diff --git a/src/api/client/media.rs b/src/api/client/media.rs
index 7ae22a27..f30a7966 100644
--- a/src/api/client/media.rs
+++ b/src/api/client/media.rs
@@ -183,12 +183,27 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_content_as_filename_route(
 		media_id: &body.media_id,
 	};
 
-	let Ok(FileMeta {
+	let FileMeta {
 		content,
 		content_type,
 		content_disposition,
-	}) = fetch_file(&services, &mxc, user, body.timeout_ms, None).await else {
-		return Err!(Request(NotFound("Media not found.")));
+	} = match fetch_file(&services, &mxc, user, body.timeout_ms, None).await {
+		Ok(meta) => meta,
+		Err(e) => {
+			match e {
+				conduwuit::Error::Io(e) => {
+					match e.kind() {
+						std::io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied =>
+							// to not leak that a file exists
+							return Err!(Request(NotFound("Media not found."))),
+						std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound =>
+							return Err!(Request(NotFound("Media not found."))),
+						_ => return Err!(Request(Unknown("Unknown error when fetching file."))),
+					}
+				},
+				_ => return Err!(Request(Unknown("Unknown error when fetching file."))),
+			}
+		}
 	};
 
 	Ok(get_content_as_filename::v1::Response {