diff --git a/internal/action/exec.go b/internal/action/exec.go
index 28d3f2a..038ccc7 100644
--- a/internal/action/exec.go
+++ b/internal/action/exec.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package action
 
 import (
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -20,6 +21,16 @@ func (s *service) execCmd(action domain.Action, release domain.Release) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// read the file into bytes we can then use in the macro
+	if len(release.TorrentDataRawBytes) == 0 && release.TorrentTmpFile != "" {
+		t, err := ioutil.ReadFile(release.TorrentTmpFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "could not read torrent file: %v", release.TorrentTmpFile)
+		}
+
+		release.TorrentDataRawBytes = t
+	}
+
 	// check if program exists
 	cmd, err := exec.LookPath(action.ExecCmd)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/action/run.go b/internal/action/run.go
index 92dec0c..9e049ab 100644
--- a/internal/action/run.go
+++ b/internal/action/run.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -139,6 +140,15 @@ func (s *service) watchFolder(action domain.Action, release domain.Release) erro
 		}
 	}
 
+	if len(release.TorrentDataRawBytes) == 0 {
+		t, err := ioutil.ReadFile(release.TorrentTmpFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "could not read torrent file: %v", release.TorrentTmpFile)
+		}
+
+		release.TorrentDataRawBytes = t
+	}
+
 	m := domain.NewMacro(release)
 
 	// parse and replace values in argument string before continuing
@@ -184,12 +194,23 @@ func (s *service) watchFolder(action domain.Action, release domain.Release) erro
 }
 
 func (s *service) webhook(action domain.Action, release domain.Release) error {
-	if release.TorrentTmpFile == "" && strings.Contains(action.WebhookData, "TorrentPathName") {
+	// if webhook data contains TorrentPathName or TorrentDataRawBytes, lets download the torrent file
+	if release.TorrentTmpFile == "" && (strings.Contains(action.WebhookData, "TorrentPathName") || strings.Contains(action.WebhookData, "TorrentDataRawBytes")) {
 		if err := release.DownloadTorrentFile(); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "webhook: could not download torrent file for release: %v", release.TorrentName)
 		}
 	}
 
+	// if webhook data contains TorrentDataRawBytes, lets read the file into bytes we can then use in the macro
+	if len(release.TorrentDataRawBytes) == 0 && strings.Contains(action.WebhookData, "TorrentDataRawBytes") {
+		t, err := ioutil.ReadFile(release.TorrentTmpFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "could not read torrent file: %v", release.TorrentTmpFile)
+		}
+
+		release.TorrentDataRawBytes = t
+	}
+
 	m := domain.NewMacro(release)
 
 	// parse and replace values in argument string before continuing
diff --git a/internal/domain/macros.go b/internal/domain/macros.go
index f0da4cd..3090c10 100644
--- a/internal/domain/macros.go
+++ b/internal/domain/macros.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type Macro struct {
 	TorrentPathName string
 	TorrentHash     string
 	TorrentUrl      string
+	TorrentDataRawBytes	[]byte
 	Indexer         string
 	Title           string
 	Resolution      string
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ func NewMacro(release Release) Macro {
 		TorrentName:     release.TorrentName,
 		TorrentUrl:      release.TorrentURL,
 		TorrentPathName: release.TorrentTmpFile,
+		TorrentDataRawBytes: release.TorrentDataRawBytes,
 		TorrentHash:     release.TorrentHash,
 		Indexer:         release.Indexer,
 		Title:           release.Title,
diff --git a/internal/domain/release.go b/internal/domain/release.go
index 28cfe85..c72e0bb 100644
--- a/internal/domain/release.go
+++ b/internal/domain/release.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ type Release struct {
 	TorrentID                   string                `json:"torrent_id"`
 	TorrentURL                  string                `json:"-"`
 	TorrentTmpFile              string                `json:"-"`
+	TorrentDataRawBytes         []byte                `json:"-"`
 	TorrentHash                 string                `json:"-"`
 	TorrentName                 string                `json:"torrent_name"` // full release name
 	Size                        uint64                `json:"size"`
diff --git a/internal/filter/service.go b/internal/filter/service.go
index 4fdc88f..e8144af 100644
--- a/internal/filter/service.go
+++ b/internal/filter/service.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
@@ -447,6 +448,16 @@ func (s *service) execCmd(release *domain.Release, cmd string, args string) (int
 		}
 	}
 
+	// read the file into bytes we can then use in the macro
+	if len(release.TorrentDataRawBytes) == 0 && release.TorrentTmpFile != "" {
+		t, err := ioutil.ReadFile(release.TorrentTmpFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, errors.Wrap(err, "could not read torrent file: %v", release.TorrentTmpFile)
+		}
+
+		release.TorrentDataRawBytes = t
+	}
+
 	// check if program exists
 	cmd, err := exec.LookPath(cmd)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -490,13 +501,23 @@ func (s *service) execCmd(release *domain.Release, cmd string, args string) (int
 }
 
 func (s *service) webhook(release *domain.Release, url string, data string) (int, error) {
-
-	if release.TorrentTmpFile == "" && strings.Contains(data, "TorrentPathName") {
+	// if webhook data contains TorrentPathName or TorrentDataRawBytes, lets download the torrent file
+	if release.TorrentTmpFile == "" && (strings.Contains(data, "TorrentPathName") || strings.Contains(data, "TorrentDataRawBytes")) {
 		if err := release.DownloadTorrentFile(); err != nil {
 			return 0, errors.Wrap(err, "webhook: could not download torrent file for release: %v", release.TorrentName)
 		}
 	}
 
+	// if webhook data contains TorrentDataRawBytes, lets read the file into bytes we can then use in the macro
+	if len(release.TorrentDataRawBytes) == 0 && strings.Contains(data, "TorrentDataRawBytes") {
+		t, err := ioutil.ReadFile(release.TorrentTmpFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, errors.Wrap(err, "could not read torrent file: %v", release.TorrentTmpFile)
+		}
+
+		release.TorrentDataRawBytes = t
+	}
+
 	m := domain.NewMacro(*release)
 
 	// parse and replace values in argument string before continuing