diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ee44a96..58c62cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 .idea
 target
+*.map
+*.tgz
+
diff --git a/dist/index.html b/dist/index.html
index ab4779d..8b989c6 100644
--- a/dist/index.html
+++ b/dist/index.html
@@ -20,106 +20,234 @@
 <noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run the Converse.js chat app.</noscript>
 <div id="conversejs-bg"></div>
 <script>
-    // access the pre-bundled global API functions
-    const { invoke } = window.__TAURI__.tauri;
-    const { getClient, ResponseType } = window.__TAURI__.http;
-    const tauriFetch = window.__TAURI__.http.fetch;
+// access the pre-bundled global API functions
+const { invoke } = window.__TAURI__.tauri;
+const { getClient, ResponseType, Body } = window.__TAURI__.http;
+const tauriFetch = window.__TAURI__.http.fetch;
 
-    const realFetch = window.fetch;
+const realFetch = window.fetch;
 
-    // this is clearly not a complete fetch implementation
-    // but it's enough for the omemo downloadFile() function...
-    window.fetch = async function(url) {
-        console.log("fetching url: " + url);
+// this is clearly not a complete fetch implementation
+// but it's enough for the omemo downloadFile() function...
+window.fetch = async function (url) {
+    console.log("fetching url: " + url);
 
-        const client = await getClient();
-        let response = await await client.get(
-        url, {
-            timeout: 30,
-            responseType: ResponseType.Binary
-        });
-
-        let data = new Uint8Array(response.data).buffer;
-
-        response.arrayBuffer = async function() {
-            return data;
-        };
-
-        return response;
-    };
-
-    function addCredentials (login, password) {
-        localStorage.setItem('login', login);
-        localStorage.setItem('password', password);
-    }
-
-    function getCredentials () {
-        const credentials = {}
-        credentials.login = localStorage.getItem('login') || '';
-        if (credentials.login) {
-            credentials.password = localStorage.getItem('password');
-        }
-
-        return credentials;
-    }
-
-    function removeCredentials () {
-        localStorage.removeItem('login');
-        localStorage.removeItem('password');
-    }
-
-    converse.plugins.add('converse-desktop-credentials', {
-        initialize () {
-            console.log("converse-desktop-credentials - initialize");
-
-            const { _converse } = this;
-            const { api } = _converse;
-
-            api.listen.on('afterResourceBinding', () => {
-                console.log("converse-desktop-credentials - afterResourceBinding");
-                if (_converse.connection.pass) {
-                    addCredentials(
-                        _converse.bare_jid,
-                        _converse.connection.pass
-                    );
-                }
-            });
-
-            api.listen.on('logout', () => {
-                console.log("converse-desktop-credentials - logout");
-                removeCredentials();
-            });
-        }
+    const client = await getClient();
+    let response = await await client.get(url, {
+        timeout: 30,
+        responseType: ResponseType.Binary,
     });
 
-    const { login, password } = getCredentials();
-    console.log('login: ' + login);
+    let data = new Uint8Array(response.data).buffer;
 
-    invoke('proxy_port').then((port) => {
-        console.log('proxy_port: ' + port);
+    response.arrayBuffer = async function () {
+        return data;
+    };
 
-        converse.initialize({
-            auto_login: login && password,
-            jid: login,
-            password: password,
-            authentication: 'login',
-            auto_away: 300,
-            auto_reconnect: true,
-            websocket_url: 'ws://127.0.0.1:' + port + '/xmpp-websocket/',
-            assets_path: './dist/',
-            discover_connection_methods: false,
-            message_archiving: 'always',
-            play_sounds: false,
-            view_mode: 'fullscreen',
-            //loglevel: 'debug',
-            muc_respect_autojoin: true,
-            muc_show_logs_before_join: true,
-            whitelisted_plugins: ['converse-desktop-credentials']
-        }).catch((reason) => {
-            document.body.innerText = "error starting converse: " + reason;
-            console.log(document.body.innerText);
+    return response;
+};
+
+// this is clearly not a complete XMLHttpRequest implementation
+// but it's enough for http upload and gif download
+const realXMLHttpRequest = window.XMLHttpRequest;
+
+function fXMLHttpRequest() {
+    //this._xhr = new realXMLHttpRequest();
+    this.upload = {};
+    this.upload.addEventListener = function (type, listener, useCapture) {
+        console.log("fake XMLHttpRequest.upload.addEventListener()");
+    };
+}
+
+// Constructor
+function cXMLHttpRequest() {
+    return new fXMLHttpRequest();
+}
+
+cXMLHttpRequest.prototype = fXMLHttpRequest.prototype;
+
+cXMLHttpRequest.DONE = 4;
+
+cXMLHttpRequest.prototype.open = function (sMethod, sUrl, bAsync, sUser, sPassword) {
+    this._method = sMethod;
+    this._url = sUrl;
+    this._async = bAsync;
+    // Delete headers, required when object is reused
+    delete this._headers;
+};
+
+cXMLHttpRequest.prototype.setRequestHeader = function (sName, sValue) {
+    if (!this._headers) {
+        this._headers = {};
+    }
+
+    this._headers[sName] = sValue;
+};
+
+cXMLHttpRequest.prototype.overrideMimeType = function (mimeType) {
+    this._mimeType = mimeType;
+};
+
+cXMLHttpRequest.prototype.send = function (vData) {
+    const realThis = this;
+    /*
+    const xhr = new realXMLHttpRequest();
+    //xhr.onreadystatechange = this.onreadystatechange;
+    xhr.onreadystatechange = async () => {
+        if (xhr.readyState === XMLHttpRequest.DONE) {
+            realThis.status = xhr.status;
+            realThis.readyState = xhr.readyState;
+            realThis.responseText = xhr.responseText;
+            realThis.response = xhr.response;
+
+            //console.log("xhr status: " + realThis.status}`);
+
+            console.log(`xhr status: ${realThis.status}`);
+            console.log(`xhr readyState: ${realThis.readyState}`);
+            console.log(`xhr responseText: ${realThis.responseText}`);
+            console.log(`xhr response: ${realThis.response}`);
+
+            if (realThis.onreadystatechange !== undefined) {
+                realThis.onreadystatechange();
+            }
+            if (realThis.onload !== undefined) {
+                realThis.onload();
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    console.log(`open(${this._method}, ${this._url}, ${this._async})`);
+    xhr.open(this._method, this._url, this._async);
+    if (this._mimeType !== undefined) {
+        console.log(`overrideMimeType(${this._mimeType})`);
+        xhr.overrideMimeType(this._mimeType);
+    }
+    for (const key in realThis._headers) {
+        console.log(`setRequestHeader(${key}: ${realThis._headers[key]})`);
+        xhr.setRequestHeader(key, realThis._headers[key]);
+    }
+    console.log(`send(${vData})`);
+    xhr.send(vData);
+    */
+
+    (async function () {
+        let response = null;
+
+        if (realThis._method == "PUT") {
+            const filePromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+                const reader = new FileReader();
+                reader.onload = function (e) {
+                    resolve(reader.result);
+                };
+                reader.readAsArrayBuffer(vData);
+            });
+
+            let buffer = await filePromise;
+
+            const client = await getClient();
+            response = await await client.put(realThis._url, Body.bytes(buffer), {
+                timeout: 30,
+                responseType: ResponseType.Text,
+                headers: realThis._headers,
+            });
+        } else if (realThis._method == "GET") {
+            const client = await getClient();
+            response = await await client.get(realThis._url, {
+                timeout: 30,
+                responseType: ResponseType.Text,
+                headers: realThis._headers,
+            });
+        }
+
+        realThis.status = response.status;
+        realThis.readyState = XMLHttpRequest.DONE;
+        realThis.responseText = response.data;
+        realThis.response = response.data;
+
+        if (realThis.onreadystatechange !== undefined) {
+            realThis.onreadystatechange();
+        }
+        if (realThis.onload !== undefined) {
+            realThis.onload();
+        }
+    })();
+};
+
+window.XMLHttpRequest = cXMLHttpRequest;
+
+function addCredentials(login, password) {
+    localStorage.setItem("login", login);
+    localStorage.setItem("password", password);
+}
+
+function getCredentials() {
+    const credentials = {};
+    credentials.login = localStorage.getItem("login") || "";
+    if (credentials.login) {
+        credentials.password = localStorage.getItem("password");
+    }
+
+    return credentials;
+}
+
+function removeCredentials() {
+    localStorage.removeItem("login");
+    localStorage.removeItem("password");
+}
+
+converse.plugins.add("converse-desktop-credentials", {
+    initialize() {
+        console.log("converse-desktop-credentials - initialize");
+
+        const { _converse } = this;
+        const { api } = _converse;
+
+        api.listen.on("afterResourceBinding", () => {
+            console.log("converse-desktop-credentials - afterResourceBinding");
+            if (_converse.connection.pass) {
+                addCredentials(_converse.bare_jid, _converse.connection.pass);
+            }
         });
-    }).catch((reason) => {
+
+        api.listen.on("logout", () => {
+            console.log("converse-desktop-credentials - logout");
+            removeCredentials();
+        });
+    },
+});
+
+const { login, password } = getCredentials();
+console.log("login: " + login);
+
+invoke("proxy_port")
+    .then((port) => {
+        console.log("proxy_port: " + port);
+
+        converse
+            .initialize({
+                auto_login: login && password,
+                jid: login,
+                password: password,
+                authentication: "login",
+                auto_away: 300,
+                auto_reconnect: true,
+                //websocket_url: 'ws://127.0.0.1:' + port + '/xmpp-websocket/',
+                websocket_url: "wss://burtrum.org/xmpp-websocket/",
+                assets_path: "./dist/",
+                discover_connection_methods: false,
+                message_archiving: "always",
+                play_sounds: false,
+                view_mode: "fullscreen",
+                //loglevel: 'debug',
+                muc_respect_autojoin: true,
+                muc_show_logs_before_join: true,
+                whitelisted_plugins: ["converse-desktop-credentials"],
+            })
+            .catch((reason) => {
+                document.body.innerText = "error starting converse: " + reason;
+                console.log(document.body.innerText);
+            });
+    })
+    .catch((reason) => {
         document.body.innerText = "error starting proxy: " + reason;
         console.log(document.body.innerText);
     });