diff --git a/default/config.conf b/default/config.conf
index 5e9d2920f..87801a256 100644
--- a/default/config.conf
+++ b/default/config.conf
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ const securityOverride = false;
 const extras = {
     // Text classification model for sentiment analysis. HuggingFace ID of a model in ONNX format.
     classificationModel: 'Cohee/distilbert-base-uncased-go-emotions-onnx',
+    // Image captioning model. HuggingFace ID of a model in ONNX format.
+    captioningModel: 'Xenova/vit-gpt2-image-captioning',
 };
 
 // Request overrides for additional headers
diff --git a/public/scripts/extensions/caption/index.js b/public/scripts/extensions/caption/index.js
index 6e12684eb..5e8f9a64a 100644
--- a/public/scripts/extensions/caption/index.js
+++ b/public/scripts/extensions/caption/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { getBase64Async } from "../../utils.js";
-import { getContext, getApiUrl, doExtrasFetch, extension_settings } from "../../extensions.js";
-import { callPopup, saveSettingsDebounced } from "../../../script.js";
+import { getBase64Async, saveBase64AsFile } from "../../utils.js";
+import { getContext, getApiUrl, doExtrasFetch, extension_settings, modules } from "../../extensions.js";
+import { callPopup, getRequestHeaders, saveSettingsDebounced } from "../../../script.js";
 import { getMessageTimeStamp } from "../../RossAscends-mods.js";
 export { MODULE_NAME };
 
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ const MODULE_NAME = 'caption';
 const UPDATE_INTERVAL = 1000;
 
 async function moduleWorker() {
-    $('#send_picture').toggle(getContext().onlineStatus !== 'no_connection');
+    const hasConnection = getContext().onlineStatus !== 'no_connection';
+    $('#send_picture').toggle(hasConnection);
 }
 
 async function setImageIcon() {
@@ -65,16 +66,21 @@ async function sendCaptionedMessage(caption, image) {
     await context.generate('caption');
 }
 
-async function onSelectImage(e) {
-    setSpinnerIcon();
-    const file = e.target.files[0];
+async function doCaptionRequest(base64Img) {
+    if (extension_settings.caption.local) {
+        const apiResult = await fetch('/api/extra/caption', {
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers: getRequestHeaders(),
+            body: JSON.stringify({ image: base64Img })
+        });
 
-    if (!file) {
-        return;
-    }
+        if (!apiResult.ok) {
+            throw new Error('Failed to caption image via local pipeline.');
+        }
 
-    try {
-        const base64Img = await getBase64Async(file);
+        const data = await apiResult.json();
+        return data;
+    } else if (modules.includes('caption')) {
         const url = new URL(getApiUrl());
         url.pathname = '/api/caption';
 
@@ -84,17 +90,42 @@ async function onSelectImage(e) {
                 'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                 'Bypass-Tunnel-Reminder': 'bypass',
             },
-            body: JSON.stringify({ image: base64Img.split(',')[1] })
+            body: JSON.stringify({ image: base64Img })
         });
 
-        if (apiResult.ok) {
-            const data = await apiResult.json();
-            const caption = data.caption;
-            const imageToSave = data.thumbnail ? `data:image/jpeg;base64,${data.thumbnail}` : base64Img;
-            await sendCaptionedMessage(caption, imageToSave);
+        if (!apiResult.ok) {
+            throw new Error('Failed to caption image via Extras.');
         }
+
+        const data = await apiResult.json();
+        return data;
+    } else {
+        throw new Error('No captioning module is available.');
+    }
+}
+
+async function onSelectImage(e) {
+    setSpinnerIcon();
+    const file = e.target.files[0];
+
+    if (!file || !(file instanceof File)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+        const context = getContext();
+        const fileData = await getBase64Async(file);
+        const base64Format = fileData.split(',')[0].split(';')[0].split('/')[1];
+        const base64Data = fileData.split(',')[1];
+        const data = await doCaptionRequest(base64Data);
+        const caption = data.caption;
+        const imageToSave = data.thumbnail ? data.thumbnail : base64Data;
+        const format = data.thumbnail ? 'jpeg' : base64Format;
+        const imagePath = await saveBase64AsFile(imageToSave, context.name2, '', format);
+        await sendCaptionedMessage(caption, imagePath);
     }
     catch (error) {
+        toastr.error('Failed to caption image.');
         console.log(error);
     }
     finally {
@@ -118,7 +149,16 @@ jQuery(function () {
 
         $('#extensionsMenu').prepend(sendButton);
         $(sendButton).hide();
-        $(sendButton).on('click', () => $('#img_file').trigger('click'));
+        $(sendButton).on('click', () => {
+            const hasCaptionModule = modules.includes('caption') || extension_settings.caption.local;
+
+            if (!hasCaptionModule) {
+                toastr.error('No captioning module is available. Either enable the local captioning pipeline or connect to Extras.');
+                return;
+            }
+
+            $('#img_file').trigger('click');
+        });
     }
     function addPictureSendForm() {
         const inputHtml = `<input id="img_file" type="file" accept="image/*">`;
@@ -138,6 +178,10 @@ jQuery(function () {
                     <div class="inline-drawer-icon fa-solid fa-circle-chevron-down down"></div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="inline-drawer-content">
+                    <label class="checkbox_label" for="caption_local">
+                        <input id="caption_local" type="checkbox" class="checkbox">
+                        Use local captioning pipeline
+                    </label>
                     <label class="checkbox_label" for="caption_refine_mode">
                         <input id="caption_refine_mode" type="checkbox" class="checkbox">
                         Edit captions before generation
@@ -155,6 +199,11 @@ jQuery(function () {
     setImageIcon();
     moduleWorker();
     $('#caption_refine_mode').prop('checked', !!(extension_settings.caption.refine_mode));
+    $('#caption_local').prop('checked', !!(extension_settings.caption.local));
     $('#caption_refine_mode').on('input', onRefineModeInput);
+    $('#caption_local').on('input', () => {
+        extension_settings.caption.local = !!$('#caption_local').prop('checked');
+        saveSettingsDebounced();
+    });
     setInterval(moduleWorker, UPDATE_INTERVAL);
 });
diff --git a/public/scripts/extensions/caption/manifest.json b/public/scripts/extensions/caption/manifest.json
index cf313baf2..56b03acb0 100644
--- a/public/scripts/extensions/caption/manifest.json
+++ b/public/scripts/extensions/caption/manifest.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
     "display_name": "Image Captioning",
     "loading_order": 4,
-    "requires": [
+    "requires": [],
+    "optional": [
         "caption"
     ],
-    "optional": [],
     "js": "index.js",
     "css": "style.css",
     "author": "Cohee#1207",