diff --git a/interface/src/ui/SnapshotUploader.cpp b/interface/src/ui/SnapshotUploader.cpp
index 67902c1a35..4613871d25 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/SnapshotUploader.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/SnapshotUploader.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ void SnapshotUploader::uploadSuccess(QNetworkReply& reply) {
         QString thumbnailUrl = dataObject.value("thumbnail_url").toString();
         QString imageUrl = dataObject.value("image_url").toString();
         QString snapshotID = dataObject.value("id").toString();
+        QString originalImageFileName = dataObject.value("original_image_file_name").toString();
         auto addressManager = DependencyManager::get<AddressManager>();
         QString placeName = _inWorldLocation.authority(); // We currently only upload shareable places, in which case this is just host.
         QString currentPath = _inWorldLocation.path();
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ void SnapshotUploader::uploadSuccess(QNetworkReply& reply) {
             detailsObject.insert("shareable_url", dataObject.value("shareable_url").toString());
         }
         detailsObject.insert("snapshot_id", snapshotID);
+        detailsObject.insert("original_image_file_name", originalImageFileName);
         QString pickledDetails = QJsonDocument(detailsObject).toJson();
         userStoryObject.insert("details", pickledDetails);
         userStoryObject.insert("thumbnail_url", thumbnailUrl);
diff --git a/scripts/system/snapshot.js b/scripts/system/snapshot.js
index f7e590c6f9..9b540aefc8 100644
--- a/scripts/system/snapshot.js
+++ b/scripts/system/snapshot.js
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ var shareAfterLogin = false;
 var snapshotToShareAfterLogin = [];
 var METAVERSE_BASE = Account.metaverseServerURL;
 var isLoggedIn;
-var numGifSnapshotUploadsPending = 0;
-var numStillSnapshotUploadsPending = 0;
+var mostRecentGifSnapshotFilename = "";
+var mostRecentStillSnapshotFilename = "";
 
 // It's totally unnecessary to return to C++ to perform many of these requests, such as DELETEing an old story,
 // POSTING a new one, PUTTING a new audience, or GETTING story data. It's far more efficient to do all of that within JS
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ function fileExtensionMatches(filePath, extension) {
     return filePath.split('.').pop().toLowerCase() === extension;
 }
 
+function getFilenameFromPath(str) {
+    return str.split('\\').pop().split('/').pop();
+}
+
 function onMessage(message) {
     // Receives message from the html dialog via the qwebchannel EventBridge. This is complicated by the following:
     // 1. Although we can send POJOs, we cannot receive a toplevel object. (Arrays of POJOs are fine, though.)
@@ -147,9 +151,9 @@ function onMessage(message) {
                         print('Sharing snapshot with audience "for_url":', message.data);
                         Window.shareSnapshot(message.data, Settings.getValue("previousSnapshotHref"));                      
                         if (isGif) {
-                            numGifSnapshotUploadsPending++;
+                            mostRecentGifSnapshotFilename = getFilenameFromPath(message.data);
                         } else {
-                            numStillSnapshotUploadsPending++;
+                            mostRecentStillSnapshotFilename = getFilenameFromPath(message.data);
                         }
                     } else {
                         shareAfterLogin = true;
@@ -385,13 +389,11 @@ function snapshotUploaded(isError, reply) {
             ignoreStillSnapshotData = false;
         storyIDsToMaybeDelete.push(storyID);
         if (isGif) {
-            numGifSnapshotUploadsPending--;
-            if (numGifSnapshotUploadsPending !== 0) {
+            if (mostRecentGifSnapshotFilename !== replyJson.user_story.details.original_image_file_name) {
                 ignoreGifSnapshotData = true;
             }
         } else {
-            numStillSnapshotUploadsPending--;
-            if (numStillSnapshotUploadsPending !== 0) {
+            if (mostRecentStillSnapshotFilename !== replyJson.user_story.details.original_image_file_name) {
                 ignoreStillSnapshotData = true;
             }
         }
@@ -686,9 +688,9 @@ function onUsernameChanged() {
                         Window.shareSnapshot(element.path, element.href);
                         var isGif = fileExtensionMatches(element.path, "gif");
                         if (isGif) {
-                            numGifSnapshotUploadsPending++;
+                            mostRecentGifSnapshotFilename = getFilenameFromPath(element.path);
                         } else {
-                            numStillSnapshotUploadsPending++;
+                            mostRecentStillSnapshotFilename = getFilenameFromPath(element.path);
                         }
                     });
                 }