diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index e7dee3b..8b4e7fc 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1397,4 +1397,4 @@ test = ["pytest (>=8.1,<9.0)", "pytest-rerunfailures (>=14.0,<15.0)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.11"
-content-hash = "d44ec77f5a7767eb93e8e802f0c278efbf7a5121e99d3a18bf0a3723474273d9"
+content-hash = "86633a0ddb52e149c7fac8f3d8bb0bc4a6d5746d57cb01797f5d14712362089a"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1926897..a1f9c0f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ requests = "^2.32.3"
 curl-cffi = "^0.7.3"
 pycryptodome = "^3.21.0"
 aiogram = "^3.14.0"
+aiohttp = "^3.10"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 mypy = "^1.13.0"
diff --git a/ytdl_inline_bot/bot.py b/ytdl_inline_bot/bot.py
index 7e82bb2..776403b 100644
--- a/ytdl_inline_bot/bot.py
+++ b/ytdl_inline_bot/bot.py
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@
     InputMediaPhoto,
     InlineKeyboardButton,
     InlineKeyboardMarkup,
-    FSInputFile, URLInputFile,
+    FSInputFile,
 )
 from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
+import aiohttp
 
 # Enable logging
 logging.basicConfig(
@@ -309,31 +310,38 @@ async def download_video_and_replace(url: str, inline_message_id: str, user_id:
 
                 logger.info(f"Video uploaded. Preparing thumbnail for the video.")
 
-                video_id = extract_youtube_video_id(url)
-                if video_id:
-                    thumbnail_url = get_youtube_thumbnail_url(video_id, 'mqdefault')
-                    thumbnail_file = URLInputFile(url=thumbnail_url)
-                else:
-                    thumbnail_url = None
-                    thumbnail_file = None
-
-                logger.info(f"Replacing the placeholder with the video {video_msg.video.file_id} and thumbnail {thumbnail_url}")
-
-                await retry_operation(
-                    bot.edit_message_media,
-                    max_retries=2,
-                    delay=1,
-                    inline_message_id=inline_message_id,
-                    media=InputMediaVideo(
-                        media=video_msg.video.file_id,
-                        caption=(metadata.title + " " + url),
-                        thumbnail=thumbnail_file,
-                        width=metadata.width,
-                        height=metadata.height,
-                        duration=metadata.duration,
-                        supports_streaming=True
+                thumbnail_filename = None  # Initialize thumbnail filename
+                try:
+                    video_id = extract_youtube_video_id(url)
+                    if video_id:
+                        thumbnail_url = get_youtube_thumbnail_url(video_id, 'mqdefault')
+                        thumbnail_filename = await download_file(thumbnail_url)  # Download the thumbnail
+                        thumbnail_file = FSInputFile(thumbnail_filename)
+                    else:
+                        thumbnail_url = None
+                        thumbnail_file = None
+
+                    logger.info(f"Replacing the placeholder with the video {video_msg.video.file_id} and thumbnail {thumbnail_url}")
+
+                    await retry_operation(
+                        bot.edit_message_media,
+                        max_retries=2,
+                        delay=1,
+                        inline_message_id=inline_message_id,
+                        media=InputMediaVideo(
+                            media=video_msg.video.file_id,
+                            caption=(metadata.title + " " + url),
+                            thumbnail=thumbnail_file,
+                            width=metadata.width,
+                            height=metadata.height,
+                            duration=metadata.duration,
+                            supports_streaming=True
+                        )
                     )
-                )
+                finally:
+                    # Delete the thumbnail file from disk
+                    if thumbnail_filename and os.path.exists(thumbnail_filename):
+                        os.remove(thumbnail_filename)
 
             # Update rate limit timestamp for non-VIP users only on successful download
             if user_id != VIP_USER_ID:
@@ -362,6 +370,25 @@ async def download_video_and_replace(url: str, inline_message_id: str, user_id:
                 media=InputMediaVideo(media=ERR_LOADING_VIDEO_URL, caption="Failed to replace the placeholder video.", width=ERR_VIDEO_WIDTH, height=ERR_VIDEO_HEIGHT, duration=ERR_VIDEO_DURATION, supports_streaming=False)
             )
 
+async def download_file(url: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Downloads a file from a URL to a local file with a random filename.
+    Returns the filename.
+    """
+    filename = f"thumb_{uuid.uuid4().hex}.jpg"  # Added .jpg extension
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        async with session.get(url) as response:
+            if response.status == 200:
+                with open(filename, 'wb') as f:
+                    while True:
+                        chunk = await response.content.read(1024)
+                        if not chunk:
+                            break
+                        f.write(chunk)
+            else:
+                raise Exception(f"Failed to download file from {url}, status code {response.status}")
+    return filename
+
 async def async_download_video(ydl_opts: Dict[str, Any], url: str) -> None:
     """Asynchronously downloads a video using yt-dlp."""
     loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()