diff --git a/framegear/components/Frame/Frame.tsx b/framegear/components/Frame/Frame.tsx
index a361f64a85..32653ec4ab 100644
--- a/framegear/components/Frame/Frame.tsx
+++ b/framegear/components/Frame/Frame.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useAtom } from 'jotai';
 import { ChangeEvent, PropsWithChildren, useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { ExternalLinkIcon, ResetIcon, RocketIcon } from '@radix-ui/react-icons';
 import { useRedirectModal } from '@/components/RedirectModalContext/RedirectModalContext';
+import { FrameMetadataWithImageObject } from '@/utils/frameResultToFrameMetadata';
 
 export function Frame() {
   const [results] = useAtom(frameResultsAtom);
@@ -14,40 +15,14 @@ export function Frame() {
 
   const latestFrame = results[results.length - 1];
 
-  if (!latestFrame.isValid) {
-    return <ErrorFrame />;
-  }
-
-  return <ValidFrame tags={latestFrame.tags} />;
+  return <ValidFrame metadata={latestFrame.metadata} />;
 }
 
-function ValidFrame({ tags }: { tags: Record<string, string> }) {
+function ValidFrame({ metadata }: { metadata: FrameMetadataWithImageObject }) {
   const [inputText, setInputText] = useState('');
-  const { image, imageAspectRatioClassname, input, buttons } = useMemo(() => {
-    const image = tags['fc:frame:image'];
-    const imageAspectRatioClassname =
-      tags['fc:frame:image:aspect_ratio'] === '1:1' ? 'aspect-square' : 'aspect-[1.91/1]';
-    const input = tags['fc:frame:input:text'];
-    // TODO: when debugger is live we will also need to extract actions, etc.
-    const buttons = [1, 2, 3, 4].map((index) => {
-      const key = `fc:frame:button:${index}`;
-      const actionKey = `${key}:action`;
-      const targetKey = `${key}:target`;
-      const value = tags[key];
-      const action = tags[actionKey] || 'post';
-      const target = tags[targetKey] || tags['fc:frame:post_url'];
-
-      // If value exists, we can return the whole object (incl. default values).
-      // If it doesn't, then the truth is there is no button.
-      return value ? { key, value, action, target, index } : undefined;
-    });
-    return {
-      image,
-      imageAspectRatioClassname,
-      input,
-      buttons,
-    };
-  }, [tags]);
+  const { image, input, buttons } = metadata;
+  const imageAspectRatioClassname =
+    metadata.image.aspectRatio === '1:1' ? 'aspect-square' : 'aspect-[1.91/1]';
 
   const handleInputChange = useCallback(
     (e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => setInputText(e.target.value),
@@ -59,7 +34,7 @@ function ValidFrame({ tags }: { tags: Record<string, string> }) {
       {/* eslint-disable-next-line @next/next/no-img-element */}
       <img
         className={`w-full rounded-t-xl ${imageAspectRatioClassname} object-cover`}
-        src={image}
+        src={image.src}
         alt=""
       />
       <div className="bg-button-gutter-light dark:bg-content-light flex flex-col gap-2 rounded-b-xl px-4 py-2">
@@ -67,15 +42,21 @@ function ValidFrame({ tags }: { tags: Record<string, string> }) {
           <input
             className="bg-input-light border-light rounded-lg border p-2 text-black"
             type="text"
-            placeholder={input}
+            placeholder={input.text}
             onChange={handleInputChange}
           />
         )}
         <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-4">
-          {buttons.map((button) =>
+          {buttons?.map((button, index) =>
             button ? (
-              <FrameButton inputText={inputText} key={button.key} button={button}>
-                {button.value}
+              <FrameButton
+                inputText={inputText}
+                key={button.label}
+                index={index + 1}
+                button={button}
+                state={metadata.state}
+              >
+                {button.label}
               </FrameButton>
             ) : null,
           )}
@@ -89,6 +70,7 @@ function ErrorFrame() {
   // TODO: implement -- decide how to handle
   // - simply show an error?
   // - best effort rendering of what they do have?
+  // - maybe just ValidFrame with a red border?
   return <PlaceholderFrame />;
 }
 
@@ -97,7 +79,9 @@ function PlaceholderFrame() {
     <div className="flex flex-col">
       <div className="bg-farcaster flex aspect-[1.91/1] w-full rounded-t-xl"></div>
       <div className="bg-button-gutter-light dark:bg-content-light flex flex-wrap gap-2 rounded-b-xl px-4 py-2">
-        <FrameButton inputText="">Get Started</FrameButton>
+        <FrameButton state={{}} index={1} inputText="">
+          Get Started
+        </FrameButton>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
@@ -106,11 +90,14 @@ function PlaceholderFrame() {
 function FrameButton({
   children,
   button,
+  index,
   inputText,
+  state,
 }: PropsWithChildren<{
-  // TODO: this type should probably be extracted
-  button?: { key: string; value: string; action: string; target: string; index: number };
+  button?: NonNullable<FrameMetadataWithImageObject['buttons']>[0];
+  index: number;
   inputText: string;
+  state: any;
 }>) {
   const { openModal } = useRedirectModal();
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
@@ -121,8 +108,9 @@ function FrameButton({
       // TODO: collect user options (follow, like, etc.) and include
       const confirmAction = async () => {
         const result = await postFrame({
-          buttonIndex: button.index,
-          url: button.target,
+          buttonIndex: index,
+          url: button.target!,
+          state: JSON.stringify(state),
           // TODO: make these user-input-driven
           castId: {
             fid: 0,
@@ -152,7 +140,7 @@ function FrameButton({
       openModal(onConfirm);
     }
     // TODO: implement other actions (mint, etc.)
-  }, [button?.action, button?.index, button?.target, inputText, openModal, setResults]);
+  }, [button, index, inputText, openModal, setResults, state]);
 
   const buttonIcon = useMemo(() => {
     switch (button?.action) {
diff --git a/framegear/utils/frameResultToFrameMetadata.test.ts b/framegear/utils/frameResultToFrameMetadata.test.ts
index f3f7297deb..a1cde20bfe 100644
--- a/framegear/utils/frameResultToFrameMetadata.test.ts
+++ b/framegear/utils/frameResultToFrameMetadata.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('frameResultToFrameMetadata', () => {
         undefined,
         undefined,
       ],
-      image: 'Image URL',
+      image: { src: 'Image URL', aspectRatio: undefined },
       input: { text: 'Input Text' },
       postUrl: 'Post URL',
       state: { key: 'value' },
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('frameResultToFrameMetadata', () => {
 
     expect(metadata).toEqual({
       buttons: [undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined],
-      image: undefined,
+      image: { src: undefined, aspectRatio: undefined },
       input: undefined,
       postUrl: undefined,
       state: undefined,
diff --git a/framegear/utils/frameResultToFrameMetadata.ts b/framegear/utils/frameResultToFrameMetadata.ts
index e4f29b90d4..0389dad84c 100644
--- a/framegear/utils/frameResultToFrameMetadata.ts
+++ b/framegear/utils/frameResultToFrameMetadata.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,37 @@
-import { FrameMetadataType } from '@coinbase/onchainkit';
+import { FrameImageMetadata, FrameMetadataType } from '@coinbase/onchainkit';
 
-export function frameResultToFrameMetadata(result: Record<string, string>): FrameMetadataType {
+export type FrameMetadataWithImageObject = FrameMetadataType & {
+  image: FrameImageMetadata;
+};
+
+export function frameResultToFrameMetadata(
+  result: Record<string, string>,
+): FrameMetadataWithImageObject {
+  const postUrl = result['fc:frame:post_url'];
   const buttons = [1, 2, 3, 4].map((idx) =>
     result[`fc:frame:button:${idx}`]
       ? {
-          action: result[`fc:frame:button:${idx}:action`],
+          action: result[`fc:frame:button:${idx}:action`] || 'post',
           label: result[`fc:frame:button:${idx}`],
-          target: result[`fc:frame:button:${idx}:target`],
+          target: result[`fc:frame:button:${idx}:target`] || postUrl,
         }
       : undefined,
   );
-  const image = result['fc:frame:image'];
+  const imageSrc = result['fc:frame:image'];
+  const imageAspectRatio = result['fc:frame:image:aspect_ratio'];
   const inputText = result['fc:frame:input'];
   const input = inputText ? { text: inputText } : undefined;
-  const postUrl = result['fc:frame:post_url'];
   const rawState = result['fc:frame:state'];
   const rawRefreshPeriod = result['fc:frame:refresh_period'];
   const refreshPeriod = rawRefreshPeriod ? parseInt(rawRefreshPeriod, 10) : undefined;
-  const state = rawState ? JSON.parse(result['fc:frame:state']) : undefined;
+  const state = rawState ? JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(result['fc:frame:state'])) : undefined;
 
-  return { buttons: buttons as any, image, input, postUrl, state, refreshPeriod };
+  return {
+    buttons: buttons as any,
+    image: { src: imageSrc, aspectRatio: imageAspectRatio as any },
+    input,
+    postUrl,
+    state,
+    refreshPeriod,
+  };
 }
diff --git a/framegear/utils/parseHtml.ts b/framegear/utils/parseHtml.ts
index 0913ed88b8..58393fcada 100644
--- a/framegear/utils/parseHtml.ts
+++ b/framegear/utils/parseHtml.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { frameResultToFrameMetadata } from './frameResultToFrameMetadata';
 import { vNextSchema } from './validation';
 
 export function parseHtml(html: string) {
@@ -27,8 +28,9 @@ export function parseHtml(html: string) {
 
   const isValid = vNextSchema.isValidSync(tags);
   const errors = aggregateValidationErrors(tags);
+  const metadata = frameResultToFrameMetadata(tags);
 
-  return { isValid, errors, tags };
+  return { isValid, errors, tags, metadata };
 }
 
 function aggregateValidationErrors(tags: Record<string, string>) {