diff --git a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
index a5104aa..8f14ecd 100644
--- a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
@@ -639,6 +639,7 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 						),
 						upload: waUploadToServer,
 						mediaCache: config.mediaCache,
+						options: config.options,
 						...options,
 					}
 				)
diff --git a/src/Types/Message.ts b/src/Types/Message.ts
index 3000e51..df73695 100644
--- a/src/Types/Message.ts
+++ b/src/Types/Message.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { AxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios'
 import type NodeCache from 'node-cache'
 import type { Logger } from 'pino'
 import type { Readable } from 'stream'
@@ -204,6 +205,8 @@ export type MediaGenerationOptions = {
     mediaCache?: NodeCache
 
     mediaUploadTimeoutMs?: number
+
+    options?: AxiosRequestConfig
 }
 export type MessageContentGenerationOptions = MediaGenerationOptions & {
 	getUrlInfo?: (text: string) => Promise<WAUrlInfo | undefined>
diff --git a/src/Utils/link-preview.ts b/src/Utils/link-preview.ts
index 3cf2580..d92d13d 100644
--- a/src/Utils/link-preview.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/link-preview.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ export const getUrlInfo = async(
 			if(opts.uploadImage) {
 				const { imageMessage } = await prepareWAMessageMedia(
 					{ image: { url: image } },
-					{ upload: opts.uploadImage, mediaTypeOverride: 'thumbnail-link' }
+					{
+						upload: opts.uploadImage,
+						mediaTypeOverride: 'thumbnail-link',
+						options: opts.fetchOpts
+					}
 				)
 				urlInfo.jpegThumbnail = imageMessage?.jpegThumbnail
 					? Buffer.from(imageMessage.jpegThumbnail)
diff --git a/src/Utils/messages-media.ts b/src/Utils/messages-media.ts
index 339a2d1..246daf2 100644
--- a/src/Utils/messages-media.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/messages-media.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export const toBuffer = async(stream: Readable) => {
 	return Buffer.concat(chunks)
 }
 
-export const getStream = async(item: WAMediaUpload) => {
+export const getStream = async(item: WAMediaUpload, opts?: AxiosRequestConfig) => {
 	if(Buffer.isBuffer(item)) {
 		return { stream: toReadable(item), type: 'buffer' } as const
 	}
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ export const getStream = async(item: WAMediaUpload) => {
 	}
 
 	if(item.url.toString().startsWith('http://') || item.url.toString().startsWith('https://')) {
-		return { stream: await getHttpStream(item.url), type: 'remote' } as const
+		return { stream: await getHttpStream(item.url, opts), type: 'remote' } as const
 	}
 
 	return { stream: createReadStream(item.url), type: 'file' } as const
@@ -281,13 +281,18 @@ export const getHttpStream = async(url: string | URL, options: AxiosRequestConfi
 	return fetched.data as Readable
 }
 
+type EncryptedStreamOptions = {
+	saveOriginalFileIfRequired?: boolean
+	logger?: Logger
+	opts?: AxiosRequestConfig
+}
+
 export const encryptedStream = async(
 	media: WAMediaUpload,
 	mediaType: MediaType,
-	saveOriginalFileIfRequired = true,
-	logger?: Logger
+	{ logger, saveOriginalFileIfRequired, opts }: EncryptedStreamOptions = {}
 ) => {
-	const { stream, type } = await getStream(media)
+	const { stream, type } = await getStream(media, opts)
 
 	logger?.debug('fetched media stream')
 
diff --git a/src/Utils/messages.ts b/src/Utils/messages.ts
index d540b67..fc402aa 100644
--- a/src/Utils/messages.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/messages.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,11 @@ export const prepareWAMessageMedia = async(
 	} = await encryptedStream(
 		uploadData.media,
 		options.mediaTypeOverride || mediaType,
-		requiresOriginalForSomeProcessing
+		{
+			logger,
+			saveOriginalFileIfRequired: requiresOriginalForSomeProcessing,
+			opts: options.options
+		}
 	)
 	 // url safe Base64 encode the SHA256 hash of the body
 	const fileEncSha256B64 = fileEncSha256.toString('base64')