diff --git a/.changeset/cuddly-ties-complain.md b/.changeset/cuddly-ties-complain.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6b24d3ba398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cuddly-ties-complain.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@thirdweb-dev/storage": patch
+---
+
+Return URIs with gateway URLs
diff --git a/packages/storage/src/core/storage.ts b/packages/storage/src/core/storage.ts
index ccd84a423e2..a5150a40a92 100644
--- a/packages/storage/src/core/storage.ts
+++ b/packages/storage/src/core/storage.ts
@@ -172,22 +172,33 @@ export class ThirdwebStorage<T extends UploadOptions = IpfsUploadBatchOptions> {
       .map((item) => isFileOrBuffer(item) || typeof item === "string")
       .every((item) => !!item);
 
+    let uris: string[] = [];
+
     // If data is an array of files, pass it through to upload directly
     if (isFileArray) {
-      return this.uploader.uploadBatch(data as FileOrBufferOrString[], options);
+      uris = await this.uploader.uploadBatch(
+        data as FileOrBufferOrString[],
+        options,
+      );
+    } else {
+      // Otherwise it is an array of JSON objects, so we have to prepare it first
+      const metadata = (
+        await this.uploadAndReplaceFilesWithHashes(data, options)
+      ).map((item) => {
+        if (typeof item === "string") {
+          return item;
+        }
+        return JSON.stringify(item);
+      });
+
+      uris = await this.uploader.uploadBatch(metadata, options);
     }
 
-    // Otherwise it is an array of JSON objects, so we have to prepare it first
-    const metadata = (
-      await this.uploadAndReplaceFilesWithHashes(data, options)
-    ).map((item) => {
-      if (typeof item === "string") {
-        return item;
-      }
-      return JSON.stringify(item);
-    });
-
-    return this.uploader.uploadBatch(metadata, options);
+    if (options?.uploadWithGatewayUrl || this.uploader.uploadWithGatewayUrl) {
+      return uris.map((uri) => this.resolveScheme(uri));
+    } else {
+      return uris;
+    }
   }
 
   private async uploadAndReplaceFilesWithHashes(
diff --git a/packages/storage/test/ipfs.test.ts b/packages/storage/test/ipfs.test.ts
index ba1e4afd7e2..fb96f19063c 100644
--- a/packages/storage/test/ipfs.test.ts
+++ b/packages/storage/test/ipfs.test.ts
@@ -287,6 +287,33 @@ describe("IPFS", async () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("Should return URIs with gateway URLs if specified on function", async () => {
+    const uri = await storage.upload(
+      {
+        name: "String",
+        image: readFileSync("test/files/0.jpg"),
+      },
+      {
+        uploadWithGatewayUrl: true,
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(uri.startsWith(`${DEFAULT_GATEWAY_URLS["ipfs://"][0]}`)).to.equal(
+      true,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("Should return URIs with gateway URLs if specified on class", async () => {
+    const uploader = new IpfsUploader({ uploadWithGatewayUrl: true });
+    const storageSingleton = new ThirdwebStorage({ uploader });
+
+    const uri = await storageSingleton.upload(readFileSync("test/files/0.jpg"));
+
+    expect(uri).to.equal(
+      `${DEFAULT_GATEWAY_URLS["ipfs://"][0]}QmcCJC4T37rykDjR6oorM8hpB9GQWHKWbAi2YR1uTabUZu/0`,
+    );
+  });
+
   it("Should throw an error when trying to upload different files with the same name", async () => {
     try {
       await storage.uploadBatch([