diff --git a/Userland/Applications/PixelPaint/MainWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/PixelPaint/MainWidget.cpp
index fe2f1c44ec..144f0f71ee 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/PixelPaint/MainWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/PixelPaint/MainWidget.cpp
@@ -812,6 +812,7 @@ ImageEditor& MainWidget::create_new_editor(NonnullRefPtr<Image> image)
 
     m_tab_widget->set_active_widget(&image_editor);
     image_editor.set_focus(true);
+    image_editor.fit_image_to_view();
     return image_editor;
 }