diff --git a/attachments.go b/attachments.go
index ffb631a73..3a8da80a2 100644
--- a/attachments.go
+++ b/attachments.go
@@ -113,23 +113,10 @@ func FetchAndStoreAttachment(ctx context.Context, b Backend, channel Channel, at
 		extension = extension[1:]
 	}
 
-	// first try getting our mime type from the first 300 bytes of our body
-	fileType, _ := filetype.Match(trace.ResponseBody[:300])
-	if fileType != filetype.Unknown {
-		mimeType = fileType.MIME.Value
-		extension = fileType.Extension
-	} else {
-		// if that didn't work, try from our extension
-		fileType = filetype.GetType(extension)
-		if fileType != filetype.Unknown {
-			mimeType = fileType.MIME.Value
-			extension = fileType.Extension
-		}
-	}
-
-	// we still don't know our mime type, use our content header instead
-	if mimeType == "" {
-		mimeType, _, _ = mime.ParseMediaType(trace.Response.Header.Get("Content-Type"))
+	// prioritize to use the response content type header if provided
+	contentTypeHeader := trace.Response.Header.Get("Content-Type")
+	if contentTypeHeader != "" {
+		mimeType, _, _ = mime.ParseMediaType(contentTypeHeader)
 		if extension == "" {
 			extensions, err := mime.ExtensionsByType(mimeType)
 			if extensions == nil || err != nil {
@@ -138,6 +125,21 @@ func FetchAndStoreAttachment(ctx context.Context, b Backend, channel Channel, at
 				extension = extensions[0][1:]
 			}
 		}
+	} else {
+
+		// first try getting our mime type from the first 300 bytes of our body
+		fileType, _ := filetype.Match(trace.ResponseBody[:300])
+		if fileType != filetype.Unknown {
+			mimeType = fileType.MIME.Value
+			extension = fileType.Extension
+		} else {
+			// if that didn't work, try from our extension
+			fileType = filetype.GetType(extension)
+			if fileType != filetype.Unknown {
+				mimeType = fileType.MIME.Value
+				extension = fileType.Extension
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	storageURL, err := b.SaveAttachment(ctx, channel, mimeType, trace.ResponseBody, extension)
diff --git a/attachments_test.go b/attachments_test.go
index 6f2f9f5fa..e4f3f4e8d 100644
--- a/attachments_test.go
+++ b/attachments_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ func TestFetchAndStoreAttachment(t *testing.T) {
 		"http://mock.com/media/hello.jpg": {
 			httpx.NewMockResponse(200, nil, testJPG),
 		},
+		"http://mock.com/media/hello2": {
+			httpx.NewMockResponse(200, map[string]string{"Content-Type": "image/jpeg"}, testJPG),
+		},
 		"http://mock.com/media/hello.mp3": {
 			httpx.NewMockResponse(502, nil, []byte(`My gateways!`)),
 		},
@@ -53,15 +56,26 @@ func TestFetchAndStoreAttachment(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, clog.HTTPLogs(), 1)
 	assert.Equal(t, "http://mock.com/media/hello.jpg", clog.HTTPLogs()[0].URL)
 
+	att, err = courier.FetchAndStoreAttachment(ctx, mb, mockChannel, "http://mock.com/media/hello2", clog)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "image/jpeg", att.ContentType)
+	assert.Equal(t, "https://backend.com/attachments/547deaf7-7620-4434-95b3-58675999c4b7.jpe", att.URL)
+	assert.Equal(t, 17301, att.Size)
+
+	assert.Len(t, mb.SavedAttachments(), 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, &test.SavedAttachment{Channel: mockChannel, ContentType: "image/jpeg", Data: testJPG, Extension: "jpg"}, mb.SavedAttachments()[0])
+	assert.Len(t, clog.HTTPLogs(), 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, "http://mock.com/media/hello2", clog.HTTPLogs()[1].URL)
+
 	// a non-200 response should return an unavailable attachment
 	att, err = courier.FetchAndStoreAttachment(ctx, mb, mockChannel, "http://mock.com/media/hello.mp3", clog)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, &courier.Attachment{ContentType: "unavailable", URL: "http://mock.com/media/hello.mp3"}, att)
 
 	// should have a logged HTTP request but no attachments will have been saved to storage
-	assert.Len(t, clog.HTTPLogs(), 2)
-	assert.Equal(t, "http://mock.com/media/hello.mp3", clog.HTTPLogs()[1].URL)
-	assert.Len(t, mb.SavedAttachments(), 1)
+	assert.Len(t, clog.HTTPLogs(), 3)
+	assert.Equal(t, "http://mock.com/media/hello.mp3", clog.HTTPLogs()[2].URL)
+	assert.Len(t, mb.SavedAttachments(), 2)
 
 	// same for a connection error
 	att, err = courier.FetchAndStoreAttachment(ctx, mb, mockChannel, "http://mock.com/media/hello.pdf", clog)