diff --git a/app/Helpers/Mail/GmailTransport.php b/app/Helpers/Mail/GmailTransport.php
index 81182b44d27d..9473f6c106a8 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/Mail/GmailTransport.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/Mail/GmailTransport.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Helpers\Mail;
 
+use App\Utils\TempFile;
 use Dacastro4\LaravelGmail\Services\Message\Mail;
 use Illuminate\Mail\Transport\Transport;
 use Swift_Mime_SimpleMessage;
@@ -64,8 +65,11 @@ class GmailTransport extends Transport
             nlog("trying to attach");
             nlog($child->getContentType());
             
-            if($child->getContentType() != 'text/plain')
-                $this->gmail->attach($child);
+            if($child->getContentType() != 'text/plain'){
+
+                $this->gmail->attach(TempFile::filePath($child));
+                
+            }
 
 
         } //todo this should 'just work'
diff --git a/app/Utils/TempFile.php b/app/Utils/TempFile.php
index 1907e49d10c7..97e71ecf01fc 100644
--- a/app/Utils/TempFile.php
+++ b/app/Utils/TempFile.php
@@ -20,4 +20,16 @@ class TempFile
 
         return $temp_path;
     }
+
+    /* Downloads a file to temp storage and returns the path - used for mailers */
+    public static function filePath($data) :string
+    {
+
+        $file_path = sys_get_temp_dir().'/'.sha1(microtime());
+
+        file_put_contents($file_path, $data);
+
+        return $file_path;
+
+    }
 }