diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 0a8d4d8..09f6cda 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 codebird-php - changelog
 ========================
 
+2.7.1 (2015-08-16)
++ #124 Download redirected remote images
+
 2.7.0 (2015-05-14)
 - #92, #108 Fix issues with uploading special chars
 + #109 Proxy support
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 4abf678..88726dc 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "codebird-php",
-  "version": "2.7.0",
+  "version": "2.7.1",
   "homepage": "http://www.jublo.net/projects/codebird/php",
   "authors": [
     "Joshua Atkins <joshua.atkins@jublo.net>",
diff --git a/src/codebird.php b/src/codebird.php
index a2cd342..0b07234 100644
--- a/src/codebird.php
+++ b/src/codebird.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * A Twitter library in PHP.
  *
  * @package   codebird
- * @version   2.7.0
+ * @version   2.7.1
  * @author    Jublo Solutions <support@jublo.net>
  * @copyright 2010-2015 Jublo Solutions <support@jublo.net>
  * @license   http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 GNU General Public License 3.0
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Codebird
     /**
      * The current Codebird version
      */
-    protected $_version = '2.7.0';
+    protected $_version = '2.7.1';
 
     /**
      * Auto-detect cURL absence
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ protected function getCurlInitialization($url)
     protected function getNoCurlInitialization($url, $contextOptions, $hostname = '')
     {
         $httpOptions = array();
-        
+
         $httpOptions['header'] = array(
             'User-Agent: codebird-php ' . $this->getVersion() . ' by Jublo Solutions <support@jublo.net>'
         );
@@ -1269,6 +1269,8 @@ protected function _buildMultipart($method, $params)
                         // use hardcoded download timeouts for now
                         curl_setopt($ch, _CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, 5000);
                         curl_setopt($ch, _CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS, 2000);
+                        // find files that have been redirected
+                        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
                         $result = curl_exec($ch);
                         if ($result !== false) {
                             $value = $result;