diff --git a/packages/page-council/src/Motions/ProposeExternal.tsx b/packages/page-council/src/Motions/ProposeExternal.tsx
index e99ccc167c..8d1ef7c9c1 100644
--- a/packages/page-council/src/Motions/ProposeExternal.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-council/src/Motions/ProposeExternal.tsx
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import type { SubmittableExtrinsic } from '@polkadot/api/types';
+import type { BN } from '@polkadot/util';
 import type { HexString } from '@polkadot/util/types';
 
-import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { getProposalThreshold } from '@polkadot/apps-config';
-import { Button, Input, InputAddress, Modal, TxButton } from '@polkadot/react-components';
+import { Button, Input, InputAddress, InputNumber, Modal, TxButton } from '@polkadot/react-components';
 import { useApi, useCollectiveInstance, usePreimage, useToggle } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
-import { isFunction, isHex } from '@polkadot/util';
+import { BN_ZERO, isFunction, isHex } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import { useTranslation } from '../translate';
 
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ interface HashState {
   isHashValid: boolean;
 }
 
+interface ImageState {
+  imageLen: BN;
+  imageLenDefault?: BN;
+  isImageLenValid: boolean;
+}
+
 interface ProposalState {
   proposal?: SubmittableExtrinsic<'promise'> | null;
   proposalLength: number;
@@ -36,24 +43,49 @@ function ProposeExternal ({ className = '', isMember, members }: Props): React.R
   const [accountId, setAcountId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [{ proposal, proposalLength }, setProposal] = useState<ProposalState>({ proposalLength: 0 });
   const [{ hash, isHashValid }, setHash] = useState<HashState>({ isHashValid: false });
+  const [{ imageLen, imageLenDefault, isImageLenValid }, setImageLen] = useState<ImageState>({ imageLen: BN_ZERO, isImageLenValid: false });
   const modLocation = useCollectiveInstance('council');
   const preimage = usePreimage(hash);
 
   const threshold = Math.min(members.length, Math.ceil((members.length || 0) * getProposalThreshold(api)));
 
+  const isCurrentPreimage = useMemo(
+    () => isFunction(api.tx.preimage?.notePreimage) && !isFunction(api.tx.democracy?.notePreimage),
+    [api]
+  );
+
   const _onChangeHash = useCallback(
     (hash?: string): void =>
       setHash({ hash: hash as HexString, isHashValid: isHex(hash, 256) }),
     []
   );
 
+  const _onChangeImageLen = useCallback(
+    (value?: BN): void => {
+      value && setImageLen((prev) => ({
+        imageLen: value,
+        imageLenDefault: prev.imageLenDefault,
+        isImageLenValid: !value.isZero()
+      }));
+    },
+    []
+  );
+
+  useEffect((): void => {
+    preimage?.proposalLength && setImageLen((prev) => ({
+      imageLen: prev.imageLen,
+      imageLenDefault: preimage.proposalLength,
+      isImageLenValid: prev.isImageLenValid
+    }));
+  }, [preimage]);
+
   useEffect((): void => {
     if (isHashValid && hash) {
-      const proposal = isFunction(api.tx.preimage?.notePreimage) && !isFunction(api.tx.democracy?.notePreimage)
+      const proposal = isCurrentPreimage
         ? preimage && api.tx.democracy.externalProposeMajority({
           Lookup: {
             hash: preimage.proposalHash,
-            len: preimage.proposalLength
+            len: preimage.proposalLength || imageLen
           }
         })
         : api.tx.democracy.externalProposeMajority(hash);
@@ -70,7 +102,7 @@ function ProposeExternal ({ className = '', isMember, members }: Props): React.R
       proposal: null,
       proposalLength: 0
     });
-  }, [api, hash, isHashValid, preimage]);
+  }, [api, hash, isCurrentPreimage, isHashValid, imageLen, preimage]);
 
   if (!modLocation) {
     return null;
@@ -109,13 +141,24 @@ function ProposeExternal ({ className = '', isMember, members }: Props): React.R
                 onChange={_onChangeHash}
                 value={hash}
               />
+              {isCurrentPreimage && (
+                <InputNumber
+                  defaultValue={imageLenDefault}
+                  isDisabled={!!preimage?.proposalLength && !preimage?.proposalLength.isZero() && isHashValid && isImageLenValid}
+                  isError={!isImageLenValid}
+                  key='inputLength'
+                  label={t<string>('preimage length')}
+                  onChange={_onChangeImageLen}
+                  value={imageLen}
+                />
+              )}
             </Modal.Columns>
           </Modal.Content>
           <Modal.Actions>
             <TxButton
               accountId={accountId}
               icon='plus'
-              isDisabled={!threshold || !members.includes(accountId || '') || !proposal}
+              isDisabled={!threshold || !members.includes(accountId || '') || !proposal || (isCurrentPreimage && !isImageLenValid)}
               label={t<string>('Propose')}
               onStart={toggleVisible}
               params={