diff --git a/actions/attachment.php b/actions/attachment.php
index fb85a50d07..0e5c69d1a2 100644
--- a/actions/attachment.php
+++ b/actions/attachment.php
@@ -132,4 +132,25 @@ class AttachmentAction extends ManagedAction
         $ns = new AttachmentNoticeSection($this);
         $ns->show();
     }
+
+    public function sendFile(string $filepath) {
+        if (common_config('site', 'use_x_sendfile')) {
+            header('X-Sendfile: ' . $filepath);
+        } else {
+            $filesize = $this->attachment->size;
+            // 'if available', it says, so ensure we have it
+            if (empty($filesize)) {
+                $filesize = filesize($filepath);
+            }
+            header("Content-Length: {$filesize}");
+            // header('Cache-Control: private, no-transform, no-store, must-revalidate');
+
+            $ret = @readfile($filepath);
+
+            if ($ret === false || $ret !== $filesize) {
+                common_log(LOG_ERR, "The lengths of the file as recorded on the DB (or on disk) for the file " .
+                           "{$filepath}, with id={$this->attachment->id} differ from what was sent to the user.");
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/actions/attachment_download.php b/actions/attachment_download.php
index e9a1667a5a..35c0ecb5d5 100644
--- a/actions/attachment_download.php
+++ b/actions/attachment_download.php
@@ -30,19 +30,7 @@ class Attachment_downloadAction extends AttachmentAction
         header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"{$filename}\"");
         header('Expires: 0');
         header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary'); // FIXME? Can this be different?
-        $filesize = $this->attachment->size;
-        // 'if available', it says, so ensure we have it
-        if (empty($filesize)) {
-            $filesize = filesize($this->attachment->filename);
-        }
-        header("Content-Length: {$filesize}");
-        // header('Cache-Control: private, no-transform, no-store, must-revalidate');
 
-        $ret = @readfile($filepath);
-
-        if ($ret === false || $ret !== $filesize) {
-            common_log(LOG_ERR, "The lengths of the file as recorded on the DB (or on disk) for the file " .
-                       "{$filepath}, with id={$this->attachment->id} differ from what was sent to the user.");
-        }
+        $this->sendFile($filepath);
     }
 }
diff --git a/actions/attachment_view.php b/actions/attachment_view.php
index 6a3b7df9f5..d6a7c1c50d 100644
--- a/actions/attachment_view.php
+++ b/actions/attachment_view.php
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
 if (!defined('GNUSOCIAL')) { exit(1); }
 
 /**
- * Download notice attachment
+ * View notice attachment
  *
- * @category Personal
  * @package  GNUsocial
- * @author   Mikael Nordfeldth <mmn@hethane.se>
+ * @author   Miguel Dantas <biodantasgs@gmail.com>
  * @license  https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
- * @link     https:/gnu.io/social
  */
 class Attachment_viewAction extends AttachmentAction
 {
@@ -33,20 +31,8 @@ class Attachment_viewAction extends AttachmentAction
             header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"{$filename}\"");
         }
         header('Expires: 0');
-        header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary'); // FIXME? Can this be different?
-        $filesize = $this->attachment->size;
-        // 'if available', it says, so ensure we have it
-        if (empty($filesize)) {
-            $filesize = filesize($this->attachment->filename);
-        }
-        header("Content-Length: {$filesize}");
-        // header('Cache-Control: private, no-transform, no-store, must-revalidate');
+        header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
 
-        $ret = @readfile($filepath);
-
-        if ($ret === false || $ret !== $filesize) {
-            common_log(LOG_ERR, "The lengths of the file as recorded on the DB (or on disk) for the file " .
-                       "{$filepath}, with id={$this->attachment->id} differ from what was sent to the user.");
-        }
+        $this->sendFile($filepath);
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/framework.php b/lib/framework.php
index 1bbdaca3f1..24ec1f7cd1 100644
--- a/lib/framework.php
+++ b/lib/framework.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ defined('GNUSOCIAL') || die();
 define('GNUSOCIAL_ENGINE', 'GNU social');
 define('GNUSOCIAL_ENGINE_URL', 'https://www.gnu.org/software/social/');
 
-define('GNUSOCIAL_BASE_VERSION', '1.24.0');
+define('GNUSOCIAL_BASE_VERSION', '1.24.1');
 define('GNUSOCIAL_LIFECYCLE', 'dev'); // 'dev', 'alpha[0-9]+', 'beta[0-9]+', 'rc[0-9]+', 'release'
 
 define('GNUSOCIAL_VERSION', GNUSOCIAL_BASE_VERSION . '-' . GNUSOCIAL_LIFECYCLE);