diff --git a/packages/client/src/client.ts b/packages/client/src/client.ts
index 43b0fccd..87553c41 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/client.ts
@@ -1587,6 +1587,7 @@ export interface TelegramClient extends BaseTelegramClient {
         params: {
             parseMode?: string | null
             progressCallback?: (uploaded: number, total: number) => void
+            uploadPeer?: tl.TypeInputPeer
         },
         uploadMedia?: boolean
     ): Promise<tl.TypeInputMedia>
diff --git a/packages/client/src/methods/files/normalize-input-media.ts b/packages/client/src/methods/files/normalize-input-media.ts
index 1bfeb2dd..767f4919 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/methods/files/normalize-input-media.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/methods/files/normalize-input-media.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export async function _normalizeInputMedia(
     params: {
         parseMode?: string | null
         progressCallback?: (uploaded: number, total: number) => void
+        uploadPeer?: tl.TypeInputPeer
     },
     uploadMedia = false
 ): Promise<tl.TypeInputMedia> {
@@ -216,6 +217,8 @@ export async function _normalizeInputMedia(
         mime = uploaded.mime
     }
 
+    const uploadPeer = params.uploadPeer ?? { _: 'inputPeerSelf' }
+
     const uploadMediaIfNeeded = async (
         inputMedia: tl.TypeInputMedia,
         photo: boolean
@@ -224,7 +227,7 @@ export async function _normalizeInputMedia(
 
         const res = await this.call({
             _: 'messages.uploadMedia',
-            peer: { _: 'inputPeerSelf' },
+            peer: uploadPeer,
             media: inputMedia,
         })
 
diff --git a/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-media-group.ts b/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-media-group.ts
index b5f9cdaf..2535524a 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-media-group.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/methods/messages/send-media-group.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@ export async function sendMediaGroup(
 
         const inputMedia = await this._normalizeInputMedia(media, {
             progressCallback: params.progressCallback?.bind(null, i),
-        })
+            // i have no fucking clue why we should upload it manually,
+            // but otherwise Telegram throws MEDIA_INVALID
+            // fuck my life
+            uploadPeer: peer
+        }, true)
 
         const [message, entities] = await this._parseEntities(
             // some types dont have `caption` field, and ts warns us,