diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 0d406464..eb211532 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 .git
 *Dockerfile*
 *docker-compose*
+package-lock.json
+.env
 node_modules
 dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 38cb416c..5aaaaf43 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM node:20-alpine AS builder
 
 RUN apk update && \
-    apk add git ffmpeg wget curl bash openssl
+    apk add --no-cache git ffmpeg wget curl bash openssl
 
 LABEL version="2.2.3" description="Api to control whatsapp features through http requests." 
 LABEL maintainer="Davidson Gomes" git="https://github.com/DavidsonGomes"
diff --git a/src/api/dto/sendMessage.dto.ts b/src/api/dto/sendMessage.dto.ts
index 1c9b1154..ba9ecf52 100644
--- a/src/api/dto/sendMessage.dto.ts
+++ b/src/api/dto/sendMessage.dto.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export class Metadata {
   mentionsEveryOne?: boolean;
   mentioned?: string[];
   encoding?: boolean;
+  notConvertSticker?: boolean;
 }
 
 export class SendTextDto extends Metadata {
diff --git a/src/api/integrations/channel/whatsapp/whatsapp.baileys.service.ts b/src/api/integrations/channel/whatsapp/whatsapp.baileys.service.ts
index d1a4f2e6..93d70efb 100644
--- a/src/api/integrations/channel/whatsapp/whatsapp.baileys.service.ts
+++ b/src/api/integrations/channel/whatsapp/whatsapp.baileys.service.ts
@@ -2744,7 +2744,9 @@ export class BaileysStartupService extends ChannelStartupService {
 
     if (file) mediaData.sticker = file.buffer.toString('base64');
 
-    const convert = await this.convertToWebP(data.sticker);
+    const convert = data?.notConvertSticker
+      ? Buffer.from(data.sticker, 'base64')
+      : await this.convertToWebP(data.sticker);
     const gifPlayback = data.sticker.includes('.gif');
     const result = await this.sendMessageWithTyping(
       data.number,