diff --git a/scripts/setup.js b/scripts/setup.js
index 69b62a2..4e6de0a 100644
--- a/scripts/setup.js
+++ b/scripts/setup.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 // @ts-check
 
-const Ty = require("../src/types")
 const assert = require("assert").strict
 const fs = require("fs")
 const sqlite = require("better-sqlite3")
@@ -286,8 +285,8 @@ function defineEchoHandler() {
 	console.log()
 
 	// Done with user prompts, reg is now guaranteed to be valid
-	const mreq = require("../src/matrix/mreq")
 	const api = require("../src/matrix/api")
+	const file = require("../src/matrix/file")
 	const DiscordClient = require("../src/d2m/discord-client")
 	const discord = new DiscordClient(reg.ooye.discord_token, "no")
 	passthrough.discord = discord
@@ -344,13 +343,7 @@ function defineEchoHandler() {
 	await api.register(reg.sender_localpart)
 
 	// upload initial images...
-	const avatarBuffer = await fs.promises.readFile(join(__dirname, "..", "docs", "img", "icon.png"), null)
-	/** @type {Ty.R.FileUploaded} */
-	const root = await mreq.mreq("POST", "/media/v3/upload", avatarBuffer, {
-		headers: {"Content-Type": "image/png"}
-	})
-	const avatarUrl = root.content_uri
-	assert(avatarUrl)
+	const avatarUrl = await file.uploadDiscordFileToMxc("https://cadence.moe/friends/out_of_your_element.png")
 
 	console.log("✅ Matrix appservice login works...")
 
@@ -359,7 +352,8 @@ function defineEchoHandler() {
 	console.log("✅ Emojis are ready...")
 
 	// set profile data on discord...
-	await discord.snow.user.updateSelf({avatar: "data:image/png;base64," + avatarBuffer.toString("base64")})
+	const avatarImageBuffer = await fetch("https://cadence.moe/friends/out_of_your_element.png").then(res => res.arrayBuffer())
+	await discord.snow.user.updateSelf({avatar: "data:image/png;base64," + Buffer.from(avatarImageBuffer).toString("base64")})
 	console.log("✅ Discord profile updated...")
 
 	// set profile data on homeserver...
diff --git a/src/m2d/actions/sticker.js b/src/m2d/actions/sticker.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 341d8b0..0000000
--- a/src/m2d/actions/sticker.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-// @ts-check
-
-const {Readable} = require("stream")
-const {ReadableStream} = require("stream/web")
-
-const {sync} = require("../../passthrough")
-const sharp = require("sharp")
-/** @type {import("../../matrix/api")} */
-const api = sync.require("../../matrix/api")
-/** @type {import("../../matrix/mreq")} */
-const mreq = sync.require("../../matrix/mreq")
-const streamMimeType = require("stream-mime-type")
-
-const WIDTH = 160
-const HEIGHT = 160
-/**
- * Downloads the sticker from the web and converts to webp data.
- * @param {string} mxc a single mxc:// URL
- * @returns {Promise<ReadableStream>} sticker webp data, or undefined if the downloaded sticker is not valid
- */
-async function getAndResizeSticker(mxc) {
-	const res = await api.getMedia(mxc)
-	if (res.status !== 200) {
-		const root = await res.json()
-		throw new mreq.MatrixServerError(root, {mxc})
-	}
-
-	const streamIn = Readable.fromWeb(res.body)
-	const { stream, mime } = await streamMimeType.getMimeType(streamIn)
-	const animated = ["image/gif", "image/webp"].includes(mime)
-
-	const transformer = sharp({animated: animated})
-		.resize(WIDTH, HEIGHT, {fit: "inside", background: {r: 0, g: 0, b: 0, alpha: 0}})
-		.webp()
-	stream.pipe(transformer)
-	return Readable.toWeb(transformer)
-}
-
-
-module.exports.getAndResizeSticker = getAndResizeSticker
diff --git a/src/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js b/src/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
index f4e3ba4..7eee659 100644
--- a/src/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
+++ b/src/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
@@ -633,10 +633,23 @@ async function eventToMessage(event, guild, channel, di) {
 	}
 
 	if (event.type === "m.sticker") {
-		const withoutMxc = mxUtils.makeMxcPublic(event.content.url)
-		assert(withoutMxc)
-		const url = `${reg.ooye.bridge_origin}/download/sticker/${withoutMxc}/_.webp`
-		content = `[${event.content.body || "\u2800"}](${url})`
+		content = ""
+		let filename = event.content.body
+		if (event.type === "m.sticker") {
+			let mimetype
+			if (event.content.info?.mimetype?.includes("/")) {
+				mimetype = event.content.info.mimetype
+			} else {
+				const res = await di.api.getMedia(event.content.url, {method: "HEAD"})
+				if (res.status === 200) {
+					mimetype = res.headers.get("content-type")
+				}
+				if (!mimetype) throw new Error(`Server error ${res.status} or missing content-type while detecting sticker mimetype`)
+			}
+			filename += "." + mimetype.split("/")[1]
+		}
+		attachments.push({id: "0", filename})
+		pendingFiles.push({name: filename, mxc: event.content.url})
 
 	} else if (event.type === "org.matrix.msc3381.poll.start") {
 		const pollContent = event.content["org.matrix.msc3381.poll.start"] // just for convenience
diff --git a/src/web/routes/download-matrix.js b/src/web/routes/download-matrix.js
index 82e2f7e..bb6b850 100644
--- a/src/web/routes/download-matrix.js
+++ b/src/web/routes/download-matrix.js
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ const emojiSheet = sync.require("../../m2d/actions/emoji-sheet")
 /** @type {import("../../m2d/converters/emoji-sheet")} */
 const emojiSheetConverter = sync.require("../../m2d/converters/emoji-sheet")
 
-/** @type {import("../../m2d/actions/sticker")} */
-const sticker = sync.require("../../m2d/actions/sticker")
-
 const schema = {
 	params: z.object({
 		server_name: z.string(),
@@ -26,10 +23,6 @@ const schema = {
 	}),
 	sheet: z.object({
 		e: z.array(z.string()).or(z.string())
-	}),
-	sticker: z.object({
-		server_name: z.string().regex(/^[^/]+$/),
-		media_id: z.string().regex(/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$/)
 	})
 }
 
@@ -97,14 +90,3 @@ as.router.get(`/download/sheet`, defineEventHandler(async event => {
 	setResponseHeader(event, "Content-Type", "image/png")
 	return buffer
 }))
-
-as.router.get(`/download/sticker/:server_name/:media_id/_.webp`, defineEventHandler(async event => {
-	const {server_name, media_id} = await getValidatedRouterParams(event, schema.sticker.parse)
-	/** remember that this has no mxc:// protocol in the string */
-	const mxc = server_name + "/" + media_id
-	verifyMediaHash(mxc)
-
-	const stream = await sticker.getAndResizeSticker(`mxc://${mxc}`)
-	setResponseHeader(event, "Content-Type", "image/webp")
-	return stream
-}))