diff --git a/app/services/discord/index.ts b/app/services/discord/index.ts
index a6cea0b..7c9829e 100644
--- a/app/services/discord/index.ts
+++ b/app/services/discord/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Container } from "@/app/Container";
 import { Data, GameBridge, Service } from "@/app/services";
+import { getAsBase64 } from "@/utils";
 import Discord from "discord.js";
 import DiscordConfig from "@/config/discord.json";
 import modules from "./modules";
@@ -125,8 +126,10 @@ export class DiscordBot extends Service {
 		try {
 			const guild = this.getGuild();
 			if (!guild) return false;
-			this.data.lastDiscordGuildIcon =
-				this.discord.user.avatarURL() ?? guild.iconURL() ?? this.data.lastDiscordGuildIcon;
+			const iconURL = this.discord.user.avatarURL() ?? guild.iconURL();
+			this.data.lastDiscordGuildIcon = iconURL
+				? (await getAsBase64(iconURL)) ?? this.data.lastDiscordGuildIcon
+				: this.data.lastDiscordGuildIcon;
 			await this.data.save();
 			await this.discord.user.setAvatar(path);
 			await guild.setIcon(path, reason);
@@ -163,9 +166,13 @@ export class DiscordBot extends Service {
 		if (!this.ready || !(await this.overLvl2())) return false;
 		try {
 			const guild = this.getGuild();
-			this.data.lastDiscordBanner = guild?.bannerURL() ?? this.data.lastDiscordBanner;
+			if (!guild) return false;
+			const bannerURL = guild.bannerURL();
+			this.data.lastDiscordBanner = bannerURL
+				? (await getAsBase64(bannerURL)) ?? this.data.lastDiscordBanner
+				: this.data.lastDiscordBanner;
 			await this.data.save();
-			await guild?.setBanner(url, reason);
+			await guild.setBanner(url, reason);
 			return true;
 		} catch {
 			return false;
diff --git a/utils.ts b/utils.ts
index 486dd57..572028e 100644
--- a/utils.ts
+++ b/utils.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,20 @@ const LOOKUP_PATH = webappconfig.lookupPath;
 export const GMOD_PATH_MATCH =
 	/^(?<path>(?:lua|gamemodes)\/(?<addon>[-_.A-Za-z0-9]+?|)?(?:\/.*)?\/(?<filename>[-_.A-Za-z0-9]+)\.(?<ext>[a-z]*))?(?::-?(?<linenos>\d+)-?(?<linenoe>\d+)?)?$/g;
 
+export const getAsBase64 = async (url: string): Promise<string | null> => {
+	if (!url.match(/^https?:\/\/.+/)) return null;
+	try {
+		const res = await axios.get(url, { responseType: "arraybuffer" });
+
+		const contentType = res.headers["content-type"] || "image/png";
+		const base64 = Buffer.from(res.data, "binary").toString("base64");
+
+		return `data:${contentType};base64,${base64}`;
+	} catch (error) {
+		return null;
+	}
+};
+
 export const getOrFetchGmodFile = async (path: PathLike) => {
 	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
 	const [, fpath, addon, filename, ext, linenos, linenoe] =