diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
index 777c7429e2..1f9c9dcf87 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ def render("card.json", _), do: nil
 
   def render("attachment.json", %{attachment: attachment}) do
     [attachment_url | _] = attachment["url"]
+    attachment_type = attachment["type"]
     media_type = attachment_url["mediaType"] || attachment_url["mimeType"] || "image"
     href_remote = attachment_url["href"]
     href = href_remote |> MediaProxy.url()
@@ -625,6 +626,7 @@ def render("attachment.json", %{attachment: attachment}) do
         String.contains?(media_type, "image") -> "image"
         String.contains?(media_type, "video") -> "video"
         String.contains?(media_type, "audio") -> "audio"
+        attachment_type in ~w[Audio Image Video] -> attachment_type |> String.downcase()
         true -> "unknown"
       end