
+  isImageElement(element);
+
 export type ResolvablePromise<T> = Promise<T> & {
   resolve: [T] extends [undefined]
     ? (value?: MaybePromise<Awaited<T>>) => void
diff --git a/packages/element/src/binding.ts b/packages/element/src/binding.ts
index 60a7c27c0c..dd82c3169a 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/binding.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/binding.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import { KEYS, arrayToMap, invariant, tupleToCoors } from "@excalidraw/common";
+import {
+  KEYS,
+  arrayToMap,
+  invariant,
+  isAlwaysInsideBinding,
+  tupleToCoors,
+} from "@excalidraw/common";
 
 import {
   lineSegment,
@@ -318,7 +324,10 @@ const bindingStrategyForEndpointDragging = (
 
   // If the global bind mode is in free binding mode, just bind
   // where the pointer is and keep the other end intact
-  if (globalBindMode === "inside") {
+  if (
+    globalBindMode === "inside" ||
+    (hovered && isAlwaysInsideBinding(hovered))
+  ) {
     current = hovered
       ? {
           element: hovered,
@@ -393,7 +402,6 @@ const bindingStrategyForEndpointDragging = (
   }
   // The dragged point is inside the hovered bindable element
   else {
-    console.log(oppositeBinding);
     // The opposite binding is on the same element
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-lonely-if
     if (oppositeBinding) {