diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/ImageUploader.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/ImageUploader.kt
index 1e4f4f74e..c32428264 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/ImageUploader.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/ImageUploader.kt
@@ -1,36 +1,40 @@
 package com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.actions
 
-import android.graphics.Bitmap
+import android.content.ContentResolver
+import android.net.Uri
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.jacksonObjectMapper
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
-import java.io.IOException
-import java.util.UUID
-import okhttp3.Call
-import okhttp3.Callback
+import okhttp3.*
 import okhttp3.MediaType.Companion.toMediaType
-import okhttp3.MultipartBody
-import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
-import okhttp3.Request
-import okhttp3.RequestBody
-import okhttp3.RequestBody.Companion.toRequestBody
-import okhttp3.Response
+import okio.BufferedSink
+import okio.source
+import java.io.IOException
+import java.util.*
 
 object ImageUploader {
-  private fun encodeImage(bitmap: Bitmap): ByteArray {
-    val byteArrayOutPutStream = ByteArrayOutputStream()
-    bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, byteArrayOutPutStream)
-    return byteArrayOutPutStream.toByteArray()
-  }
+  fun uploadImage(
+    uri: Uri,
+    contentResolver: ContentResolver,
+    onSuccess: (String) -> Unit,
+  ) {
+    val contentType = contentResolver.getType(uri)
 
-  fun uploadImage(bitmap: Bitmap, onSuccess: (String) -> Unit) {
     val client = OkHttpClient.Builder().build()
 
     val body: RequestBody = MultipartBody.Builder()
       .setType(MultipartBody.FORM)
       .addFormDataPart(
         "image",
-        "${UUID.randomUUID()}.png",
-        encodeImage(bitmap).toRequestBody("image/png".toMediaType())
+        "${UUID.randomUUID()}",
+        object : RequestBody() {
+          override fun contentType(): MediaType? =
+            contentType?.toMediaType()
+
+          override fun writeTo(sink: BufferedSink) {
+            contentResolver.openInputStream(uri)!!.use { inputStream ->
+              sink.writeAll(inputStream.source())
+            }
+          }
+        }
       )
       .build()
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/NewPostViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/NewPostViewModel.kt
index 9c151483f..c01078720 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/NewPostViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/NewPostViewModel.kt
@@ -1,22 +1,14 @@
 package com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.actions
 
 import android.content.Context
-import android.graphics.ImageDecoder
 import android.net.Uri
-import android.os.Build
-import android.provider.MediaStore
 import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
 import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.TextRange
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.input.TextFieldValue
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
-import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.Account
-import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.LocalCache
-import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.Note
-import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.User
-import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.decodePublicKey
-import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.toHexKey
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.*
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.components.isValidURL
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.components.noProtocolUrlValidator
 import nostr.postr.toNpub
@@ -107,17 +99,12 @@ class NewPostViewModel: ViewModel() {
     }
 
     fun upload(it: Uri, context: Context) {
-        val img = if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 28) {
-            MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(context.contentResolver, it)
-        } else {
-            ImageDecoder.decodeBitmap(ImageDecoder.createSource(context.contentResolver, it))
-        }
-
-        img?.let {
-            ImageUploader.uploadImage(img) {
-                message = TextFieldValue(message.text + "\n\n" + it)
-                urlPreview = findUrlInMessage()
-            }
+        ImageUploader.uploadImage(
+            uri = it,
+            contentResolver = context.contentResolver,
+        ) {
+            message = TextFieldValue(message.text + "\n\n" + it)
+            urlPreview = findUrlInMessage()
         }
     }