diff --git a/Example/example.ts b/Example/example.ts
index 1cabf8bc..5a23f76e 100644
--- a/Example/example.ts
+++ b/Example/example.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ async function example() {
                 console.log(`${sender} sent live location for duration: ${m.duration/60}`)
             }
         } else {
-            // if it is a media (audio, image, video) message
+            // if it is a media (audio, image, video, sticker) message
             // decode, decrypt & save the media.
             // The extension to the is applied automatically based on the media type
             try {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ async function example() {
                 type = MessageType.video
             }
             const response = await conn.sendMessage(m.key.remoteJid, content, type, options)
-            console.log("sent message with ID '" + response.key.id + "' successfully: " + (response.status === 200))
+            console.log("sent message with ID '" + response.key.id + "' successfully")
         }, 3 * 1000)
     })
 
diff --git a/Media/octopus.webp b/Media/octopus.webp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddb9ac0a
Binary files /dev/null and b/Media/octopus.webp differ
diff --git a/src/Tests/Tests.Messages.ts b/src/Tests/Tests.Messages.ts
index 3c0c0087..d180ece1 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Tests.Messages.ts
+++ b/src/Tests/Tests.Messages.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ WAConnectionTest('Messages', conn => {
         await conn.downloadMediaMessage(message)
         //const message2 = await sendAndRetreiveMessage (conn, 'this is a quote', MessageType.extendedText)
     })
+    it('should send a sticker', async () => {
+        const content = await fs.readFile('./Media/octopus.webp')
+        const message = await sendAndRetreiveMessage(conn, content, MessageType.sticker)
+        
+        await conn.downloadMediaMessage(message)
+        //const message2 = await sendAndRetreiveMessage (conn, 'this is a quote', MessageType.extendedText)
+    })
     it('should send an image & quote', async () => {
         const {messages} = await conn.loadMessages(testJid, 1)
         const content = await fs.readFile('./Media/meme.jpeg')
diff --git a/src/WAConnection/Utils.ts b/src/WAConnection/Utils.ts
index 9281857b..b77c81a3 100644
--- a/src/WAConnection/Utils.ts
+++ b/src/WAConnection/Utils.ts
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ export async function generateThumbnail(buffer: Buffer, mediaType: MessageType,
         if (mediaType === MessageType.audio) {
             throw new Error('audio messages cannot have thumbnails')
         }
-    } else if (mediaType === MessageType.image || mediaType === MessageType.sticker) {
+    } else if (mediaType === MessageType.image) {
         const buff = await compressImage (buffer)
         info.thumbnail = buff.toString('base64')
     } else if (mediaType === MessageType.video) {