diff --git a/ReactNativeClient/lib/shim-init-node.js b/ReactNativeClient/lib/shim-init-node.js
index b73336cdc..04861d594 100644
--- a/ReactNativeClient/lib/shim-init-node.js
+++ b/ReactNativeClient/lib/shim-init-node.js
@@ -156,6 +156,16 @@ function shimInit() {
 
 		return shim.fetchWithRetry(doFetchOperation, options);
 	}
+
+	shim.uploadBlob = async function(url, options) {
+		 if (!options || !options.path) throw new Error('uploadBlob: source file path is missing');
+		const content = await fs.readFile(options.path);
+		options = Object.assign({}, options, {
+			body: content,
+		});
+		return shim.fetch(url, options);
+	}
+
 }
 
 module.exports = { shimInit };
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diff --git a/ReactNativeClient/lib/shim-init-react.js b/ReactNativeClient/lib/shim-init-react.js
index 033508052..c2f9590cd 100644
--- a/ReactNativeClient/lib/shim-init-react.js
+++ b/ReactNativeClient/lib/shim-init-react.js
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ function shimInit() {
 
 		try {
 			const response = await shim.fetchWithRetry(doFetchBlob, options);
-			// let response = await RNFetchBlob.config({
-			// 	path: localFilePath
-			// }).fetch(method, url, headers);
-
+			
 			// Returns an object that's roughtly compatible with a standard Response object
 			let output = {
 				ok: response.respInfo.status < 400,