diff --git a/services/nginx/app/traits/minio_t.php b/services/nginx/app/traits/minio_t.php
index 9f335f84..7ae78bc0 100644
--- a/services/nginx/app/traits/minio_t.php
+++ b/services/nginx/app/traits/minio_t.php
@@ -198,11 +198,17 @@ trait minio_t
     public function storeTempFileFromBase64(string $base64, string $fileExtension = 'txt'): string|bool
     {
         // Check if the base64 string is valid
-        if (empty($base64) || !preg_match('/^data:.*;base64,/', $base64)) {
+        if (empty($base64)) {
             return false; // Invalid base64 string
         }
+
+        // Check if the base64 string has a data URI prefix
+        if (preg_match('/^data:.*;base64,/', $base64)) {
+            $base64 = preg_replace('/^data:.*;base64,/', '', $base64);
+        }
+
         // Decode the base64 data
-        $fileData = base64_decode(preg_replace('/^data:.*;base64,/', '', $base64));
+        $fileData = base64_decode($base64);
         if ($fileData === false) {
             return false; // Failed to decode base64 data
         }
@@ -236,11 +242,16 @@ trait minio_t
     public function storeTempImageFromBase64(string $base64): string|bool
     {
         // Check if the base64 string is valid
-        if (empty($base64) || !preg_match('/^data:image\/(\w+);base64,/', $base64)) {
+        if (empty($base64)) {
             return false; // Invalid base64 string
         }
-        // Extract the base64 data from the string
-        $imageData = preg_replace('/^data:image\/\w+;base64,/', '', $base64);
+
+        // Extract the base64 data from the string if it has a data URI prefix
+        $imageData = $base64;
+        if (preg_match('/^data:image\/(\w+);base64,/', $base64)) {
+            $imageData = preg_replace('/^data:image\/\w+;base64,/', '', $base64);
+        }
+
         // Decode the base64 data
         $imageData = base64_decode($imageData);
         if ($imageData === false) {