diff --git a/app/__test__/api/MediaApi.spec.ts b/app/__test__/api/MediaApi.spec.ts
index fffca386..95cac8e9 100644
--- a/app/__test__/api/MediaApi.spec.ts
+++ b/app/__test__/api/MediaApi.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /// <reference types="@types/bun" />
 import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
 import { Hono } from "hono";
-import { getFileFromContext, isFile, isReadableStream } from "../../src/core/utils";
-import { MediaApi } from "../../src/media/api/MediaApi";
+import { getFileFromContext, isFile, isReadableStream } from "core/utils";
+import { MediaApi } from "media/api/MediaApi";
 import { assetsPath, assetsTmpPath } from "../helper";
 
 const mockedBackend = new Hono()
@@ -121,8 +121,12 @@ describe("MediaApi", () => {
    });
 
    it("should upload file in various ways", async () => {
-      // @ts-ignore tests
-      const api = new MediaApi({}, mockedBackend.request);
+      const api = new MediaApi(
+         {
+            upload_fetcher: mockedBackend.request,
+         },
+         mockedBackend.request,
+      );
       const file = Bun.file(`${assetsPath}/image.png`);
 
       async function matches(req: Promise<any>, filename: string) {
diff --git a/app/src/Api.ts b/app/src/Api.ts
index 1c26cbca..3b356f69 100644
--- a/app/src/Api.ts
+++ b/app/src/Api.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ import { omitKeys } from "core/utils";
 
 export type TApiUser = SafeUser;
 
+export type ApiFetcher = (
+   input: RequestInfo | URL,
+   init?: RequestInit,
+) => Response | Promise<Response>;
+
 declare global {
    interface Window {
       __BKND__: {
@@ -21,7 +26,7 @@ export type ApiOptions = {
    headers?: Headers;
    key?: string;
    localStorage?: boolean;
-   fetcher?: typeof fetch;
+   fetcher?: ApiFetcher;
    verbose?: boolean;
    verified?: boolean;
 } & (
diff --git a/app/src/media/api/MediaApi.ts b/app/src/media/api/MediaApi.ts
index 2b2eaea8..ceff6a4c 100644
--- a/app/src/media/api/MediaApi.ts
+++ b/app/src/media/api/MediaApi.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ import {
    type TInput,
 } from "modules/ModuleApi";
 import type { FileWithPath } from "ui/elements/media/file-selector";
+import type { ApiFetcher } from "Api";
 
-export type MediaApiOptions = BaseModuleApiOptions & {};
+export type MediaApiOptions = BaseModuleApiOptions & {
+   upload_fetcher: ApiFetcher;
+};
 
 export class MediaApi extends ModuleApi<MediaApiOptions> {
    protected override getDefaultOptions(): Partial<MediaApiOptions> {
       return {
          basepath: "/api/media",
+         upload_fetcher: fetch,
       };
    }
 
@@ -109,10 +113,12 @@ export class MediaApi extends ModuleApi<MediaApiOptions> {
          filename?: string;
          _init?: Omit<RequestInit, "body">;
          path?: TInput;
+         fetcher?: ApiFetcher;
       } = {},
    ) {
       if (item instanceof Request || typeof item === "string") {
-         const res = await this.fetcher(item);
+         const fetcher = opts.fetcher ?? this.options.upload_fetcher;
+         const res = await fetcher(item);
          if (!res.ok || !res.body) {
             throw new Error("Failed to fetch file");
          }
@@ -143,6 +149,7 @@ export class MediaApi extends ModuleApi<MediaApiOptions> {
       item: Request | Response | string | File | ReadableStream,
       opts?: {
          _init?: Omit<RequestInit, "body">;
+         fetcher?: typeof fetch;
       },
    ) {
       return this.upload(item, {
diff --git a/app/src/modules/ModuleApi.ts b/app/src/modules/ModuleApi.ts
index b4c3eec0..ebb64036 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/ModuleApi.ts
+++ b/app/src/modules/ModuleApi.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { $console, type PrimaryFieldType } from "core";
 import { isDebug } from "core/env";
 import { encodeSearch } from "core/utils/reqres";
+import type { ApiFetcher } from "Api";
 
 export type { PrimaryFieldType };
 export type BaseModuleApiOptions = {
@@ -24,11 +25,11 @@ export type ApiResponse<Data = any> = {
 export type TInput = string | (string | number | PrimaryFieldType)[];
 
 export abstract class ModuleApi<Options extends BaseModuleApiOptions = BaseModuleApiOptions> {
-   protected fetcher: typeof fetch;
+   protected fetcher: ApiFetcher;
 
    constructor(
       protected readonly _options: Partial<Options> = {},
-      fetcher?: typeof fetch,
+      fetcher?: ApiFetcher,
    ) {
       this.fetcher = fetcher ?? fetch;
    }
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ export class FetchPromise<T = ApiResponse<any>> implements Promise<T> {
    constructor(
       public request: Request,
       protected options?: {
-         fetcher?: typeof fetch;
+         fetcher?: ApiFetcher;
          verbose?: boolean;
       },
       // keep "any" here, it gets inferred correctly with the "refine" fn