diff --git a/docs/source/reference/quickstart.rst b/docs/source/reference/quickstart.rst
index fa00eb534..2877e9078 100644
--- a/docs/source/reference/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/source/reference/quickstart.rst
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Setup observation collections from discovery metadata:
     wis2box data add-collection $WIS2BOX_DATADIR/metadata/discovery/ita-surface-weather-observations.yml
     wis2box data add-collection $WIS2BOX_DATADIR/metadata/discovery/dza-surface-weather-observations.yml
     wis2box data add-collection $WIS2BOX_DATADIR/metadata/discovery/rou-synoptic-weather-observations.yml
-    wis2box metadata discovery publish $WIS2BOX_DATADIR/metadata/discovery/cog-surface-weather-observations.yml
+    wis2box data add-collection $WIS2BOX_DATADIR/metadata/discovery/cog-surface-weather-observations.yml
 
 Load initial stations:
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_workflow.py b/tests/integration/test_workflow.py
index 392ffa30f..82da62418 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_workflow.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_workflow.py
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@ def test_message_api():
     assert not props['data_id'].startswith('wis2')
     assert not props['data_id'].startswith('origin/a/wis2')
     assert props['data_id'].startswith('cog')
+    assert props['content']['size'] == 257
+    assert props['content']['encoding'] == 'base64'
+    assert props['content']['value'] is not None
 
     link_rel = msg['links'][0]
 
diff --git a/wis2box-management/wis2box/pubsub/message.py b/wis2box-management/wis2box/pubsub/message.py
index c409fe43d..461bc8cd1 100644
--- a/wis2box-management/wis2box/pubsub/message.py
+++ b/wis2box-management/wis2box/pubsub/message.py
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ def __init__(self, type_: str, identifier: str, topic: str, filepath: str,
         :returns: `wis2box.pubsub.message.PubSubMessage` message object
         """
 
+        self.filebytes = None
+
         self.type = type_
         self.identifier = identifier
         self.filepath = filepath
@@ -79,14 +81,14 @@ def __init__(self, type_: str, identifier: str, topic: str, filepath: str,
         )
         self.checksum_type = SecureHashAlgorithms.SHA512.value
         # needs to get bytes to calc checksum and get length
-        filebytes = None
         if isinstance(self.filepath, Path):
             with self.filepath.open('rb') as fh:
-                filebytes = fh.read()
+                self.filebytes = fh.read()
         else:
-            filebytes = get_data(filepath)
-        self.length = len(filebytes)
-        self.checksum_value = self._generate_checksum(filebytes, self.checksum_type) # noqa
+            self.filebytes = get_data(filepath)
+        self.length = len(self.filebytes)
+        self.checksum_value = self._generate_checksum(
+            self.filebytes, self.checksum_type)
         self.message = {}
 
     def prepare(self):
@@ -172,6 +174,16 @@ def __init__(self, identifier: str, topic: str, filepath: str,
             }]
         }
 
+        if self.length < 4096:
+            LOGGER.debug('Including data inline via properties.content')
+            content_value = base64.b64encode(self.filebytes)
+
+            self.message['properties']['content'] = {
+                'encoding': 'base64',
+                'value': content_value,
+                'size': self.length
+            }
+
         if wigos_station_identifier is not None:
             self.message['properties']['wigos_station_identifier'] = wigos_station_identifier  # noqa
             link = {