diff --git a/src/state/gallery.ts b/src/state/gallery.ts
index c8ddba7026..2c3eaa0c48 100644
--- a/src/state/gallery.ts
+++ b/src/state/gallery.ts
@@ -103,9 +103,15 @@ export function createInitialImages(
 
 export async function pasteImage(
   uri: string,
+  mimeType?: string,
 ): Promise<ComposerImageWithoutTransformation> {
   const {width, height} = await getImageDim(uri)
-  const match = /^data:(.+?);/.exec(uri)
+
+  let mime = mimeType
+  if (!mime) {
+    const match = /^data:(.+?);/.exec(uri)
+    mime = match ? match[1] : 'image/jpeg'
+  }
 
   return {
     alt: '',
@@ -114,7 +120,7 @@ export async function pasteImage(
       path: uri,
       width: width,
       height: height,
-      mime: match ? match[1] : 'image/jpeg',
+      mime,
     },
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/view/com/composer/Composer.tsx b/src/view/com/composer/Composer.tsx
index 2b2eaed64e..6c573a3ee4 100644
--- a/src/view/com/composer/Composer.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/composer/Composer.tsx
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ let ComposerPost = React.memo(function ComposerPost({
   )
 
   const onPhotoPasted = useCallback(
-    async (uri: string) => {
+    async (uri: string, mimeType?: string) => {
       if (
         uri.startsWith('data:video/') ||
         (isWeb && uri.startsWith('data:image/gif'))
@@ -905,7 +905,8 @@ let ComposerPost = React.memo(function ComposerPost({
           .then(blob => new File([blob], name, {type: mimeType}))
         onSelectVideo(post.id, await getVideoMetadata(file))
       } else {
-        const res = await pasteImage(uri)
+        const res = await pasteImage(uri, mimeType)
+
         onImageAdd([res])
       }
     },
diff --git a/src/view/com/composer/text-input/TextInput.tsx b/src/view/com/composer/text-input/TextInput.tsx
index ed0e8b9a49..421414809e 100644
--- a/src/view/com/composer/text-input/TextInput.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/composer/text-input/TextInput.tsx
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export function TextInput({
       const file = files.find(f => isAcceptedImageMimeType(f.type))
 
       if (file) {
-        onPhotoPasted(file.data)
+        onPhotoPasted(file.data, file.type)
       }
     },
     [onPhotoPasted],
diff --git a/src/view/com/composer/text-input/TextInput.types.ts b/src/view/com/composer/text-input/TextInput.types.ts
index fab2bc32f8..ba2b156e52 100644
--- a/src/view/com/composer/text-input/TextInput.types.ts
+++ b/src/view/com/composer/text-input/TextInput.types.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export type TextInputProps = {
   hasRightPadding: boolean
   isActive: boolean
   setRichText: (v: RichText) => void
-  onPhotoPasted: (uri: string) => void
+  onPhotoPasted: (uri: string, mimeType?: string) => void
   onPressPublish: (richtext: RichText) => void
   onNewLink: (uri: string) => void
   onError: (err: string) => void