diff --git a/src/models/groq.js b/src/models/groq.js
index e17f13d..025875f 100644
--- a/src/models/groq.js
+++ b/src/models/groq.js
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ export class GroqCloudAPI {
         this.groq = new Groq({ apiKey: getKey('GROQCLOUD_API_KEY') });
     }
 
-    async sendRequest(turns, systemMessage, stop_seq=null) {
-        let messages = [{"role": "system", "content": systemMessage}].concat(turns);
+    async sendRequest(turns, systemMessage=null, stop_seq=null) {
+        let messages = systemMessage 
+            ? [{"role": "system", "content": systemMessage}].concat(turns)
+            : turns;
         let res = null;
         try {
             console.log("Awaiting Groq response...");
@@ -45,6 +47,24 @@ export class GroqCloudAPI {
         return res;
     }
 
+    async sendVisionRequest(messages, systemMessage, imageBuffer) {
+        const imageMessages = [...messages];
+        imageMessages.push({
+            role: "user",
+            content: [
+                { type: "text", text: systemMessage },
+                {
+                    type: "image_url",
+                    image_url: {
+                        url: `data:image/jpeg;base64,${imageBuffer.toString('base64')}`
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
+        });
+        
+        return this.sendRequest(imageMessages);
+    }
+
     async embed(text) {
       console.log("There is no support for embeddings in Groq support. However, the following text was provided: " + text);
     }