diff --git a/bin/restore-mastodon-data.js b/bin/restore-mastodon-data.js
index b0be5d3..b6c1ad0 100644
--- a/bin/restore-mastodon-data.js
+++ b/bin/restore-mastodon-data.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { actions } from './mastodon-data'
 import { users } from '../tests/users'
 import { pinStatus, postStatus } from '../routes/_api/statuses'
-import { uploadMedia } from '../routes/_api/media'
 import { followAccount } from '../routes/_api/follow'
 import { favoriteStatus } from '../routes/_api/favorite'
 import { reblogStatus } from '../routes/_api/reblog'
@@ -9,16 +8,39 @@ import fetch from 'node-fetch'
 import FileApi from 'file-api'
 import path from 'path'
 import fs from 'fs'
-import pify from 'pify'
-
-const readFile = pify(fs.readFile.bind(fs))
+import FormData from 'form-data'
+import { auth } from '../routes/_api/utils'
 
 global.File = FileApi.File
 global.FormData = FileApi.FormData
 global.fetch = fetch
 
+async function submitMedia(accessToken, filename, alt) {
+  let form = new FormData()
+  form.append('file', fs.createReadStream(path.join(__dirname, '../tests/images/' + filename)))
+  form.append('description', alt)
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    form.submit({
+      host: 'localhost',
+      port: 3000,
+      path: '/api/v1/media',
+      headers: auth(accessToken)
+    }, (err, res) => {
+      if (err) {
+        return reject(err)
+      }
+      let data = ''
+
+      res.on('data', chunk => {
+        data += chunk
+      })
+
+      res.on('end', () => resolve(JSON.parse(data)))
+    })
+  })
+}
+
 export async function restoreMastodonData () {
-  debugger
   console.log('Restoring mastodon data...')
   let internalIdsToIds = {}
   for (let action of actions) {
@@ -30,14 +52,7 @@ export async function restoreMastodonData () {
         inReplyTo = internalIdsToIds[inReplyTo]
       }
       let mediaIds = media && await Promise.all(media.map(async mediaItem => {
-        let type = mediaItem.endsWith('gif') ? 'image/gif'
-          : mediaItem.endsWith('jpg') ? 'image/jpg' : 'video/mp4'
-        let file = new File({
-          name: mediaItem,
-          type: type,
-          buffer: await readFile(path.join(__dirname, '../tests/images/' + mediaItem))
-        })
-        let mediaResponse = await uploadMedia('localhost:3000', accessToken, file, 'kitten')
+        let mediaResponse = await submitMedia(accessToken, mediaItem, 'kitten')
         return mediaResponse.id
       }))
       let status = await postStatus('localhost:3000', accessToken, text, inReplyTo, mediaIds,
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 03b0197..1836f76 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3526,13 +3526,23 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-+8cfDEGt6zf5bFd60e1C2P2sypE="
     },
     "form-data": {
-      "version": "2.1.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/form-data/-/form-data-2.1.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-M8GDrPGTJ27KqYFDpp6Uv+4XUNE=",
+      "version": "2.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/form-data/-/form-data-2.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-SXBJi+YEwgwAXU9cI67NIda0kJk=",
       "requires": {
         "asynckit": "0.4.0",
-        "combined-stream": "1.0.5",
+        "combined-stream": "1.0.6",
         "mime-types": "2.1.17"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "combined-stream": {
+          "version": "1.0.6",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/combined-stream/-/combined-stream-1.0.6.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-cj599ugBrFYTETp+RFqbactjKBg=",
+          "requires": {
+            "delayed-stream": "1.0.0"
+          }
+        }
       }
     },
     "formdata": {
@@ -7943,6 +7953,16 @@
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/extend/-/extend-3.0.1.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha1-p1Xqe8Gt/MWjHOfnYtuq3F5jZEQ="
         },
+        "form-data": {
+          "version": "2.1.4",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/form-data/-/form-data-2.1.4.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-M8GDrPGTJ27KqYFDpp6Uv+4XUNE=",
+          "requires": {
+            "asynckit": "0.4.0",
+            "combined-stream": "1.0.5",
+            "mime-types": "2.1.17"
+          }
+        },
         "qs": {
           "version": "6.3.2",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-6.3.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3fb8237..5aa17e6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "fg-loadcss": "^2.0.1",
     "file-api": "^0.10.4",
     "font-awesome-svg-png": "^1.2.2",
+    "form-data": "^2.3.2",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
     "idb-keyval": "^2.3.0",
     "indexeddb-getall-shim": "^1.3.1",