diff --git a/lib/services/sydney_service.dart b/lib/services/sydney_service.dart
index 9451b0a..47292cf 100644
--- a/lib/services/sydney_service.dart
+++ b/lib/services/sydney_service.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import 'dart:convert';
+import 'package:image/image.dart' as img;
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 import 'package:get/get.dart';
 import 'package:get_storage/get_storage.dart';
@@ -81,7 +82,15 @@ class SydneyService extends GetConnect {
         (event) => MessageEvent(event.type, jsonDecode(event.content)));
   }
 
-  Future<String> uploadImage(Uint8List image) async {
+  Future<String> uploadImage(Uint8List bytes) async {
+    final processImage = img.Command()
+      ..decodeImage(bytes)
+      ..encodeJpg(quality: 90);
+
+    final imageResult = await processImage.executeThread();
+
+    final image = imageResult.outputBytes;
+
     final form = FormData({
       "cookies": cookies.value,
       "file": MultipartFile(image, filename: "image.png")
@@ -90,6 +99,10 @@ class SydneyService extends GetConnect {
     final resp =
         await post(_uploadImageUrl!.toString(), form, headers: _authHeaders);
 
+    if (resp.statusCode != 200) {
+      throw Exception("Failed to upload image: ${resp.statusCode}");
+    }
+
     return resp.bodyString!;
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/widgets/image_upload_dialog.dart b/lib/widgets/image_upload_dialog.dart
index 2b670fe..4eebcd4 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/image_upload_dialog.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/image_upload_dialog.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'package:file_picker/file_picker.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:get/get.dart';
+import 'package:pasteboard/pasteboard.dart';
 import 'package:sydney_webui/controller.dart';
 
 class ImageUploadDialog extends StatelessWidget {
@@ -20,17 +21,40 @@ class ImageUploadDialog extends StatelessWidget {
       imageUrl.value = textEditController.text;
     });
 
-    void uploadImage() async {
+    void pickAndUploadImage() async {
       isUploading.value = true;
 
-      final file = await FilePicker.platform.pickFiles(type: FileType.image);
-      if (file == null) {
+      try {
+        final result =
+            await FilePicker.platform.pickFiles(type: FileType.image);
+
+        if (result == null) {
+          isUploading.value = false;
+          return;
+        }
+
+        textEditController.text = await controller.sydneyService
+            .uploadImage(result.files.first.bytes!);
+      } catch (e) {
+        Get.snackbar('Error occurred', 'Failed to upload image: $e');
+      } finally {
         isUploading.value = false;
-        return;
       }
+    }
+
+    void pasteAndUploadImage() async {
+      isUploading.value = true;
+
       try {
+        final image = await Pasteboard.image;
+
+        if (image == null) {
+          isUploading.value = false;
+          return;
+        }
+
         textEditController.text =
-            await controller.sydneyService.uploadImage(file.files.first.bytes!);
+            await controller.sydneyService.uploadImage(image);
       } catch (e) {
         Get.snackbar('Error occurred', 'Failed to upload image: $e');
       } finally {
@@ -63,7 +87,26 @@ class ImageUploadDialog extends StatelessWidget {
                     )),
                 const SizedBox(width: 8),
                 ElevatedButton(
-                  onPressed: uploadImage,
+                  onPressed: pasteAndUploadImage,
+                  child: Row(
+                    mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+                    children: [
+                      Obx(
+                        () => isUploading.value
+                            ? const SizedBox(
+                                height: 20,
+                                width: 20,
+                                child: CircularProgressIndicator())
+                            : const Icon(Icons.paste),
+                      ),
+                      const SizedBox(width: 8),
+                      const Text('Paste Image')
+                    ],
+                  ),
+                ),
+                const SizedBox(width: 8),
+                ElevatedButton(
+                  onPressed: pickAndUploadImage,
                   child: Row(
                     mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
                     children: [
@@ -76,7 +119,7 @@ class ImageUploadDialog extends StatelessWidget {
                             : const Icon(Icons.upload_file),
                       ),
                       const SizedBox(width: 8),
-                      const Text('Upload Image')
+                      const Text('Pick Image')
                     ],
                   ),
                 ),
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 2085d06..ef990d0 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # Generated by pub
 # See https://dart.dev/tools/pub/glossary#lockfile
 packages:
+  archive:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: archive
+      sha256: "7b875fd4a20b165a3084bd2d210439b22ebc653f21cea4842729c0c30c82596b"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.4.9"
   args:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -49,6 +57,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.18.0"
+  convert:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: convert
+      sha256: "0f08b14755d163f6e2134cb58222dd25ea2a2ee8a195e53983d57c075324d592"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.1.1"
   crypto:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -176,6 +192,22 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "4.0.2"
+  image:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: image
+      sha256: "028f61960d56f26414eb616b48b04eb37d700cbe477b7fb09bf1d7ce57fd9271"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "4.1.3"
+  js:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: js
+      sha256: f2c445dce49627136094980615a031419f7f3eb393237e4ecd97ac15dea343f3
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.6.7"
   lints:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -216,6 +248,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.10.0"
+  pasteboard:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: pasteboard
+      sha256: "1c8b6a8b3f1d12e55d4e9404433cda1b4abe66db6b17bc2d2fb5965772c04674"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.2.0"
   path:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -272,6 +312,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.2.1"
+  petitparser:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: petitparser
+      sha256: c15605cd28af66339f8eb6fbe0e541bfe2d1b72d5825efc6598f3e0a31b9ad27
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "6.0.2"
   platform:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -288,6 +336,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.1.7"
+  pointycastle:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: pointycastle
+      sha256: "7c1e5f0d23c9016c5bbd8b1473d0d3fb3fc851b876046039509e18e0c7485f2c"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.7.3"
   sky_engine:
     dependency: transitive
     description: flutter
@@ -381,6 +437,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.0.3"
+  xml:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: xml
+      sha256: b015a8ad1c488f66851d762d3090a21c600e479dc75e68328c52774040cf9226
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "6.5.0"
 sdks:
   dart: ">=3.2.3 <4.0.0"
   flutter: ">=3.13.0"
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 20a64b2..c364ba9 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ dependencies:
     google_fonts:
     markdown:
     flutter_highlighter:
+    pasteboard:
+    image:
 
 dev_dependencies:
     flutter_test: