diff --git a/src/ContentMessages.js b/src/ContentMessages.js
index a173a9f727..47ad87a8d7 100644
--- a/src/ContentMessages.js
+++ b/src/ContentMessages.js
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ class ContentMessages {
         this.nextId = 0;
     }
 
-    sendURLContentToRoom(url, roomId, info, text, matrixClient) {
-      return MatrixClientPeg.get().sendImageMessage(roomId, url, info, text).catch((e) => {
+    sendStickerContentToRoom(url, roomId, info, text, matrixClient) {
+      return MatrixClientPeg.get().sendStickerMessage(roomId, url, info, text).catch((e) => {
         console.warn(`Failed to send content with URL ${url} to room ${roomId}`, e);
       });
     }
diff --git a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
index 7980e100ba..60987fe26e 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             return;
         }
 
-        ContentMessages.sendURLContentToRoom(url, this.state.room.roomId, info, text, MatrixClientPeg.get())
+        ContentMessages.sendStickerContentToRoom(url, this.state.room.roomId, info, text, MatrixClientPeg.get())
           .done(undefined, (error) => {
               if (error.name === "UnknownDeviceError") {
                   // Let the staus bar handle this