diff --git a/resources/qml/TimelineView.qml b/resources/qml/TimelineView.qml
index c4750ddf7bff488ca17047652c9b0cda8ecdd794..c25e65430378b235f7480acaabb8fe68754f2e92 100644
--- a/resources/qml/TimelineView.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/TimelineView.qml
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ Rectangle {
 					case MtxEvent.ImageMessage: return "delegates/ImageMessage.qml"
 					case MtxEvent.FileMessage: return "delegates/FileMessage.qml"
 					//case MtxEvent.VideoMessage: return "delegates/VideoMessage.qml"
+					case MtxEvent.AudioMessage: return "delegates/AudioMessage.qml"
 					case MtxEvent.Redacted: return "delegates/Redacted.qml"
 					default: return "delegates/placeholder.qml"
 				}
diff --git a/resources/qml/delegates/AudioMessage.qml b/resources/qml/delegates/AudioMessage.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f36d22b952da021ea401e94c36a8e032ab5d1379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/qml/delegates/AudioMessage.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import QtQuick 2.6
+import QtQuick.Layouts 1.6
+import QtMultimedia 5.12
+
+Rectangle {
+	radius: 10
+	color: colors.dark
+	height: row.height + 24
+	width: parent.width
+
+	RowLayout {
+		id: row
+
+		anchors.centerIn: parent
+		width: parent.width - 24
+
+		spacing: 15
+
+		Rectangle {
+			id: button
+			color: colors.light
+			radius: 22
+			height: 44
+			width: 44
+			Image {
+				id: img
+				anchors.centerIn: parent
+
+				source: "qrc:/icons/icons/ui/arrow-pointing-down.png"
+				fillMode: Image.Pad
+
+			}
+			MouseArea {
+				anchors.fill: parent
+				onClicked: {
+					switch (button.state) {
+						case "": timelineManager.cacheMedia(eventData.url, eventData.mimetype); break;
+						case "stopped":
+							audio.play(); console.log("play");
+							button.state = "playing"
+							break
+						case "playing":
+							audio.pause(); console.log("pause");
+							button.state = "stopped"
+							break
+					}
+				}
+				cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor
+			}
+			MediaPlayer {
+				id: audio
+				onError: console.log(errorString)
+			}
+
+			Connections {
+				target: timelineManager
+				onMediaCached: {
+					if (mxcUrl == eventData.url) {
+						audio.source = "file://" + cacheUrl
+						button.state = "stopped"
+						console.log("media loaded: " + mxcUrl + " at " + cacheUrl)
+					}
+					console.log("media cached: " + mxcUrl + " at " + cacheUrl)
+				}
+			}
+
+			states: [
+				State {
+					name: "stopped"
+					PropertyChanges { target: img; source: "qrc:/icons/icons/ui/play-sign.png" }
+				},
+				State {
+					name: "playing"
+					PropertyChanges { target: img; source: "qrc:/icons/icons/ui/pause-symbol.png" }
+				}
+			]
+		}
+		ColumnLayout {
+			id: col
+
+			Text {
+				Layout.fillWidth: true
+				text: eventData.body
+				textFormat: Text.PlainText
+				elide: Text.ElideRight
+				color: colors.text
+			}
+			Text {
+				Layout.fillWidth: true
+				text: eventData.filesize
+				textFormat: Text.PlainText
+				elide: Text.ElideRight
+				color: colors.text
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/resources/qml/delegates/FileMessage.qml b/resources/qml/delegates/FileMessage.qml
index 3099acaa885849a36e818921993683ebeb7b2eb4..27cd64037a29bf320e690e5abbe457c45798f41e 100644
--- a/resources/qml/delegates/FileMessage.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/delegates/FileMessage.qml
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 import QtQuick 2.6
+import QtQuick.Layouts 1.6
 
-Row {
 Rectangle {
 	radius: 10
 	color: colors.dark
-	height: row.height
-	width: row.width
+	height: row.height + 24
+	width: parent.width
 
-	Row {
+	RowLayout {
 		id: row
 
+		anchors.centerIn: parent
+		width: parent.width - 24
+
 		spacing: 15
-		padding: 12
 
 		Rectangle {
+			id: button
 			color: colors.light
 			radius: 22
 			height: 44
@@ -32,26 +35,23 @@ Rectangle {
 				cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor
 			}
 		}
-		Column {
-			TextEdit {
+		ColumnLayout {
+			id: col
+
+			Text {
+				Layout.fillWidth: true
 				text: eventData.body
-				textFormat: TextEdit.PlainText
-				readOnly: true
-				wrapMode: Text.Wrap
-				selectByMouse: true
+				textFormat: Text.PlainText
+				elide: Text.ElideRight
 				color: colors.text
 			}
-			TextEdit {
+			Text {
+				Layout.fillWidth: true
 				text: eventData.filesize
-				textFormat: TextEdit.PlainText
-				readOnly: true
-				wrapMode: Text.Wrap
-				selectByMouse: true
+				textFormat: Text.PlainText
+				elide: Text.ElideRight
 				color: colors.text
 			}
 		}
 	}
 }
-Rectangle {
-}
-}
diff --git a/resources/res.qrc b/resources/res.qrc
index c865200c78ed325bb0236e00ab022bc4df33e09b..1caf378e09f6acf2d02d69f1e2a18658a44c499d 100644
--- a/resources/res.qrc
+++ b/resources/res.qrc
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
         <file>qml/delegates/TextMessage.qml</file>
         <file>qml/delegates/NoticeMessage.qml</file>
         <file>qml/delegates/ImageMessage.qml</file>
+        <file>qml/delegates/AudioMessage.qml</file>
         <file>qml/delegates/FileMessage.qml</file>
         <file>qml/delegates/Redacted.qml</file>
         <file>qml/delegates/placeholder.qml</file>
diff --git a/src/timeline2/TimelineViewManager.cpp b/src/timeline2/TimelineViewManager.cpp
index 74e851c4f98a5f7d613ae494e14862a41377fc38..29c52ac9403d3d0bb42b82b18689485dd6826cd3 100644
--- a/src/timeline2/TimelineViewManager.cpp
+++ b/src/timeline2/TimelineViewManager.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <QMetaType>
 #include <QMimeDatabase>
 #include <QQmlContext>
+#include <QStandardPaths>
 
 #include "Logging.h"
 #include "MxcImageProvider.h"
@@ -143,6 +144,64 @@ TimelineViewManager::saveMedia(QString mxcUrl,
           });
 }
 
+void
+TimelineViewManager::cacheMedia(QString mxcUrl, QString mimeType)
+{
+        // If the message is a link to a non mxcUrl, don't download it
+        if (!mxcUrl.startsWith("mxc://")) {
+                emit mediaCached(mxcUrl, mxcUrl);
+                return;
+        }
+
+        QString suffix = QMimeDatabase().mimeTypeForName(mimeType).preferredSuffix();
+
+        const auto url = mxcUrl.toStdString();
+        QFileInfo filename(QString("%1/media_cache/%2.%3")
+                             .arg(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::CacheLocation))
+                             .arg(QString(mxcUrl).remove("mxc://"))
+                             .arg(suffix));
+        if (QDir::cleanPath(filename.path()) != filename.path()) {
+                nhlog::net()->warn("mxcUrl '{}' is not safe, not downloading file", url);
+                return;
+        }
+
+        QDir().mkpath(filename.path());
+
+        if (filename.isReadable()) {
+                emit mediaCached(mxcUrl, filename.filePath());
+                return;
+        }
+
+        http::client()->download(
+          url,
+          [this, mxcUrl, filename, url](const std::string &data,
+                                        const std::string &,
+                                        const std::string &,
+                                        mtx::http::RequestErr err) {
+                  if (err) {
+                          nhlog::net()->warn("failed to retrieve image {}: {} {}",
+                                             url,
+                                             err->matrix_error.error,
+                                             static_cast<int>(err->status_code));
+                          return;
+                  }
+
+                  try {
+                          QFile file(filename.filePath());
+
+                          if (!file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly))
+                                  return;
+
+                          file.write(QByteArray(data.data(), data.size()));
+                          file.close();
+                  } catch (const std::exception &e) {
+                          nhlog::ui()->warn("Error while saving file to: {}", e.what());
+                  }
+
+                  emit mediaCached(mxcUrl, filename.filePath());
+          });
+}
+
 void
 TimelineViewManager::updateReadReceipts(const QString &room_id,
                                         const std::vector<QString> &event_ids)
diff --git a/src/timeline2/TimelineViewManager.h b/src/timeline2/TimelineViewManager.h
index a8fcf7ce0eaac2dd78ed388e6607c65e9a7ec7f3..6a6d3c6be97faf698b1539d9be2d818ebb77b632 100644
--- a/src/timeline2/TimelineViewManager.h
+++ b/src/timeline2/TimelineViewManager.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public:
                        QString originalFilename,
                        QString mimeType,
                        qml_mtx_events::EventType eventType) const;
+        Q_INVOKABLE void cacheMedia(QString mxcUrl, QString mimeType);
         // Qml can only pass enum as int
         Q_INVOKABLE void openImageOverlay(QString mxcUrl,
                                           QString originalFilename,
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ signals:
         void clearRoomMessageCount(QString roomid);
         void updateRoomsLastMessage(QString roomid, const DescInfo &info);
         void activeTimelineChanged(TimelineModel *timeline);
+        void mediaCached(QString mxcUrl, QString cacheUrl);
 
 public slots:
         void updateReadReceipts(const QString &room_id, const std::vector<QString> &event_ids);