diff --git a/src/chat_gui4.cpp b/src/chat_gui4.cpp
index 877dca0..8fe466c 100644
--- a/src/chat_gui4.cpp
+++ b/src/chat_gui4.cpp
@@ -415,6 +415,12 @@ void ChatGui4::render(void) {
 	_msg_tc.workLoadQueue();
 }
 
+void ChatGui4::sendFilePath(const char* file_path) {
+	if (_selected_contact && std::filesystem::is_regular_file(file_path)) {
+		_rmm.sendFilePath(*_selected_contact, std::filesystem::path(file_path).filename().u8string(), file_path);
+	}
+}
+
 // has MessageText
 void ChatGui4::renderMessageBodyText(Message3Registry& reg, const Message3 e) {
 	const auto& msgtext = reg.get<Message::Components::MessageText>(e).text;
diff --git a/src/chat_gui4.hpp b/src/chat_gui4.hpp
index 5a54cd1..73b5739 100644
--- a/src/chat_gui4.hpp
+++ b/src/chat_gui4.hpp
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ class ChatGui4 {
 	public:
 		bool any_unread {false};
 
+		void sendFilePath(const char* file_path);
+
 	private:
 		void renderMessageBodyText(Message3Registry& reg, const Message3 e);
 		void renderMessageBodyFile(Message3Registry& reg, const Message3 e);
diff --git a/src/main_screen.cpp b/src/main_screen.cpp
index d3795a7..34d152a 100644
--- a/src/main_screen.cpp
+++ b/src/main_screen.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ MainScreen::~MainScreen(void) {
 }
 
 bool MainScreen::handleEvent(SDL_Event& e) {
+	if (e.type == SDL_EVENT_DROP_FILE) {
+		std::cout << "DROP FILE: " << e.drop.file << "\n";
+		cg.sendFilePath(e.drop.file);
+		return true; // TODO: forward return succ from sendFilePath()
+	}
+
 	return false;
 }