diff --git a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
index 37c51d7..12288df 100644
--- a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		// send a query JSON to obtain the url & auth token to upload our media
 		let uploadInfo = await refreshMediaConn(false)
 
-		let mediaUrl: string
+		let urls: { mediaUrl: string, directPath: string }
         const hosts = [ ...config.customUploadHosts, ...uploadInfo.hosts.map(h => h.hostname) ]
 		for (let hostname of hosts) {
 			const auth = encodeURIComponent(uploadInfo.auth) // the auth token
@@ -446,10 +446,14 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 					}
 				)
 				const result = JSON.parse(responseText)
-				mediaUrl = result?.url
 				
-				if (mediaUrl) break
-				else {
+				if(result?.url || result?.directPath) {
+                    urls = {
+                        mediaUrl: result.url,
+                        directPath: result.direct_path
+                    }
+                    break
+                } else {
 					uploadInfo = await refreshMediaConn(true)
 					throw new Error(`upload failed, reason: ${JSON.stringify(result)}`)
 				}
@@ -458,13 +462,13 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 				logger.debug(`Error in uploading to ${hostname} (${error}) ${isLast ? '' : ', retrying...'}`)
 			}
 		}
-		if (!mediaUrl) {
+		if (!urls) {
 			throw new Boom(
 				'Media upload failed on all hosts',
 				{ statusCode: 500 }
 			)
 		}
-		return { mediaUrl }
+		return urls
 	}
 
 	return {
diff --git a/src/Types/Message.ts b/src/Types/Message.ts
index b7b6380..8ae9454 100644
--- a/src/Types/Message.ts
+++ b/src/Types/Message.ts
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export type MessageGenerationOptionsFromContent = MiscMessageGenerationOptions &
 	userJid: string
 }
 
-export type WAMediaUploadFunction = (readStream: ReadStream, opts: { fileEncSha256B64: string, mediaType: MediaType, timeoutMs?: number }) => Promise<{ mediaUrl: string }>
+export type WAMediaUploadFunction = (readStream: ReadStream, opts: { fileEncSha256B64: string, mediaType: MediaType, timeoutMs?: number }) => Promise<{ mediaUrl: string, directPath: string }>
 
 export type MediaGenerationOptions = {
 	logger?: Logger
diff --git a/src/Utils/messages.ts b/src/Utils/messages.ts
index 389bd10..1b352df 100644
--- a/src/Utils/messages.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/messages.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export const prepareWAMessageMedia = async(
 	} catch (error) {
 		options.logger?.info({ trace: error.stack }, 'failed to obtain extra info')
 	}
-	const {mediaUrl} = await options.upload(
+	const {mediaUrl, directPath} = await options.upload(
 		createReadStream(encBodyPath),
 		{ fileEncSha256B64, mediaType, timeoutMs: options.mediaUploadTimeoutMs }
 	)
@@ -136,11 +136,12 @@ export const prepareWAMessageMedia = async(
 		[`${mediaType}Message`]: MessageTypeProto[mediaType].fromObject(
 			{
 				url: mediaUrl,
+				directPath,
 				mediaKey,
 				fileEncSha256,
 				fileSha256,
 				fileLength,
-				
+				mediaKeyTimestamp: unixTimestampSeconds(),
 				...uploadData
 			}
 		)