diff --git a/dist/web/chatkit.js b/dist/web/chatkit.js
index 8bf5868..b6cd7c0 100644
--- a/dist/web/chatkit.js
+++ b/dist/web/chatkit.js
@@ -5684,6 +5684,70 @@ function TokenProvider() {
   this.url = url;
 };
 
+var parseBasicRoom = function parseBasicRoom(data) {
+  return {
+    createdAt: data.created_at,
+    createdByUserId: data.created_by_id,
+    deletedAt: data.deletedAt,
+    id: data.id,
+    isPrivate: data.private,
+    name: data.name,
+    updatedAt: data.updated_at,
+    userIds: data.member_user_ids
+  };
+};
+
+var parseUser = function parseUser(data) {
+  return {
+    avatarURL: data.avatar_url,
+    createdAt: data.created_at,
+    customData: data.custom_data,
+    id: data.id,
+    name: data.name,
+    updatedAt: data.updated_at
+  };
+};
+
+var parsePresence = function parsePresence(data) {
+  return {
+    lastSeenAt: data.last_seen_at,
+    state: contains$1(data.state, ['online', 'offline']) ? data.state : 'unknown',
+    userId: data.user_id
+  };
+};
+
+var parseBasicMessage = function parseBasicMessage(data) {
+  return {
+    id: data.id,
+    senderId: data.user_id,
+    roomId: data.room_id,
+    text: data.text,
+    createdAt: data.created_at,
+    updatedAt: data.updated_at,
+    attachment: data.attachment && parseMessageAttachment(data.attachment)
+  };
+};
+
+var parseFetchedAttachment = function parseFetchedAttachment(data) {
+  return {
+    file: {
+      name: data.file.name,
+      bytes: data.file.bytes,
+      lastModified: data.file.last_modified
+    },
+    link: data.resource_link,
+    ttl: data.ttl
+  };
+};
+
+var parseMessageAttachment = function parseMessageAttachment(data) {
+  return {
+    link: data.resource_link,
+    type: data.type,
+    fetchRequired: extractQueryParams(data.resource_link).chatkit_link === 'true'
+  };
+};
+
 var Store = function Store() {
   var _this = this;
 
@@ -5744,58 +5808,6 @@ var Store = function Store() {
   };
 };
 
-var parseBasicRoom = function parseBasicRoom(data) {
-  return {
-    createdAt: data.created_at,
-    createdByUserId: data.created_by_id,
-    deletedAt: data.deletedAt,
-    id: data.id,
-    isPrivate: data.private,
-    name: data.name,
-    updatedAt: data.updated_at,
-    userIds: data.member_user_ids
-  };
-};
-
-var parseUser = function parseUser(data) {
-  return {
-    avatarURL: data.avatar_url,
-    createdAt: data.created_at,
-    customData: data.custom_data,
-    id: data.id,
-    name: data.name,
-    updatedAt: data.updated_at
-  };
-};
-
-var parsePresence = function parsePresence(data) {
-  return {
-    lastSeenAt: data.last_seen_at,
-    state: contains$1(data.state, ['online', 'offline']) ? data.state : 'unknown',
-    userId: data.user_id
-  };
-};
-
-var parseBasicMessage = function parseBasicMessage(data) {
-  return {
-    id: data.id,
-    senderId: data.user_id,
-    roomId: data.room_id,
-    text: data.text,
-    createdAt: data.created_at,
-    updatedAt: data.updated_at,
-    attachment: data.attachment && parseAttachment(data.attachment)
-  };
-};
-
-var parseAttachment = function parseAttachment(data) {
-  return {
-    link: data.resource_link,
-    type: data.type,
-    fetchRequired: extractQueryParams(data.resource_link).chatkit_link === 'true'
-  };
-};
-
 var UserStore = function UserStore(_ref) {
   var _this = this;
 
@@ -6617,7 +6629,21 @@ var CurrentUser = function () {
           return room;
         });
       }).catch(function (err) {
-        return _this.logger.error('error subscribing to room ' + roomId, err);
+        _this.logger.warn('error subscribing to room ' + roomId + ':', err);
+        throw err;
+      });
+    };
+
+    this.fetchAttachment = function (url) {
+      return _this.filesInstance.tokenProvider.fetchToken().then(function (token) {
+        return pusherPlatform_4({
+          method: 'GET',
+          headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token },
+          url: url
+        });
+      }).then(pipe(JSON.parse, parseFetchedAttachment)).catch(function (err) {
+        _this.logger.warn('error fetching attachment:', err);
+        throw err;
       });
     };
 
diff --git a/src/current-user.js b/src/current-user.js
index e7a21bb..9379db6 100644
--- a/src/current-user.js
+++ b/src/current-user.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { sendRawRequest } from 'pusher-platform'
 import {
   chain,
   compose,
@@ -19,10 +20,14 @@ import {
   typeCheckObj,
   urlEncode
 } from './utils'
+import {
+  parseBasicMessage,
+  parseBasicRoom,
+  parseFetchedAttachment
+} from './parsers'
 import { Store } from './store'
 import { UserStore } from './user-store'
 import { RoomStore } from './room-store'
-import { parseBasicRoom, parseBasicMessage } from './parsers'
 import { TypingIndicators } from './typing-indicators'
 import { UserSubscription } from './user-subscription'
 import { PresenceSubscription } from './presence-subscription'
@@ -256,10 +261,24 @@ export class CurrentUser {
     })
     return this.joinRoom(roomId)
       .then(room => this.roomSubscriptions[roomId].connect().then(() => room))
-      .catch(err => this.logger.error(
-        `error subscribing to room ${roomId}`,
-        err
-      ))
+      .catch(err => {
+        this.logger.warn(`error subscribing to room ${roomId}:`, err)
+        throw err
+      })
+  }
+
+  fetchAttachment = url => {
+    return this.filesInstance.tokenProvider.fetchToken()
+      .then(token => sendRawRequest({
+        method: 'GET',
+        headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
+        url
+      }))
+      .then(pipe(JSON.parse, parseFetchedAttachment))
+      .catch(err => {
+        this.logger.warn(`error fetching attachment:`, err)
+        throw err
+      })
   }
 
   /* internal */
diff --git a/src/parsers.js b/src/parsers.js
index d478acd..026e043 100644
--- a/src/parsers.js
+++ b/src/parsers.js
@@ -35,10 +35,20 @@ export const parseBasicMessage = data => ({
   text: data.text,
   createdAt: data.created_at,
   updatedAt: data.updated_at,
-  attachment: data.attachment && parseAttachment(data.attachment)
+  attachment: data.attachment && parseMessageAttachment(data.attachment)
 })
 
-const parseAttachment = data => ({
+export const parseFetchedAttachment = data => ({
+  file: {
+    name: data.file.name,
+    bytes: data.file.bytes,
+    lastModified: data.file.last_modified
+  },
+  link: data.resource_link,
+  ttl: data.ttl
+})
+
+const parseMessageAttachment = data => ({
   link: data.resource_link,
   type: data.type,
   fetchRequired: extractQueryParams(data.resource_link).chatkit_link === 'true'