diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/ChatActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/ChatActivity.kt
index 879b9f398e..a2b5d8816b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/ChatActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/ChatActivity.kt
@@ -1001,16 +1001,11 @@ class ChatActivity :
             var result: String? = null
             message?.let {
                 if (message.messageParameters.isNotEmpty()) {
-                    runCatching {
-                        message.messageParameters as HashMap<String?, HashMap<String?, String?>>?
-                        val fileParameters = FileParameters(message.messageParameters)
-                        result = fileParameters.id
-                    }.onFailure { e ->
-                        when (e) {
-                            is ClassCastException -> {} // weird
-                            else -> Log.e(TAG, "Error in LazyListState.visibleItemsWithThreshold $e")
-                        }
-                    }
+                    val normalizedParameters = HashMap<String?, HashMap<String?, String?>>(
+                        message.messageParameters.mapValues { (_, params) -> HashMap(params) }
+                    )
+                    val fileParameters = FileParameters(normalizedParameters)
+                    result = fileParameters.id
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/ui/chat/MediaMessage.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/ui/chat/MediaMessage.kt
index d07efe2ca7..45df391c85 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/ui/chat/MediaMessage.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/ui/chat/MediaMessage.kt
@@ -68,7 +68,13 @@ fun MediaMessage(
     onImageClick: (Int) -> Unit
 ) {
     val fileParameters =
-        remember { FileParameters(message.messageParameters as HashMap<String?, HashMap<String?, String?>>?) }
+        remember {
+            FileParameters(
+                HashMap(
+                    message.messageParameters.mapValues { (_, params) -> HashMap(params) }
+                )
+            )
+        }
 
     val hasExplicitCaption = message.plainMessage != FILE_PLACEHOLDER_MESSAGE
     val hasPreview = !typeContent.previewUrl.isNullOrEmpty()