diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/Datasources/ConfigEditor/stores/validatedConfig.js b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/Datasources/ConfigEditor/stores/validatedConfig.js
index 7b8b2c0975..edd39cc49f 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/Datasources/ConfigEditor/stores/validatedConfig.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/Datasources/ConfigEditor/stores/validatedConfig.js
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ export const createValidatedConfigStore = (integration, config) => {
     ([$configStore, $errorsStore, $selectedValidatorsStore]) => {
       const validatedConfig = []
 
+      const allowedRestKeys = ["rejectUnauthorized", "downloadImages"]
       Object.entries(integration.datasource).forEach(([key, properties]) => {
-        if (integration.name === "REST" && key !== "rejectUnauthorized") {
+        if (integration.name === "REST" && !allowedRestKeys.includes(key)) {
           return
         }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/rest.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/rest.ts
index 6ed8e4e4ec..7104c9daca 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/rest.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/rest.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 import {
-  Integration,
   DatasourceFieldType,
-  QueryType,
-  PaginationConfig,
+  HttpMethod,
+  Integration,
   IntegrationBase,
+  PaginationConfig,
   PaginationValues,
-  RestQueryFields as RestQuery,
-  RestConfig,
+  QueryType,
   RestAuthType,
   RestBasicAuthConfig,
   RestBearerAuthConfig,
-  HttpMethod,
+  RestConfig,
+  RestQueryFields as RestQuery,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import get from "lodash/get"
 import * as https from "https"
 import qs from "querystring"
-import fetch from "node-fetch"
 import type { Response } from "node-fetch"
+import fetch from "node-fetch"
 import { formatBytes } from "../utilities"
 import { performance } from "perf_hooks"
 import FormData from "form-data"
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ const SCHEMA: Integration = {
       default: true,
       required: false,
     },
+    downloadImages: {
+      display: "Download images",
+      type: DatasourceFieldType.BOOLEAN,
+      default: true,
+      required: false,
+    },
   },
   query: {
     create: {
@@ -139,7 +145,8 @@ class RestIntegration implements IntegrationBase {
       filename: string | undefined
 
     const { contentType, contentDisposition } = getAttachmentHeaders(
-      response.headers
+      response.headers,
+      { downloadImages: this.config.downloadImages }
     )
     if (
       contentDisposition.includes("filename") ||
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/restUtils.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/restUtils.spec.ts
index cdcaaec489..b26bd14c44 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/restUtils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/restUtils.spec.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import { getAttachmentHeaders } from "../utils/restUtils"
 import type { Headers } from "node-fetch"
 
-function headers(dispositionValue: string) {
+function headers(dispositionValue: string, contentType?: string) {
   return {
     get: (name: string) => {
       if (name.toLowerCase() === "content-disposition") {
         return dispositionValue
       } else {
-        return "application/pdf"
+        return contentType || "application/pdf"
       }
     },
     set: () => {},
@@ -35,4 +35,14 @@ describe("getAttachmentHeaders", () => {
     )
     expect(contentDisposition).toBe(`inline; filename="report.pdf"`)
   })
+
+  it("should handle an image", () => {
+    const { contentDisposition } = getAttachmentHeaders(
+      headers("", "image/png"),
+      {
+        downloadImages: true,
+      }
+    )
+    expect(contentDisposition).toBe(`attachment; filename="image.png"`)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/utils/restUtils.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/utils/restUtils.ts
index 2da9307071..848cb7e33f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/utils/restUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/utils/restUtils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import type { Headers } from "node-fetch"
 
-export function getAttachmentHeaders(headers: Headers) {
+export function getAttachmentHeaders(
+  headers: Headers,
+  opts?: { downloadImages?: boolean }
+) {
   const contentType = headers.get("content-type") || ""
   let contentDisposition = headers.get("content-disposition") || ""
 
@@ -23,6 +26,15 @@ export function getAttachmentHeaders(headers: Headers) {
       }
     }
   }
+  // for images which don't supply a content disposition, make one up, as binary
+  // data for images in REST responses isn't really useful, we should always download them
+  else if (opts?.downloadImages && contentType.startsWith("image/")) {
+    const format = contentType.split("/")[1]
+    return {
+      contentDisposition: `attachment; filename="image.${format}"`,
+      contentType,
+    }
+  }
 
   return { contentDisposition, contentType }
 }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/datasource.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/datasource.ts
index 32f5bbb132..e52019fc18 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/datasource.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/datasource.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export interface DynamicVariable {
 export interface RestConfig {
   url: string
   rejectUnauthorized: boolean
+  downloadImages?: boolean
   defaultHeaders: {
     [key: string]: any
   }