diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index a1ecece..edf04c1 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -287,17 +287,18 @@ async def steal_media(url: str, name: str):
         f.write(f"[{now_str()}] saved media: {name}\n")
 
 async def steal_attachments(message):
-    #steal images and gifs and stuff (always do this regardless of what else fires)
+    #steal gifs only (always do this regardless of what else fires)
     media = [
         (a.url, f"{a.id}_{Path(a.filename).name}") for a in message.attachments
-        if a.content_type and a.content_type.startswith(("image/", "video/")) and a.size <= MEDIA_SAVE_MAX_BYTES
+        if a.content_type and a.content_type.split(";")[0].strip().lower() == "image/gif" and a.size <= MEDIA_SAVE_MAX_BYTES
     ]
 
     for embed in message.embeds:
+        #tenor/klipy links come as gifv embeds with an mp4 in embed.video direct gif links are plain image embeds 
         for part in (embed.image, embed.video):
             if part and part.url:
-                ext = Path(urlparse(part.url).path).suffix  # no extension, no preview on discord, not worth keeping
-                if ext:
+                ext = Path(urlparse(part.url).path).suffix  # no extension no preview on discord not worth keeping
+                if ext and (embed.type == "gifv" or ext.lower() == ".gif"): 
                     media.append((part.url, hashlib.sha1(part.url.encode()).hexdigest()[:16] + ext))
 
     for url, name in media: