diff --git a/wp-mat.php b/wp-mat.php
index c9c816a9af986007fcab431c422dfb1132831f29..d94b44760c40409e51aeada8a2eda9c49d44de67 100644
--- a/wp-mat.php
+++ b/wp-mat.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Plugin Name: wp-mat
  * Plugin URI: https://git.autistici.org/noblogs/wp-mat
  * Description: Process uploaded files through MAT
- * Version: 0.0.6
+ * Version: 0.0.7
  * Author: Autistici/Inventati
  * Author URI: https://www.autistici.org/
  * License: MIT
@@ -74,12 +74,14 @@ function wp_mat_handle_upload_prefilter($file) {
     $new_tmp_file = tempnam("", "wp_mat_");
     if (wp_mat_issue_request($file['tmp_name'], $file['type'], $new_tmp_file)) {
         unlink($file['tmp_name']);
-        return array(
+        $new_file = array(
             "name" => $file['name'],
             "type" => $file['type'],
             "tmp_name" => $new_tmp_file,
             "size" => filesize($new_tmp_file),
         );
+        error_log("wp-mat: successfully cleaned file=".json_encode($new_file));
+        $file = $new_file;
     } else {
         error_log("wp-mat: server error for file=".json_encode($file));
         @unlink($new_tmp_file);