1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/download_resource.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/download_resource.py
index 39a286b83c..6879249c8a 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/download_resource.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/download_resource.py
@@ -73,7 +73,12 @@ class DownloadResource(Resource):
         media_type = media_info["media_type"]
         media_length = media_info["media_length"]
         upload_name = name if name else media_info["upload_name"]
-        file_path = self.filepaths.local_media_filepath(media_id)
+        if media_info["url_cache"]:
+            # TODO: Check the file still exists, if it doesn't we can redownload
+            # it from the url `media_info["url_cache"]`
+            file_path = self.filepaths.url_cache_filepath(media_id)
+        else:
+            file_path = self.filepaths.local_media_filepath(media_id)
 
         yield respond_with_file(
             request, media_type, file_path, media_length,