diff --git a/packages/backend/server/migrations/20240527095524_fix_prompt_schema/migration.sql b/packages/backend/server/migrations/20240527095524_fix_prompt_schema/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..72673a92b3744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/server/migrations/20240527095524_fix_prompt_schema/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*
+  Warnings:
+
+  - Made the column `model` on table `ai_prompts_metadata` required. This step will fail if there are existing NULL values in that column.
+
+*/
+-- AlterTable
+ALTER TABLE "ai_prompts_metadata" ALTER COLUMN "model" SET NOT NULL;
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/schema.prisma b/packages/backend/server/schema.prisma
index 3312f795ec81c..0f1e2801ce0fd 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/schema.prisma
+++ b/packages/backend/server/schema.prisma
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ model AiPrompt {
   // an mark identifying which view to use to display the session
   // it is only used in the frontend and does not affect the backend
   action    String?  @db.VarChar
-  model     String?  @db.VarChar
+  model     String   @db.VarChar
   createdAt DateTime @default(now()) @map("created_at") @db.Timestamptz(6)
 
   messages AiPromptMessage[]
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/controller.ts b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/controller.ts
index 097fc28d79dd3..0b6ec84dc7cc7 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/controller.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/controller.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ import { Config } from '../../fundamentals';
 import { CopilotProviderService } from './providers';
 import { ChatSession, ChatSessionService } from './session';
 import { CopilotStorage } from './storage';
-import { CopilotCapability } from './types';
+import {
+  CopilotCapability,
+  CopilotImageToTextProvider,
+  CopilotTextToTextProvider,
+} from './types';
 
 export interface ChatEvent {
   type: 'attachment' | 'message' | 'error';
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ export class CopilotController {
 
     const ret: CheckResult = { model: session.model };
 
-    if (messageId) {
+    if (messageId && typeof messageId === 'string') {
       const message = await session.getMessageById(messageId);
       ret.hasAttachment =
         Array.isArray(message.attachments) && !!message.attachments.length;
@@ -80,6 +84,34 @@ export class CopilotController {
     return ret;
   }
 
+  private async chooseTextProvider(
+    userId: string,
+    sessionId: string,
+    messageId?: string
+  ): Promise<CopilotTextToTextProvider | CopilotImageToTextProvider> {
+    const { hasAttachment, model } = await this.checkRequest(
+      userId,
+      sessionId,
+      messageId
+    );
+    let provider = await this.provider.getProviderByCapability(
+      CopilotCapability.TextToText,
+      model
+    );
+    // fallback to image to text if text to text is not available
+    if (!provider && hasAttachment) {
+      provider = await this.provider.getProviderByCapability(
+        CopilotCapability.ImageToText,
+        model
+      );
+    }
+    if (!provider) {
+      throw new InternalServerErrorException('No provider available');
+    }
+
+    return provider;
+  }
+
   private async appendSessionMessage(
     sessionId: string,
     messageId?: string
@@ -139,18 +171,15 @@ export class CopilotController {
     @Param('sessionId') sessionId: string,
     @Query() params: Record<string, string | string[]>
   ): Promise<string> {
-    const { model } = await this.checkRequest(user.id, sessionId);
-    const provider = await this.provider.getProviderByCapability(
-      CopilotCapability.TextToText,
-      model
-    );
-    if (!provider) {
-      throw new InternalServerErrorException('No provider available');
-    }
-
     const messageId = Array.isArray(params.messageId)
       ? params.messageId[0]
       : params.messageId;
+    const provider = await this.chooseTextProvider(
+      user.id,
+      sessionId,
+      messageId
+    );
+
     const session = await this.appendSessionMessage(sessionId, messageId);
 
     try {
@@ -187,18 +216,15 @@ export class CopilotController {
     @Query() params: Record<string, string>
   ): Promise<Observable<ChatEvent>> {
     try {
-      const { model } = await this.checkRequest(user.id, sessionId);
-      const provider = await this.provider.getProviderByCapability(
-        CopilotCapability.TextToText,
-        model
-      );
-      if (!provider) {
-        throw new InternalServerErrorException('No provider available');
-      }
-
       const messageId = Array.isArray(params.messageId)
         ? params.messageId[0]
         : params.messageId;
+      const provider = await this.chooseTextProvider(
+        user.id,
+        sessionId,
+        messageId
+      );
+
       const session = await this.appendSessionMessage(sessionId, messageId);
       delete params.messageId;
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/prompt.ts b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/prompt.ts
index a513b0ae9bbab..d23ece0ca334a 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/prompt.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/prompt.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class ChatPrompt {
     return new ChatPrompt(
       options.name,
       options.action || undefined,
-      options.model || undefined,
+      options.model,
       options.messages
     );
   }
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class ChatPrompt {
   constructor(
     public readonly name: string,
     public readonly action: string | undefined,
-    public readonly model: string | undefined,
+    public readonly model: string,
     private readonly messages: PromptMessage[]
   ) {
     this.encoder = getTokenEncoder(model);