diff --git a/scripts/setup.js b/scripts/setup.js
index 4e6de0a..69b62a2 100644
--- a/scripts/setup.js
+++ b/scripts/setup.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/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")
@@ -285,8 +286,8 @@ 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
@@ -343,7 +344,13 @@ function defineEchoHandler() {
 	await api.register(reg.sender_localpart)
 
 	// upload initial images...
-	const avatarUrl = await file.uploadDiscordFileToMxc("https://cadence.moe/friends/out_of_your_element.png")
+	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)
 
 	console.log("✅ Matrix appservice login works...")
 
@@ -352,8 +359,7 @@ function defineEchoHandler() {
 	console.log("✅ Emojis are ready...")
 
 	// set profile data on discord...
-	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")})
+	await discord.snow.user.updateSelf({avatar: "data:image/png;base64," + avatarBuffer.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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..341d8b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/m2d/actions/sticker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// @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 7eee659..f4e3ba4 100644
--- a/src/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
+++ b/src/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
@@ -633,23 +633,10 @@ async function eventToMessage(event, guild, channel, di) {
 	}
 
 	if (event.type === "m.sticker") {
-		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 ${res.status} or missing content-type while detecting sticker mimetype`)
-			}
-			filename += "." + mimetype.split("/")[1]
-		}
-		attachments.push({id: "0", filename})
-		pendingFiles.push({name: filename, mxc: event.content.url})
+		const withoutMxc = mxUtils.makeMxcPublic(event.content.url)
+		assert(withoutMxc)
+		const url = `${reg.ooye.bridge_origin}/download/sticker/${withoutMxc}/_.webp`
+		content = `[${event.content.body || "\u2800"}](${url})`
 
 	} 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 bb6b850..82e2f7e 100644
--- a/src/web/routes/download-matrix.js
+++ b/src/web/routes/download-matrix.js
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ 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(),
@@ -23,6 +26,10 @@ const schema = {
 	}),
 	sheet: z.object({
 		e: z.array(z.string()).or(z.string())
+	}),
+	sticker: z.object({
+		server_name: z.string().regex(/^[^/]+$/),
+		media_id: z.string().regex(/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$/)
 	})
 }
 
@@ -90,3 +97,14 @@ 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
+}))