diff --git a/src/http/routes/object/copyObject.ts b/src/http/routes/object/copyObject.ts
index 2761bc95..19f3b056 100644
--- a/src/http/routes/object/copyObject.ts
+++ b/src/http/routes/object/copyObject.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { FromSchema } from 'json-schema-to-ts'
 import { createDefaultSchema } from '../../routes-helper'
 import { AuthenticatedRequest } from '../../types'
 import { ROUTE_OPERATIONS } from '../operations'
+import { parseUserMetadata } from '@storage/uploader'
+import { objectSchema } from '@storage/schemas'
 
 const copyRequestBodySchema = {
   type: 'object',
@@ -11,6 +13,13 @@ const copyRequestBodySchema = {
     sourceKey: { type: 'string', examples: ['folder/source.png'] },
     destinationBucket: { type: 'string', examples: ['users'] },
     destinationKey: { type: 'string', examples: ['folder/destination.png'] },
+    metadata: {
+      type: 'object',
+      properties: {
+        cacheControl: { type: 'string' },
+        mimetype: { type: 'string' },
+      },
+    },
     copyMetadata: { type: 'boolean', examples: [true] },
   },
   required: ['sourceKey', 'bucketId', 'destinationKey'],
@@ -18,7 +27,9 @@ const copyRequestBodySchema = {
 const successResponseSchema = {
   type: 'object',
   properties: {
+    Id: { type: 'string' },
     Key: { type: 'string', examples: ['folder/destination.png'] },
+    ...objectSchema.properties,
   },
   required: ['Key'],
 }
@@ -48,21 +59,29 @@ export default async function routes(fastify: FastifyInstance) {
       },
     },
     async (request, response) => {
-      const { sourceKey, destinationKey, bucketId, destinationBucket } = request.body
+      const { sourceKey, destinationKey, bucketId, destinationBucket, metadata } = request.body
 
       const destinationBucketId = destinationBucket || bucketId
+      const userMetadata = request.headers['x-metadata']
 
       const result = await request.storage.from(bucketId).copyObject({
         sourceKey,
         destinationBucket: destinationBucketId,
         destinationKey,
         owner: request.owner,
+        userMetadata:
+          typeof userMetadata === 'string' ? parseUserMetadata(userMetadata) : undefined,
+        metadata: metadata,
         copyMetadata: request.body.copyMetadata ?? true,
+        upsert: request.headers['x-upsert'] === 'true',
       })
 
       return response.status(result.httpStatusCode ?? 200).send({
+        // Deprecated, remove in next major
         Id: result.destObject.id,
         Key: `${destinationBucketId}/${destinationKey}`,
+
+        ...result.destObject,
       })
     }
   )
diff --git a/src/http/routes/s3/commands/copy-object.ts b/src/http/routes/s3/commands/copy-object.ts
index 1f7932cb..29d5992a 100644
--- a/src/http/routes/s3/commands/copy-object.ts
+++ b/src/http/routes/s3/commands/copy-object.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { S3ProtocolHandler } from '@storage/protocols/s3/s3-handler'
 import { S3Router } from '../router'
 import { ROUTE_OPERATIONS } from '../../operations'
+import { MetadataDirective } from '@aws-sdk/client-s3'
 
 const CopyObjectInput = {
   summary: 'Copy Object',
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ const CopyObjectInput = {
       'x-amz-copy-source-if-modified-since': { type: 'string' },
       'x-amz-copy-source-if-none-match': { type: 'string' },
       'x-amz-copy-source-if-unmodified-since': { type: 'string' },
+      'x-amz-metadata-directive': { type: 'string' },
       'content-encoding': { type: 'string' },
       'content-type': { type: 'string' },
       'cache-control': { type: 'string' },
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ export default function CopyObject(s3Router: S3Router) {
         CopySource: req.Headers['x-amz-copy-source'],
         ContentType: req.Headers['content-type'],
         CacheControl: req.Headers['cache-control'],
+        MetadataDirective: req.Headers['x-amz-metadata-directive'] as MetadataDirective | undefined,
         Expires: req.Headers.expires ? new Date(req.Headers.expires) : undefined,
         ContentEncoding: req.Headers['content-encoding'],
         CopySourceIfMatch: req.Headers['x-amz-copy-source-if-match'],
diff --git a/src/storage/backend/s3/adapter.ts b/src/storage/backend/s3/adapter.ts
index 2d6abd0e..fdde4da3 100644
--- a/src/storage/backend/s3/adapter.ts
+++ b/src/storage/backend/s3/adapter.ts
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ export class S3Backend implements StorageBackendAdapter {
     try {
       const command = new CopyObjectCommand({
         Bucket: bucket,
-        CopySource: `${bucket}/${withOptionalVersion(source, version)}`,
+        CopySource: encodeURIComponent(`${bucket}/${withOptionalVersion(source, version)}`),
         Key: withOptionalVersion(destination, destinationVersion),
         CopySourceIfMatch: conditions?.ifMatch,
         CopySourceIfNoneMatch: conditions?.ifNoneMatch,
diff --git a/src/storage/object.ts b/src/storage/object.ts
index ca44a744..2776ae9f 100644
--- a/src/storage/object.ts
+++ b/src/storage/object.ts
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ export class ObjectStorage {
    * @param owner
    * @param conditions
    * @param copyMetadata
+   * @param upsert
+   * @param fileMetadata
+   * @param userMetadata
    */
   async copyObject({
     sourceKey,
@@ -288,16 +291,14 @@ export class ObjectStorage {
       'bucket_id,metadata,user_metadata,version'
     )
 
-    if (s3SourceKey === s3DestinationKey) {
-      return {
-        destObject: originObject,
-        httpStatusCode: 200,
-        eTag: originObject.metadata?.eTag,
-        lastModified: originObject.metadata?.lastModified
-          ? new Date(originObject.metadata.lastModified as string)
-          : undefined,
-      }
-    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+    const baseMetadata = originObject.metadata || {}
+    const destinationMetadata = copyMetadata
+      ? baseMetadata
+      : {
+          ...baseMetadata,
+          ...(fileMetadata || {}),
+        }
 
     await this.uploader.canUpload({
       bucketId: destinationBucket,
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ export class ObjectStorage {
         originObject.version,
         s3DestinationKey,
         newVersion,
-        fileMetadata,
+        destinationMetadata,
         conditions
       )
 
@@ -334,14 +335,16 @@ export class ObjectStorage {
           }
         )
 
-        const destinationMetadata = copyMetadata ? originObject.metadata : fileMetadata || {}
-
         const destinationObject = await db.upsertObject({
           ...originObject,
           bucket_id: destinationBucket,
           name: destinationKey,
           owner,
-          metadata: destinationMetadata,
+          metadata: {
+            ...destinationMetadata,
+            lastModified: copyResult.lastModified,
+            eTag: copyResult.eTag,
+          },
           user_metadata: copyMetadata ? originObject.user_metadata : userMetadata,
           version: newVersion,
         })
@@ -402,9 +405,8 @@ export class ObjectStorage {
     mustBeValidKey(destinationObjectName)
 
     const newVersion = randomUUID()
-    const s3SourceKey = encodeURIComponent(
-      `${this.db.tenantId}/${this.bucketId}/${sourceObjectName}`
-    )
+    const s3SourceKey = `${this.db.tenantId}/${this.bucketId}/${sourceObjectName}`
+
     const s3DestinationKey = `${this.db.tenantId}/${destinationBucket}/${destinationObjectName}`
 
     await this.db.testPermission((db) => {
diff --git a/src/storage/protocols/s3/s3-handler.ts b/src/storage/protocols/s3/s3-handler.ts
index 54c4b11b..baa6a3ed 100644
--- a/src/storage/protocols/s3/s3-handler.ts
+++ b/src/storage/protocols/s3/s3-handler.ts
@@ -1012,6 +1012,11 @@ export class S3ProtocolHandler {
       throw ERRORS.MissingParameter('CopySource')
     }
 
+    if (!command.MetadataDirective) {
+      // default metadata directive is copy
+      command.MetadataDirective = 'COPY'
+    }
+
     const copyResult = await this.storage.from(sourceBucket).copyObject({
       sourceKey,
       destinationBucket: Bucket,
diff --git a/src/storage/uploader.ts b/src/storage/uploader.ts
index d085b77d..2018e359 100644
--- a/src/storage/uploader.ts
+++ b/src/storage/uploader.ts
@@ -354,8 +354,6 @@ export async function fileUploadFromRequest(
     mimeType = request.headers['content-type'] || 'application/octet-stream'
     cacheControl = request.headers['cache-control'] ?? 'no-cache'
 
-    const customMd = request.headers['x-metadata']
-
     if (
       options.allowedMimeTypes &&
       options.allowedMimeTypes.length > 0 &&
@@ -364,13 +362,10 @@ export async function fileUploadFromRequest(
       validateMimeType(mimeType, options.allowedMimeTypes)
     }
 
+    const customMd = request.headers['x-metadata']
+
     if (typeof customMd === 'string') {
-      try {
-        const json = Buffer.from(customMd, 'base64').toString('utf8')
-        userMetadata = JSON.parse(json)
-      } catch (e) {
-        // no-op
-      }
+      userMetadata = parseUserMetadata(customMd)
     }
     isTruncated = () => {
       // @todo more secure to get this from the stream or from s3 in the next step
@@ -387,6 +382,16 @@ export async function fileUploadFromRequest(
   }
 }
 
+export function parseUserMetadata(metadata: string) {
+  try {
+    const json = Buffer.from(metadata, 'base64').toString('utf8')
+    return JSON.parse(json) as Record<string, string>
+  } catch (e) {
+    // no-op
+    return undefined
+  }
+}
+
 export async function getStandardMaxFileSizeLimit(
   tenantId: string,
   bucketSizeLimit?: number | null
diff --git a/src/test/object.test.ts b/src/test/object.test.ts
index bb941a80..844ebc4c 100644
--- a/src/test/object.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/object.test.ts
@@ -1216,7 +1216,8 @@ describe('testing copy object', () => {
     })
     expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200)
     expect(S3Backend.prototype.copyObject).toBeCalled()
-    expect(response.body).toBe(`{"Key":"bucket2/authenticated/casestudy11.png"}`)
+    const jsonResponse = await response.json()
+    expect(jsonResponse.Key).toBe(`bucket2/authenticated/casestudy11.png`)
   })
 
   test('can copy objects across buckets', async () => {
@@ -1235,7 +1236,9 @@ describe('testing copy object', () => {
     })
     expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200)
     expect(S3Backend.prototype.copyObject).toBeCalled()
-    expect(response.body).toBe(`{"Key":"bucket3/authenticated/casestudy11.png"}`)
+    const jsonResponse = await response.json()
+
+    expect(jsonResponse.Key).toBe(`bucket3/authenticated/casestudy11.png`)
   })
 
   test('can copy objects keeping their metadata', async () => {
@@ -1255,7 +1258,8 @@ describe('testing copy object', () => {
     })
     expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200)
     expect(S3Backend.prototype.copyObject).toBeCalled()
-    expect(response.body).toBe(`{"Key":"bucket2/authenticated/${copiedKey}"}`)
+    const jsonResponse = response.json()
+    expect(jsonResponse.Key).toBe(`bucket2/authenticated/${copiedKey}`)
 
     const conn = await getSuperuserPostgrestClient()
     const object = await conn
@@ -1271,6 +1275,65 @@ describe('testing copy object', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  test('can copy objects to itself overwriting their metadata', async () => {
+    const copiedKey = 'casestudy-2349.png'
+    const response = await app().inject({
+      method: 'POST',
+      url: '/object/copy',
+      headers: {
+        authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AUTHENTICATED_KEY}`,
+        'x-upsert': 'true',
+        'x-metadata': Buffer.from(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            newMetadata: 'test1',
+          })
+        ).toString('base64'),
+      },
+      payload: {
+        bucketId: 'bucket2',
+        sourceKey: `authenticated/${copiedKey}`,
+        destinationKey: `authenticated/${copiedKey}`,
+        metadata: {
+          cacheControl: 'max-age=999',
+          mimetype: 'image/gif',
+        },
+        copyMetadata: false,
+      },
+    })
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200)
+    expect(S3Backend.prototype.copyObject).toBeCalled()
+    const parsedBody = JSON.parse(response.body)
+
+    expect(parsedBody.Key).toBe(`bucket2/authenticated/${copiedKey}`)
+    expect(parsedBody.name).toBe(`authenticated/${copiedKey}`)
+    expect(parsedBody.bucket_id).toBe(`bucket2`)
+    expect(parsedBody.metadata).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        cacheControl: 'max-age=999',
+        mimetype: 'image/gif',
+      })
+    )
+
+    const conn = await getSuperuserPostgrestClient()
+    const object = await conn
+      .table('objects')
+      .select('*')
+      .where('bucket_id', 'bucket2')
+      .where('name', `authenticated/${copiedKey}`)
+      .first()
+
+    expect(object).not.toBeFalsy()
+    expect(object.user_metadata).toEqual({
+      newMetadata: 'test1',
+    })
+    expect(object.metadata).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        cacheControl: 'max-age=999',
+        mimetype: 'image/gif',
+      })
+    )
+  })
+
   test('can copy objects excluding their metadata', async () => {
     const copiedKey = 'casestudy-2450.png'
     const response = await app().inject({
@@ -1288,7 +1351,8 @@ describe('testing copy object', () => {
     })
     expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200)
     expect(S3Backend.prototype.copyObject).toBeCalled()
-    expect(response.body).toBe(`{"Key":"bucket2/authenticated/${copiedKey}"}`)
+    const jsonResponse = response.json()
+    expect(jsonResponse.Key).toBe(`bucket2/authenticated/${copiedKey}`)
 
     const conn = await getSuperuserPostgrestClient()
     const object = await conn
diff --git a/src/test/s3-protocol.test.ts b/src/test/s3-protocol.test.ts
index 221b54ad..6d505298 100644
--- a/src/test/s3-protocol.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/s3-protocol.test.ts
@@ -976,6 +976,7 @@ describe('S3 Protocol', () => {
           CopySource: `${bucketName}/test-copy-1.jpg`,
           ContentType: 'image/png',
           CacheControl: 'max-age=2009',
+          MetadataDirective: 'REPLACE',
         })
 
         const resp = await client.send(copyObjectCommand)
@@ -991,6 +992,34 @@ describe('S3 Protocol', () => {
         expect(headObj.CacheControl).toBe('max-age=2009')
       })
 
+      it('will allow copying an object in the same path, just altering its metadata', async () => {
+        const bucketName = await createBucket(client)
+        const fileName = 'test-copy-1.jpg'
+
+        await uploadFile(client, bucketName, fileName, 1)
+
+        const copyObjectCommand = new CopyObjectCommand({
+          Bucket: bucketName,
+          Key: fileName,
+          CopySource: `${bucketName}/${fileName}`,
+          ContentType: 'image/png',
+          CacheControl: 'max-age=2009',
+          MetadataDirective: 'REPLACE',
+        })
+
+        const resp = await client.send(copyObjectCommand)
+        expect(resp.CopyObjectResult?.ETag).toBeTruthy()
+
+        const headObjectCommand = new HeadObjectCommand({
+          Bucket: bucketName,
+          Key: fileName,
+        })
+
+        const headObj = await client.send(headObjectCommand)
+        expect(headObj.ContentType).toBe('image/png')
+        expect(headObj.CacheControl).toBe('max-age=2009')
+      })
+
       it('will not be able to copy an object that doesnt exists', async () => {
         const bucketName1 = await createBucket(client)
         await uploadFile(client, bucketName1, 'test-copy-1.jpg', 1)